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How to embed high quality YouTube videos
A lot of people don't know that YouTube has high quality videos, as well as the generally poor-quality standard versions. The links to the better (not HD, but still pretty good) versions are easy to miss, but there are a few steps you can take to make sure you're watching (and even embedding) the good stuff. Jason Kottke ran through a few of them recently on kottke.org.
First, make high-quality your default setting. You can do this in the Account menu, under "Playback Setup." That takes care of playback, but what if you want to link to the high-quality version of a video? Just paste "&fmt=18" or "&fmt=22" at the end of the URL. 18 is the 480x360 version, and 22 is the 720p version. Some videos will have one, but not the other, so try both if you need to.
When it comes to embedding, you can make a quick change to the embed code to get better video quality. Just add "&ap=%2526fmt%3D18" to the end of the URLs in your embed code. Here's an example:
[via Kottke]
Comments
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Subscribe to commentsCirdainNov 15th 2008 3:24PM
I've always done this
emmieNov 15th 2008 11:48PM
Pls can you provide me with a link to download the application use for downloading youtube video with high quality.
cathkunNov 22nd 2008 5:00AM
video to flash converter does that job. http://www.videotoflash.net/avi-to-flash.htm
arturo gogaNov 15th 2008 9:35PM
I've made a greasemonkey script which will embed, by default, the high quality version, thus avoiding the hassle of doing it time and time again.
Plus, it also embeds the video at a 530px default.
http://userscripts.org/scripts/show/36916
NatashaJan 23rd 2009 11:09PM
Thank you!
michaelJan 14th 2009 6:09PM
this works great but it seems they pull the videos due to a agreement violation when someone embeds the high quality versions.
any ideas that don't violate the agreement?
JoshJan 25th 2009 12:29AM
i have been rick rolled, again... and again.... thanks
Art HughesJan 28th 2009 5:48PM
I have embedded YT videos on my site that work perfectly in Firefox (my default browser) but dont show up in IE6. Can someone please tell me what I have to change about my embed script for it to work in IE too.
my site is www.arthughesrc.com
thanks so much