See High Quality Videos In Youtube

March 6, 2008 · Filed Under News, Technology · Comment 

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It seems that Google is trying to make a few changes in Youtube so we can enjoy higher quality videos. For the moment nothing has changed in the interface but with a very simple way you can see which ever video you want at a much higher resolution (480?360 MP4). Some videos are still not complying with the change and you might experience a problem if you are a Firefox user.

So if the video you want to see has a URL such as:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A3_TVyQ2t5s

The only thing you have to do is add at the end: &fmt=18

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A3_TVyQ2t5s&fmt=18

From the screenshot below you can see some significant difference compared to the one above

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