Viewing You Tube videos at a higher Resolution
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I found the following tip on another forum. You might like to try it out.
@unknownuser said:
YouTube is host to a lot of user-made ... tutorial videos ..... I recently discovered that you can watch them in high resolution, which for tutorial videos is very beneficial as it shows the small details much more clearly.
Simply add "&fmt=18" to the end of a YT video address to see the high resolution version (if YT has processed it yet). So for example:
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=M7aJdzY8fEA
would become
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=M7aJdzY8fEA&fmt=18
The high resolution videos have a resolution of 480x360 (instead of 320x240) and use 44 kHz stereo MP4 sound quality (instead of 22 kHz mono). All videos uploaded may already have high res versions, but some are still in the process of being converted.
The disadvantages are that they take longer to download, and you can't skip ahead taking advantage of non-linear streaming.
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@jclements said:
I found the following tip on another forum. You might like to try it out.
@unknownuser said:
YouTube is host to a lot of user-made ... tutorial videos ..... I recently discovered that you can watch them in high resolution, which for tutorial videos is very beneficial as it shows the small details much more clearly.
Simply add "&fmt=18" to the end of a YT video address to see the high resolution version (if YT has processed it yet). So for example:
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=M7aJdzY8fEA
would become
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=M7aJdzY8fEA&fmt=18
What a sensational tip, THANK YOU.
I am learning a couple of other programmes and the You Tube video,s have been poor quality, especially when you go to full screen, this is great .....
The high resolution videos have a resolution of 480x360 (instead of 320x240) and use 44 kHz stereo MP4 sound quality (instead of 22 kHz mono). All videos uploaded may already have high res versions, but some are still in the process of being converted.
The disadvantages are that they take longer to download, and you can't skip ahead taking advantage of non-linear streaming.
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Lately I am starting to use http://www.vimeo.com as video uploader.
They have a better (almost 1 on 1) conversion of input to output, resulting in sharper video.At Vimeo, the viewer will see a better quality by default...
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