Watch YouTube Clips in high resolution or download them
Now I said high resolution NOT high definition. Normally the YouTube url looks like the one below which gives you low resolution 320×240 videos.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=ABCDESimply 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. [Found via Quick OnlineTips]
I’m going to try and play with it and the YouTube brackets plugin I use with this theme.
Download YouTube Clips easily
I recently downloaded a new tool called “Orbit” that allows me to download clips from YouTube and other popular sites. As I said I recently downloaded it so the jury is still out on it. It has some quirks I’ll show you on the weekend in a Screencast.
