How to Watch Any Video in HD on YouTube

thisnamecantbetaken

3-24-2008 1:06 PM

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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/201ee01c-b33b-4c1f-a3c5-a1a997b5c41a/AADAF3F0-F79A-42AF-A31D-D38BEED0AB17/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=27mb_AyzGyQ" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=27mb_AyzGyQ" style="font-size: 11px;">www.youtube.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=27mb_AyzGyQ"><DIV>Most videos DO NOT have "View in Higher Quality" links below them like this video does.  So by using this code, you'll be able to watch ANYTHING in higher quality!  TRY IT!  : )</DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=27mb_AyzGyQ"><DIV>HOW IT WORKS:  Just enter "&fmt=18" behind the URL at the top, then press enter.  WALA!  Higher Quality!</DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=27mb_AyzGyQ">THE URL SHOULD NOW LOOK LIKE THIS:</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=27mb_AyzGyQ"><DIV>youtube.com/watch?v=27mb_AyzGyQ&fmt=18</DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=27mb_AyzGyQ">the audio gets a bit worse after watching the video in higher quality though.  </blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=27mb_AyzGyQ"><div align="center"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/27mb_AyzGyQ&hl=en" height="329" width="400" wmode="opaque" quality="high" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"></embed></div></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/AADAF3F0-F79A-42AF-A31D-D38BEED0AB17/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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youtube, hd, hack, &fmt=18

thisnamecantbetaken says:

It seems to work in full screen mode too. I don't think the sound gets worse, just a bit different. Give it a whirl.

&fmt=18

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3-24-2008 6:45 PM

alanocu

very cool!

3-24-2008 6:53 PM

raven714

It works great, and I did not hear any difference in the sound quality.

3-25-2008 6:21 PM

karela

C juste un essai

Thank's for the french language

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3-26-2008 5:11 AM

thisnamecantbetaken

You can decide the video playback quality on youtube too:

http://www.youtube.com/video_quality_settings

I've found out the &fmt=18 is the mp4 version. If you want flash it's &fmt=6.

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