Watch High-Resolution YouTube Videos

[iLoveSg]

Since most of the ppl upload their gunz videos on youtube first , I thought I'll post it here. It's an interesting find, I do not take any credit for it , just want to share.

The words YouTube and “high-resolution” have never really fit well in the same sentence. YouTube has always greatly limited the resolution of their videos to conserve on bandwidth, but going forward that may not always be the case. As it turns out there is a little something that you can add on to the end of a YouTube URL to have it play a high-resolution version of the same video.

The thing that you need to know, however, is that not every video has been re-encoded into the higher quality. In fact, I’ve tested this “trick” on about 40 videos, and only 7 of them had a higher quality version available. I’ve been reading around about this, and it looks as though newly uploaded videos are being converted a few hours after they’ve been added. And no one really seems to be sure as to whether it depends on the format of video (AVI, WMV, etc…).

I spent about 30 minutes trying to find a good video that has been converted to the higher resolution, and one that was also a good demonstration of why the higher quality matters. To really notice the difference I wanted to get something with a lot of motion, and I thought that there’s nothing better than the skateboarding dog made popular by the iPhone commercial!

Ready for the example? Just add &fmt=6 onto the end of any YouTube URL. Using the skateboarding dog as an example you would take the normal URL:

YouTube - Skateboarding Dog

and add the &fmt=6 onto the end:

YouTube - Skateboarding Dog

If the YouTube video just sits there loading then that is a sign that the video has not been converted to the higher resolution yet. To really see the difference you should view the video in full screen mode by clicking the button in the bottom-right corner of the player.

Note: Alternatively you can add &fmt=18 and it will play the high-resolution version when available, otherwise it will play the regular version. Here’s a Greasemonkey script that will automatically add &fmt=18 onto the end of each YouTube URL.

I took a still image from part of the video so that you can really compare the differences side-by-side:



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[Senbon]

wow n1 thanks dude

[d4rkb8n8na]

so it's just random if its converted to HQ?

I also heard that saving a movie with a much higher resolution helps alot with quality. (like save it 1200x1600 instead of 420x640)

[Kryptic]

Nice!


I see youtube is trying to take over where stage 6 left off.

[Xzero]

Doesn't work with all videos.

[Paul]

Originally Posted by Xzero

Doesn't work with all videos.

Yeah. That's what the article says. Lol.

[YoshiBlood]

Nice find +rep.

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Lol took off your dishonor (yw? :P)

[_Zephyre_]

Wao!1

*fap fap fap*

[Radi]

Hey it worked for Locust Plague 2! cant tell if LP 1 works.. heh, i would need to screen by screen that one too.. but i screen by screened Locust Plague 2 and it was quite a bit better

Sadly, i had to screen by screen in paint [yes in paint] to tell the difference lol. otherwise i assumed it was better quality because i simply wanted it to be.

[PlatanoStyle]

that the proest dog in the world lol

[CookieCroc]

It worked on my gunz movie aswell.

Nice find.

[Machiko]

good catch

[AaronCooper]

Originally Posted by d4rkb8n8na

so it's just random if its converted to HQ?

I also heard that saving a movie with a much higher resolution helps alot with quality. (like save it 1200x1600 instead of 420x640)

totally opposite.

smaller resolution = better quality due to less compression in the size of the file.

[d4rkb8n8na]

Originally Posted by AaronCooper

totally opposite.

smaller resolution = better quality due to less compression in the size of the file.

wrong try it out