How to View High Resolution YouTube Videos
March 6th, 2008 | Filed under Google, Tips.If you have high speed broadband, why not watch high resolution youtube videos. YouTube is a popular video sharing site where hundreds of videos are shared and viewable in low resolution to cater to low bandwidth internet connections. But here is how you can switch to his resolution…
View high resolution youtube videos
Normally the youtube url looks like the one below which gives you low resolution 320×240 videos.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=ABCDE
Simply add &fmt=6 onto the end of url
http://youtube.com/watch?v=ABCDE&fmt=6
Now you should see high resolution videos. If no change is observed, then it means the video has not been converted to the higher resolution yet. View the video in full screen mode to see the difference.
If you add &fmt=18 to the end of url.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=ABCDE&fmt=18
Now it will play the high-resolution 480×360 MP4 high-bandwidth videos with higher quality audio when available, otherwise it will play the regular version. Give it a try.
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Comments
ben | 6/03/08 #
WOW! amazing trick mate… keep em coming… anyway to do it for the other sites? dailymotion maybe?
Computer Talk | 6/03/08 #
Great! I got my PC linked to my HDTV… Looks much better
kenbo | 20/07/08 #
Or…. You could just click the “Watch this in Hi-Def” link just underneath the video! Much simpler.
Amy | 20/07/08 #
Wow. Thanks! That is a great tip!!! Glad I stumbled upon it!!!
ash | 13/09/08 #
really great tip, but can u get any url alterations for imeem.com or movideo.com?
thanks
TJ @ Smartblogtips | 10/10/08 #
nice tip. very useful for clips which have a better resolution. as said, its best noticable when viewing in fullscreen mode
regards
Thinkjayant
timo | 13/11/08 #
please tell me how to get it into my homepage in high quality mode. it doesn’t work with this trick here !
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