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YouTube Videos in High Quality

Monday, 24 March 2008
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  1. trefnant224 March 2008 at 15:10

    YOU TUBE is great. But why the hell are you removing so many video clips about Tibet at the Moment? Is it for the same reason that your parent company made the deal with the Chinese communist government over access restrictions?

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  2. angelicMisha25 March 2008 at 10:16

    liking the choice of watching vids in highr quality (and I ain't just saying that cos my first ever fan-made video is in 'HD' :P ) But it's good people can alternate, cos not everyone's fortunate enough for broadband or whatever :)

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  3. OverTheGun25 March 2008 at 17:37

    the details on what videos are eligible for the high quality switching are a bit vague.. is it videos that go over the old size limit of 100 meg? ones encoded in certain ways? etc

    the info on HQ videos not being restricted to partners only is great, but a bit more info would be appreciated, cheers :)

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  4. jscratch8825 March 2008 at 18:01

    Good call, the high quality option rarely works for me. But it's good to have the option.

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  5. cyty1327 March 2008 at 09:25

    Youtube is owned by Google, right? So they are probably removing those in order for China NOT to censor/ban Youtube (as they did Google).

    And anyway, I had only found the HQ option on 1 video so far. And it's gone. What's wrong?

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  6. Tonyido27 March 2008 at 14:07

    Why can i not see any vido on my sony ericsson k800i phone on 02 pay as you go i can down load Youtube ok but it will not play any thing i'm

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  7. xfactorfan200730 March 2008 at 17:32

    '&fmt=18'
    ^^correct

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  8. xfactorfan200730 March 2008 at 17:32

    add 'fmt=18' at the end of video ids and it will give you High Quality MPEG4 H.264 YT vids

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  9. xfactorfan200730 March 2008 at 17:32

    add 'fmt=18' at the end of video ids and it will give you High Quality MPEG4 H.264 YT vids

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  10. Danglydotcodotuk31 March 2008 at 06:17

    Hmm I uploaded "VMAX REDLINE" in my account that is about 500mb in file size and I can't seem to get in HD? File is recorded in HD

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  11. Meargreen20 April 2008 at 08:51

    There are some problems here:
    1. Members can set their default to 'always show videos in the Highest available quality' but none members get standard quality by default and there's no where on the page that tells them what the quality button does, in fact they maybe not aware that there is a choice.
    2.If you embed a player on a website you
    can't embed the Quality button so embedded players will only show standard quality.
    3.If you upload a larger file so that it can be used for High Quality the Standard Quality seems to be not as good as it was because of compression done by You Tube rather than us trying to get the best picture possible under 100mb.

    My suggestions to get over these are to tell people on the viewer page about the Quality button, to enable the button's availability in an embedded player.
    Would it also be possible that the default for everyone was High Quality with the ability to switch to Standard if necessary.

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  12. Meargreen20 April 2008 at 09:15

    There are some problems here:
    1. Members can set their default to 'always show videos in the Highest available quality' but none members get standard quality by default and there's no where on the page that tells them what the quality button does, in fact they maybe not aware that there is a choice.
    2.If you embed a player on a website you
    can't embed the Quality button so embedded players will only show standard quality.
    3.If you upload a larger file so that it can be used for High Quality the Standard Quality seems to be not as good as it was because of compression done by You Tube rather than us trying to get the best picture possible under 100mb.

    My suggestions to get over these are to tell people on the viewer page about the Quality button, to enable the button's availability in an embedded player.
    Would it also be possible that the default for everyone was High Quality with the ability to switch to Standard if necessary.

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  13. rockinonyourdime22 April 2008 at 05:54

    i agree with meargreen, have the HQ as the default and enable lower quality as an option for people who don't have broadband.. who there are fewer of anyway.

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  14. paulchiu22 April 2008 at 10:52

    anyway to force every viewer to see your youtube videos in high quality mode without needing to type in &fmt=18 or selecting that TV logo beneath the youtube viewer?

    thanks.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5RWCRGHHvZo&fmt=18
    chiumeister@gmail.com

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  15. paulchiu22 April 2008 at 10:52

    anyway to force every viewer to see your youtube videos in high quality mode without needing to type in &fmt=18 or selecting that TV logo beneath the youtube viewer?

    thanks.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5RWCRGHHvZo&fmt=18
    chiumeister@gmail.com

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  16. Meargreen23 April 2008 at 16:31

    The latest update is much better with the TV icon quality button replaced with text so that visitors know they can watch in higher quality, Thank you. I still think the default should be 'High' and I've found that the download is faster in 'High' than 'Standard'?
    We still have the problem with embedded players,like above HERE with Charles keep telling us to 'click for Higher quality' but it aint there.

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  17. makuta342330 April 2008 at 16:54

    There are some problems here: 1. Members can set their default to 'always show videos in the Highest available quality' but none members get standard quality by default and there's no where on the page that tells them what the quality button does, in fact they maybe not aware that there is a choice. 2.If you embed a player on a website you can't embed the Quality button so embedded players will only show standard quality. 3.If you upload a larger file so that it can be used for High Quality the Standard Quality seems to be not as good as it was because of compression done by You Tube rather than us trying to get the best picture possible under 100mb. My suggestions to get over these are to tell people on the viewer page about the Quality button, to enable the button's availability in an embedded player. Would it also be possible that the default for everyone was High Quality with the ability to switch to Standard if necessary.

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  18. kennygee075 May 2008 at 05:14

    Since the High Quality option has been available I can no longer load or view standard quality at all. Also the YouTube Beta say "sorry this video is not available" every time I try to use it. Can you tell me where I am going wrong, if any.

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  19. geckodust9 May 2008 at 03:59

    I can't seem to upload HQ videos, the video I uploaded was 1280x545 H.264, so it can't be that my video was low quality for youtube to work with? yet all I get is the 320x240 version here :(

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  20. kennygee0712 May 2008 at 02:21

    I am still having the problem of not being able to watch any video that is not High Quality. Still no joy with the Beta. I have been contacted by others with the same problem. Is there anyone out there who knows what the problem is?

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  21. vdmt217 May 2008 at 13:33

    I am having the same problem. Not able to watch standard quality videos. Any solution?

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  22. pansitpanda9 June 2008 at 07:42

    i can't watch the majority of youtube videos, it always says "sorry this video is no longer available."

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  23. genericSildenafil16 August 2008 at 09:16

    i agree with meargreen, have the HQ as the default and enable lower quality as an option for people who don't have broadband.. who there are fewer of anyway.

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  24. genericSildenafil16 August 2008 at 09:16

    i agree with meargreen, have the HQ as the default and enable lower quality as an option for people who don't have broadband.. who there are fewer of anyway.

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  25. tooleh5 January 2009 at 19:55

    PS I'll add that I'm in the UK. Does this make a difference?

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  26. tooleh5 January 2009 at 19:55

    Hey, I've tried uploading in MP4 h.264 at 1280x720 (level 5.1) and also WMV encoded with Windows Media Encoder - my videos have shown up, but only in low def. How long does it take for a video to work in HD? Adding fmt=22 doesn't work and there's no link under the videos. :(

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  27. tony096411 January 2009 at 16:37

    How do I "UPLOAD" videos in high quality? Not view, upload. "Upload" in the sense that a "View in High Quality" button will appear on the uploaded video...

    No one seems to say how

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  28. DjShwuigy23 February 2009 at 23:30

    I wanted a better quality audio for my video, but I don't know how to do this - do I have to wait for youtube to see my video or is there something I can do to accomplish this?

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