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Narrator
Profile Blog Joined June 2004
United States868 Posts
April 15 2008 01:29 GMT
#1
The YouTube high quality video thinger is finally official!

When you view a video, right below the fullscreen button is a button to change quality. After noticing that I quickly looked for a way to make it permanent.

To make it permanent, you have to go into your account settings (top right, next to username) and scroll all the way to the bottom right of all links. Next, you click on "Video Playback Quality" and change your settings to how you like it. I have it on the third one (high quality all the time).

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JeeJee
Profile Blog Joined July 2003
Canada5652 Posts
April 15 2008 01:34 GMT
#2
nice thanks for the tip, changed mine too. is there a pattern between which videos get to have the high quality option and which just stay as default flv encoding?
(\o/)  If you want it, you find a way. Otherwise you find excuses. No exceptions.
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Blind
Profile Blog Joined December 2002
United States2529 Posts
April 15 2008 01:46 GMT
#3
Example of video that has high quality? I don't see the button for high quality you're talking about.
ShaLLoW[baY]
Profile Blog Joined January 2007
Canada12499 Posts
April 15 2008 01:51 GMT
#4
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ALEXISONFIRE ARE FUCKING BACK (sAviOr for life)
KH1031
Profile Blog Joined April 2003
United States862 Posts
April 15 2008 02:04 GMT
#5
ohhh...nice!

thanks for sharing the info~
Folca
Profile Blog Joined October 2006
2235 Posts
April 15 2008 02:49 GMT
#6
...

doesnt have the thing?
Dea : one time when he was playing vs the comps he asked me "how do I make that flying unit that makes the other stuff invisible" and I reply "ur playing terran zomg"
ShaLLoW[baY]
Profile Blog Joined January 2007
Canada12499 Posts
April 15 2008 03:00 GMT
#7

To watch this in even better quality add this to the end of the link

&fmt=18
ALEXISONFIRE ARE FUCKING BACK (sAviOr for life)
Spenguin
Profile Blog Joined November 2007
Australia3316 Posts
April 15 2008 03:04 GMT
#8
I think if you can't see the quality change clicky, put this on the end of the link.

I think it is something like:
&fmt=18

probably wrong but it is something like that.
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Narrator
Profile Blog Joined June 2004
United States868 Posts
Last Edited: 2008-04-15 03:49:32
April 15 2008 03:04 GMT
#9
Yeah, I think some old videos aren't updated with this thing or something. That thing where you add "&fmt=18" to the end of the URL might work on some of the videos without the little HQ button.

Another weird thing that I've seen is adding "&fmt=6". Not sure what the difference is...
p4NDemik
Profile Blog Joined January 2008
United States13896 Posts
April 15 2008 03:18 GMT
#10
On April 15 2008 12:04 Narrator wrote:
Yeah, I think some old videos aren't updated with this thing or something. That thing where you add "&fmt=18" to the end of the URL might work on some of the videos without the little HQ button.

Another weird thing that I've seen is adding "&fmt=6". Not sure what's the difference is...

I think the difference is that '&fmt=6' gives higher quality video with same quality audio, while the '&fmt=18' gives higher quality video AND audio.
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zoLo
Profile Blog Joined June 2007
United States5896 Posts
April 15 2008 03:37 GMT
#11
Cool, thanks for the info. I knew about the &fmt=18, but didn't know YouTube has the high quality option now =O
The_Yango
Profile Joined March 2008
United States16 Posts
April 16 2008 01:01 GMT
#12
Well, its nice that its actually incorporated into Youtube now.

But zatic's Youtube script won't let me dl high-quality anymore.
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