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YouTube adds "high quality" toggle to embedded video player
YouTube has been offering viewer the choice to watch some videos in "high quality" for a few months now. High quality videos aren't exactly high definition, they're just encoded at higher bit rates than your typical YouTube video. That means the video will probably look a bit sharper and cleaner.Up until recently, you could only watch high quality videos by visiting YouTube or if you happened to run across a site where someone applied a little magic trick to their embedded videos. But now YouTube has added a new feature to its embedded video player that lets you toggle between high and normal quality videos wherever you happen to find them.
All you have to do is click play to start a video and then click the menu button in the bottom right corner of the playback window. You'll notice a box that says HQ. If it's grayed out, it means the video you're watching isn't available in high quality. But if it's black, it means you can click to watch the higher quality version of the video.
You can check out an example after the break.
[via CrunchGear]
Comments
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Subscribe to commentsJoe HJan 24th 2009 11:16AM
Just wanted to say, this option instantly crashes my firefox. Hopefully the kinks are worked out.
Bob SJan 24th 2009 11:33AM
No problems with Firefox for me. (3.0.5)
supernickzeroJan 24th 2009 1:16PM
It crashes my Firefox instantly as well.
texyenJan 24th 2009 12:27PM
Seems to have been removed.
bernie16wbJan 24th 2009 12:54PM
Firefox 3.05 is working fine for me.
RUGRLNJan 25th 2009 8:44AM
Uhh...there's no HQ option for that vid you embedded?!
Brad LinderJan 25th 2009 8:51AM
You have to start playing the video before the HQ option shows up in the menu. I know it's odd, but that's the way it works.
RUGRLNJan 25th 2009 2:02PM
@BradLinder
That ain't too clever...oh well thanks for pointing it out!