Slightly Higher Quality Youtube Videos

[Devereaux]

Apperently Youtube will be adding some sort of high/low quality toggle switch in the near future.

I just happened to stumble across what I guess could be considered a beta version of that system. In order to raise the quality of any Youtube video all that needs to be done is to add &fmt=18 after the url of the video you want enhanced and hit enter. What this basically does is ups the sound and video quality of the Youtube movie a moderate amount and adds a link under the video now asking if you want to raise or lower the quality of the video. This link does not work as of yet so don't bother clicking it.

Example video:

Without code: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gnn23agi8Bo

With code: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gnn23agi8Bo&fmt=18

[REAL DAKANYA TALK]

dev sucks! thanks for the ride!

who gives a shit about youtube its not jappy enough for the guys here.

[DarkSaint]

dev sucks! thanks for the ride!

who gives a shit about youtube its not jappy enough for the guys here.

That's usually where OUR vids go most of the time, so yeah, I'm pretty sure some of us care.

[Devereaux]

who gives a shit about youtube its not jappy enough for the guys here.

Your right, everyone knows American Melty vids belong on Nico...

...I think people are recently using Veoh though and I guess that's fine too. (though it's on the fence in my book)

That's usually where OUR vids go most of the time, so yeah, I'm pretty sure some of us care.

Twenty-four hours posted and only two replies, the latter of which is a retort to the first...

...I'm not feeling the love

[dakanya]

Way to be ahead of the times, Dev! IIRC not all videos have higher quality encodes (yet). Here's a cool Firefox extension for enhancing your Youtube experience.

http://lifehacker.com/software/exclusive-lifehacker-download/better-youtube-firefox-extension-319925.php


Thanks to magz for informing me weeks ago.

[magz]

http://cybernetnews.com/2008/03/12/watch-youtube-high-quality-videos-by-default/

[dakanya]

http://cybernetnews.com/2008/03/12/watch-youtube-high-quality-videos-by-default/ http://youtube.com/video_quality_settings

fixed? google buying youtube is now coming into fruition

[Alfonse]

Now if only they threw in Nicovideo's ability to allow viewers to spam comments across the screen. That'll be fun and chaotic at the same time.

[Pikachu_Fragger]

Now if only they threw in Nicovideo's ability to allow viewers to spam comments across the screen. That'll be fun and chaotic at the same time.

I want to watch the video without such dumb subtitles, honestly. That's what the comments below are supposed to be for. Legit subs of course are always welcome, but still.

On a completely different tangent, I was watching the normal version of the link above (lol low quality), and I noticed that Sataya was able to do an EX-Katto with only 50% meter. Did he just super buff it during the combo or something?

[Devereaux]

Sataya was Aoko and every EX-Katto took 100% meter.

Americans do not deserve comments on their videos as most of us are freaking idiots. (Myself included)

I'd rather avoid seeing coments like this fly across the screen:

"First time in my life that I've seen someone type "are" for "our." Holy crap."

"Hi Everyone! I am trying to get people to tell me what youtube means to you?"

"No. We're not that stupid."

*Actual comments from a single youtube video"

[magz]

Now if only they threw in Nicovideo's ability to allow viewers to spam comments across the screen. That'll be fun and chaotic at the same time.

I want to watch the video without such dumb subtitles, honestly. That's what the comments below are supposed to be for. Legit subs of course are always welcome, but still.

On a completely different tangent, I was watching the normal version of the link above (lol low quality), and I noticed that Sataya was able to do an EX-Katto with only 50% meter. Did he just super buff it during the combo or something?

You can turn the comments off on nico and it probably wouldn't be too hard to have an option to have them permanently disabled for those that don't like them if youtube wanted to implement it. Hell, there's probably an option to turn them off always on nico as well but I can't read that shit.

As for the EX-Katto with only 50%... Sataya was playing Aoko... >_>

[Pikachu_Fragger]

Now if only they threw in Nicovideo's ability to allow viewers to spam comments across the screen. That'll be fun and chaotic at the same time.

I want to watch the video without such dumb subtitles, honestly. That's what the comments below are supposed to be for. Legit subs of course are always welcome, but still.

On a completely different tangent, I was watching the normal version of the link above (lol low quality), and I noticed that Sataya was able to do an EX-Katto with only 50% meter. Did he just super buff it during the combo or something?

You can turn the comments off on nico and it probably wouldn't be too hard to have an option to have them permanently disabled for those that don't like them if youtube wanted to implement it. Hell, there's probably an option to turn them off always on nico as well but I can't read that shit.

As for the EX-Katto with only 50%... Sataya was playing Aoko... >_>

Okay, I meant Warakia. Damn Freudian slip.

[Alfonse]

Now if only they threw in Nicovideo's ability to allow viewers to spam comments across the screen. That'll be fun and chaotic at the same time.

I want to watch the video without such dumb subtitles, honestly. That's what the comments below are supposed to be for. Legit subs of course are always welcome, but still.

On a completely different tangent, I was watching the normal version of the link above (lol low quality), and I noticed that Sataya was able to do an EX-Katto with only 50% meter. Did he just super buff it during the combo or something?

The japanese random comments on any famous Nicovideo actually makes the video funny to watch