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NOTE TO ALL: How to "magically" IMPROVE YOUTUBE viewing!

GUIGUI

GUIGUI

Smash Journeyman
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Messages
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Right now, Youtube is going through an improvement of their videos's quality.
This mean that a good number of those videos can now be seen with a better quality right now by adding &fmt=18 to it.
Example:
normal quality: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7wzwFYjPWrY
better quality : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7wzwFYjPWrY&fmt=18

Here with videos from Darkest's thread: http://smashboards.com/showthread.php?t=149179
normal quality: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I3W6Fo0Cwpw
better quality : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I3W6Fo0Cwpw&fmt=18

NQ:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sXKPPXCdAO0
BQ:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sXKPPXCdAO0&fmt=18

NQ: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vnAfIiguPFc
BQ: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vnAfIiguPFc&fmt=18

NQ: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zbZO4tKoHvo
BQ: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zbZO4tKoHvo&fmt=18

NQ: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rs902q_LVug
BQ: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rs902q_LVug&fmt=18

NQ: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cUfD2BjvNBE
BQ: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cUfD2BjvNBE&fmt=18

NQ: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_CF9CDt5pPY
BQ: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_CF9CDt5pPY&fmt=18

NQ: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BlxFcvc-y90
BQ: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BlxFcvc-y90&fmt=18

Be awre, togh, that IT DOESN'T WORK FOR ALL THE VIDEO ON YOUTUBE YET! It's still a process that is going on, but don't forget to try, just in case.

Also an image comparaison so you can have an idea of the improvement:


I know that seen like that, the improvement doesn't look that great, but once set in motion, this really does make a difference.


And finally, a bonus, it's not a smash Bros video, but still funny to see:
NQ: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=alDP12wEE5c
BQ: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=alDP12wEE5c&fmt=18
 
GUIGUI

GUIGUI

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Messages
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CORRECTION:
rather than 6 (who give a 448 x 336 resolution)
please write &fmt=18 (who give a 480 x 360 resolution)
Enjoy!
 
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NeoZ

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Messages
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This should be made known to everyone not just people here on SWF, or is this going to be automatic some time from now?
EDIT: This isn't working for me, not with any of the links you provided, the video just doesn't start(it just keeps loading).
 
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myRoboticClaw

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Messages
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Location
Reno, NV
This is amazing. Is there anyway to automatically make videos goto the pages with the &fmt=18 url tag on it, or only when you post the link on the boards here? Can I make my channel vids have the tag I mean?
 
GUIGUI

GUIGUI

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Messages
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No. As far as I know, you have to post each link with the tag on it, no other way. It's still an "on process" thing youtube is going through.
 
GUIGUI

GUIGUI

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NeoZ said:
This should be made known to everyone not just people here on SWF, or is this going to be automatic some time from now?
EDIT: This isn't working for me, not with any of the links you provided, the video just doesn't start(it just keeps loading).
Click to expand...
Really? none of the link I have provided? have you tried with firefox? Is it still not working?
 
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Allen

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Messages
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Location
California, bay area
Is it just me, or do the videos look like they're using new format without the "&fmt=18" suffix?

It wasn't doing this a few days ago, and happened after youtube put up a tag saying they were doing some maintenance.

[edit]

nevermind, must have been looking at some stuff that looked good but didn't work with the &fmt=18
 
GUIGUI

GUIGUI

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Seems to be some loading problems. Reupload the page until it's fully loaded.
 
ajp_anton

ajp_anton

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Stockholm
&fmt=6 uses the same old flash video format, only higher resolution and bitrate.
&fmt=18 is the iPod version. It is the same as &fmt=6 except h264. Because of this, make sure you have the newest flash player to be able to play them!

I've have no problems using &fmt=18 on any video so far. It even stutters less than the normal version.
 
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Orichalcum

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Europe
Great, how did you find this out? thanks a bunch

Edit: Actually i also noticed with adding &fmt=18 the video does load faster. Theoretically this would be the opposite of what it should be. Better Quality/Resolution = bigger filesize -> longer buffer. I cant really explain why but Im happy with it :laugh:. Oh and it wasnt ocassionally. I kept adding it to like any video i watched and every video loads alot faster for me.
 
Crizthakidd

Crizthakidd

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i knew about this for a while now. pretty awosome and the quality is noticeable
 
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