Comments on: My New Little Youtube Buddy, Format 18

By: GregM

GregM — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 22:00:32 +0000

Under what circumstances does htis work? I've tried uploading my film trailer at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tJiy5Ez63F0 and it looks the same (lousy) whether &fmt=18 is appended or not. (The original source video is definitely high-quality, so that's not an issue.) Thanks.

By: Chris E

Chris E — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 18:19:54 +0000

Sweet. Thanks for the tip. I’m going to start appending that to every YouTube video I watch.

By: Chris E

Chris E — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 18:18:42 +0000

Sweet. Thanks for the tip. I’m going to start appending that to every YouTube video I watch.

By: Jim Leonard

Jim Leonard — Sun, 23 Mar 2008 19:19:39 +0000

Vimeo allows *real* HD uploads and playback. You should look into it. You get a cap of 500MB a week, but that’s easily enough for 10 minutes or more of 1280×720 if you encode it right.

By: James

James — Sun, 23 Mar 2008 16:29:04 +0000

Note to self: Remember to disable the YouTube HD script when comparing quality.

By: Scott "numist" Perry

Scott "numist" Perry — Sun, 23 Mar 2008 11:33:00 +0000

oh god thank you.

too bad the videos load slower… not only is the payload larger, but it isn’t as well-distributed.