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Want better quality on youtube? See here how!

Posted: 2008-03-15 17:20
by Mora
Yes yes its true youtube does have a option to have better sound and video quality its only hidden until now :D .

Put &fmt=18 to the end of any youtube URL you want to see.

Example:

Original Video URL:

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_kFe-ITY_Do - witch is in "low" quality
Higher Quality Video URL:

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_kFe-ITY_Do&fmt=18 - Now its in "high" quality
It works on all videos as far as i know :) .

Oh and i recommend kliking on the first resize button, otherwise the video will be stretched.

Posted: 2008-03-15 17:36
by 00SoldierofFortune00
Not sure if I noticed a difference or not.

Posted: 2008-03-15 18:21
by Mora
Well it does work! look closer.

Posted: 2008-03-15 18:30
by Clypp
Another spam bot? In thought the forum filter was working rather good lately.

Posted: 2008-03-15 18:32
by Spec
The first spambot thats able to answer :P

Posted: 2008-03-15 18:35
by Jantje|NL^
Mora wrote:Well it does work! look closer.
There ain't no difference..


And If there is.. it's just nothing..

Dang, you just want us to see your movies.

Posted: 2008-03-15 18:43
by Jantje|NL^
ah yeah, now I see the resive button.


Nice,..

Posted: 2008-03-15 18:47
by =Romagnolo=
I still didn't see any diference =/

Posted: 2008-03-15 18:48
by Mora
OMG are you blind??

Image

And yes its not extremely much but now its ± the same as WeGame

Posted: 2008-03-15 18:55
by =Romagnolo=
Now I see. Look at the mec flag.

Posted: 2008-03-15 18:59
by OldSchoolSoldier
http://youtube.com/video_quality_settings

Select "I have a fast connection. Always play higher-quality video when it's available." Click "Save Settings".

"old" videos won't suddenly appear in better quality but new videos will (provided the source is of high quality).

Posted: 2008-03-15 19:08
by Mora
Oh :D i didn't know that

Posted: 2008-03-15 19:56
by fuzzhead
nice one mora, great vid too.... plenty of heli kills :)

Posted: 2008-03-15 20:14
by Sergeant_Banner
YouTube - ArmA all high settings 1.09 BETA PATCH - LOW QUALITY

YouTube - ArmA all high settings 1.09 BETA PATCH - HIGH QUALITY

I was actually stunned by the difference !

No im not trying to promote my vids, just the quality difference

Sarge

Posted: 2008-03-16 01:16
by horror
wow here one of my vids in low and really bad quality


YouTube - Battlefield 2 project reality 0.5 - =TB = - HORROR

and here with &fmt=18 at the end

YouTube - Battlefield 2 project reality 0.5 - =TB = - HORROR

looks much better now

thx for your suggestion :grin:

Posted: 2008-03-18 13:36
by Mora
this guy has also some good tips:

YouTube - Youtube High Quality howto download the High Quality Version

notice the links on the right

Posted: 2008-03-18 14:12
by Cyrax-Sektor
Indeed, I saw this some days ago when searching YouTube myself. Only some videos have it however. Probably beta. Thanks for the hax tho! :D

Posted: 2008-03-21 12:51
by Mora
Look good quality without using &fmt=18 :)

YouTube - Project Reality HellFire (HQ)

yea yea i know its my video again...

Posted: 2008-03-21 13:58
by tbirdbrent
it does work i tried it with a video i uploaded an when i uploaded it i thought well %$@! why is the quility so poor
so i read this thread and go back to the poor video and add the suffix on to the url and it is like a new video
thank you for the tip

Posted: 2008-03-21 14:16
by bosco_
OldSchoolSoldier wrote:http://youtube.com/video_quality_settings

Select "I have a fast connection. Always play higher-quality video when it's available." Click "Save Settings".

"old" videos won't suddenly appear in better quality but new videos will (provided the source is of high quality).
Thanks.