[videoblogging] Re: Higher-Resolution YouTube Videos Currently In Testing
Good :) The fmt=18 ones appear to be h264 .mp4's 480x360, being played through flash. It is possible to download them, they may be the same versions curently being used on apple tv or iphone/ipod touch youtube feature, not sure. The fmt=6 one (of the dog skateboarding at least) appeared to be some sort of higher quality .flv, I havent tried to work out what codec or res. Cheers Steve Elbows --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Patrick Delongchamp [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Some great news, Youtube is taking early steps at providing higher quality videos. By adding a parameter onto the end of a video's URL you're able to watch it in a higher quality (in terms of audio and video) that is actually quite noticeable though not all videos have been converted at this point. About 15% have been converted apparently and new uploads get converted after a few hours. To view the higher quality versions, just add fmt=6 onto the end of any YouTube URL. Using the skateboarding dog as an example you would take the normal URL: http://youtube.com/watch?v=CQzUsTFqtW0 and add the fmt=6 onto the end: http://youtube.com/watch?v=CQzUsTFqtW0fmt=6 If the YouTube video just sits there loading then that is a sign that the video has not been converted to the higher resolution yet. To really see the difference you should view the video in full screen mode. Note: Alternatively you can add fmt=18 and it will play the high-resolution version when available, otherwise it will play the regular version. Here's a Greasemonkey script (http://userscripts.org/scripts/show/23366) that will automatically add fmt=18 onto the end of each YouTube URL. Source: http://cybernetnews.com/2008/02/29/watch-high-resolution-youtube-videos/
[videoblogging] Re: Higher-Resolution YouTube Videos Currently In Testing
Oh I forgot to post a link to forum where this was discovered and discussed at length, people working out what the best format to upload is, stuff like that: http://forum.videohelp.com/topic346256.html Oh and also apologies to everyone that my posts have had annoying line breaks in them for months, I was posting using safari 3 via yahoo groups web interface, which I guess was causing the problem. I didnt notice it until Patrick pointed it out to me, cheers to him for that, I'll use Firefox 3 beta to post and hopefully no more badly formed messages from me. Steve Elbows --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Steve Watkins [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Good :) The fmt=18 ones appear to be h264 .mp4's 480x360, being played through flash. It is possible to download them, they may be the same versions curently being used on apple tv or iphone/ipod touch youtube feature, not sure. The fmt=6 one (of the dog skateboarding at least) appeared to be some sort of higher quality .flv, I havent tried to work out what codec or res. Cheers Steve Elbows --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Patrick Delongchamp pdelongchamp@ wrote: Some great news, Youtube is taking early steps at providing higher quality videos. By adding a parameter onto the end of a video's URL you're able to watch it in a higher quality (in terms of audio and video) that is actually quite noticeable though not all videos have been converted at this point. About 15% have been converted apparently and new uploads get converted after a few hours. To view the higher quality versions, just add fmt=6 onto the end of any YouTube URL. Using the skateboarding dog as an example you would take the normal URL: http://youtube.com/watch?v=CQzUsTFqtW0 and add the fmt=6 onto the end: http://youtube.com/watch?v=CQzUsTFqtW0fmt=6 If the YouTube video just sits there loading then that is a sign that the video has not been converted to the higher resolution yet. To really see the difference you should view the video in full screen mode. Note: Alternatively you can add fmt=18 and it will play the high-resolution version when available, otherwise it will play the regular version. Here's a Greasemonkey script (http://userscripts.org/scripts/show/23366) that will automatically add fmt=18 onto the end of each YouTube URL. Source: http://cybernetnews.com/2008/02/29/watch-high-resolution-youtube-videos/
Re: [videoblogging] Re: Higher-Resolution YouTube Videos Currently In Testing
I was just going to say that your messages look better already. Thanks for posting the link. videohelp.com is a great site. On Tue, Mar 4, 2008 at 1:50 PM, Steve Watkins [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Oh I forgot to post a link to forum where this was discovered and discussed at length, people working out what the best format to upload is, stuff like that: http://forum.videohelp.com/topic346256.html Oh and also apologies to everyone that my posts have had annoying line breaks in them for months, I was posting using safari 3 via yahoo groups web interface, which I guess was causing the problem. I didnt notice it until Patrick pointed it out to me, cheers to him for that, I'll use Firefox 3 beta to post and hopefully no more badly formed messages from me. Steve Elbows --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Steve Watkins [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Good :) The fmt=18 ones appear to be h264 .mp4's 480x360, being played through flash. It is possible to download them, they may be the same versions curently being used on apple tv or iphone/ipod touch youtube feature, not sure. The fmt=6 one (of the dog skateboarding at least) appeared to be some sort of higher quality .flv, I havent tried to work out what codec or res. Cheers Steve Elbows --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Patrick Delongchamp pdelongchamp@ wrote: Some great news, Youtube is taking early steps at providing higher quality videos. By adding a parameter onto the end of a video's URL you're able to watch it in a higher quality (in terms of audio and video) that is actually quite noticeable though not all videos have been converted at this point. About 15% have been converted apparently and new uploads get converted after a few hours. To view the higher quality versions, just add fmt=6 onto the end of any YouTube URL. Using the skateboarding dog as an example you would take the normal URL: http://youtube.com/watch?v=CQzUsTFqtW0 and add the fmt=6 onto the end: http://youtube.com/watch?v=CQzUsTFqtW0fmt=6 If the YouTube video just sits there loading then that is a sign that the video has not been converted to the higher resolution yet. To really see the difference you should view the video in full screen mode. Note: Alternatively you can add fmt=18 and it will play the high-resolution version when available, otherwise it will play the regular version. Here's a Greasemonkey script (http://userscripts.org/scripts/show/23366) that will automatically add fmt=18 onto the end of each YouTube URL. Source: http://cybernetnews.com/2008/02/29/watch-high-resolution-youtube-videos/
[videoblogging] Re: Higher-Resolution YouTube Videos Currently In Testing
that skateboarding dog looks greatyou can't even see the wires or the other special effects! Thanks for the tip, I really appreciate it. It looks like iphone versions D --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Steve Watkins [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Good :) The fmt=18 ones appear to be h264 .mp4's 480x360, being played through flash. It is possible to download them, they may be the same versions curently being used on apple tv or iphone/ipod touch youtube feature, not sure. The fmt=6 one (of the dog skateboarding at least) appeared to be some sort of higher quality .flv, I havent tried to work out what codec or res. Cheers Steve Elbows --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Patrick Delongchamp pdelongchamp@ wrote: Some great news, Youtube is taking early steps at providing higher quality videos. By adding a parameter onto the end of a video's URL you're able to watch it in a higher quality (in terms of audio and video) that is actually quite noticeable though not all videos have been converted at this point. About 15% have been converted apparently and new uploads get converted after a few hours. To view the higher quality versions, just add fmt=6 onto the end of any YouTube URL. Using the skateboarding dog as an example you would take the normal URL: http://youtube.com/watch?v=CQzUsTFqtW0 and add the fmt=6 onto the end: http://youtube.com/watch?v=CQzUsTFqtW0fmt=6 If the YouTube video just sits there loading then that is a sign that the video has not been converted to the higher resolution yet. To really see the difference you should view the video in full screen mode. Note: Alternatively you can add fmt=18 and it will play the high-resolution version when available, otherwise it will play the regular version. Here's a Greasemonkey script (http://userscripts.org/scripts/show/23366) that will automatically add fmt=18 onto the end of each YouTube URL. Source: http://cybernetnews.com/2008/02/29/watch-high-resolution-youtube-videos/
