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#105 - Question/Answer: Watching Video On YouTube In HD

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Q. How do you watch video reviews on YouTube in HD (high definition)?

A. If the video is available in HD, just add &fmt=22 at the end of the YouTube URL in the address bar of your browser. Watch the video to find out more... http://www.Support3GM.com

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  • If I render a video in H.264 with Quicktime in 720p and use 4mbps as the birate, will it be accepted for HD? Also, do you have to embed the video to make it show up in widescreen or will youtube start making the 16:9 videos show up in a widescreen player?

  • I encode using Sony Vegas Media Studio 9 with the Sony AVC format at 1280x720. Check my Q&A video #104 on this. So the Quicktime format at 720 using 4mbps should be fine. Not sure what YouTube has planned, but I'd like to see the HD videos displayed as so. I'd also like to see a HD quality link.

  • &fmt=22 doenst work for me

    &fmt=18 does work.

  • Because tot all videos on YouTube are recorded and rendered to HD.

  • why do some videos not have the "watch in HQ" link, but still work in HQ when you type the thing in the adress bar?

    stupid

  • In many cases it's YouTube glitch or they are not uploaded in HQ or HD :( For example these Q&A videos are HQ (not HD) but not HQ link but you can force it with &fmt=18

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  • I'm beinning to see a few videos that actually say "Watch in HD" at the bottom.

  • Keep up gr8 videos:)

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  • @RandomShadowMan It should show up as HD.

  • That's ok, but if i wanna post an HD link on Facebook how can i do that, i mean a direct link when some one click to play my video so it can directly play in HD

  • youtube in HD NOW

  • youtube in HD now

  • Why are all videos suddenly wide screen? Youtube really seems to be becoming HD!

  • Only a few hours ago the videos are wide and I think I saw that allowances for uploads has been increased.

  • I wish I was as smart as you.

  • ok i'm gonna test by uploading a 720p video and see if it works

  • wow that looks AMAZING!

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