Download High quality YouTube Videos

To download the High Quality version of the video from YouTube you need to do this: Make a new bookmark and put this code as the location:

Remove space between java script
Code[codebox]
java script:if%20(document.getElementById('download-youtube-video')==null%20&&%20!!(document.location.href.match(/http:\/\/[a-zA-Z\.]*youtube\.com\/watch/)))%20{var%20yt_mp4_path='http://www.youtube.com/get_video?fmt=18&video_id='+swfArgs['video_id']+'&t='+swfArgs['t'];%20var%20div_embed=document.getElementById('watch-embed-div');div_embed.innerHTML=div_embed.innerHTML+'<br%20/>%20<span%20id=\'download-youtube-video\'><a%20href=\''+yt_mp4_path+'\'>Download%20as%20MP4</a>%20(right-click%20and%20select%20<i>Save%20'+%20(navigator.appName=='Microsoft%20Internet%20Explorer'?'target':'link')%20+'%20as</i>)</span>';}void(0);[/codebox]

Then when on Youtube page click the bookmark. An option will appear under the embed code on the right to save as mp4. Right click it and select Save As or it's variant and there you go! Higher quality videos to your hard drive and less time / degradation from conversions.

yt-1.jpg


Yay! :teach:

Comments

Artheido
[quote name='-x1_0_nt-' post='1092545' date='Apr 16 2008, 08:43 PM']it doesn't seem to work. When i right click and click save as it will save as a HTML document not a MP4 file[/quote]

You need to select the 'All Files' property and save it as '(name).mp4' without quotes.
 
G
or just try clicking it?
works just clicking it for me
 
Tony_92
[quote name='-x1_0_nt-' post='1092545' date='Apr 16 2008, 08:43 PM']it doesn't seem to work. When i right click and click save as it will save as a HTML document not a MP4 file[/quote]
Just download it and then rename it to .mp4
Worked for me. :)
 
Artheido
[quote name='Jackreyes' post='1092580' date='Apr 16 2008, 09:01 PM']or just try clicking it?
works just clicking it for me[/quote]

The text is misleading indeed...
 
P
[quote name='Seazn' post='1092579' date='Apr 16 2008, 09:00 PM'][quote name='-x1_0_nt-' post='1092545' date='Apr 16 2008, 08:43 PM']it doesn't seem to work. When i right click and click save as it will save as a HTML document not a MP4 file[/quote]

You need to select the 'All Files' property and save it as '(name).mp4' without quotes.
[/quote]

i'll try that thanks.

[quote name='Jackreyes' post='1092580' date='Apr 16 2008, 09:01 PM']or just try clicking it?
works just clicking it for me[/quote]

*sighs* fs

[quote name='-x1_0_nt-' post='1092563' date='Apr 16 2008, 08:52 PM']i clicked on it and it directed me to this website:

http://204.246.234.18/videoplayback?id=ca6...=yt1&sver=2[/quote]
 
P
I just tested it and the quality is great.

[quote name='Salamantis' post='1092615' date='Apr 16 2008, 09:15 PM']Nice, I somehow got it to work, I never knew they kept the original file on their servers.[/quote]

Is the file you get when using this, the file the users uploaded before it got compressed and put into .flv format?
 
Mr. Noid
[quote name='-x1_0_nt-' post='1092620' date='Apr 16 2008, 09:20 PM']I just tested it and the quality is great.

Is the file you get when using this, the file the users uploaded before it got compressed and put into .flv format?[/quote]
According to this Nov. 2007 article they intend to offer higher quality versions of their videos.

http://www.news.com/8301-10784_3-9817732-7.html

Answer:
Chen also confirmed that in YouTube's internal archive, all video is stored at the native resolution in which it was sent.
Click to expand...
 
T-hug
This is awesome m8 thanks a lot, comes in very handy here at work as I only have a 60 minute quota for youtube (Websensed) each shift, useable in 10 minute segments. This way I can grab a load of vids in the 10 minutes, then watch them afterwards! Hoorah!
(Hope you don't mind but I put the code in a spoiler box as it was stretching the page lol :D )
 
S
[quote name='-x1_0_nt-' post='1092620' date='Apr 16 2008, 04:20 PM']I just tested it and the quality is great.

[quote name='Salamantis' post='1092615' date='Apr 16 2008, 09:15 PM']Nice, I somehow got it to work, I never knew they kept the original file on their servers.[/quote]

Is the file you get when using this, the file the users uploaded before it got compressed and put into .flv format?
[/quote]

Yeah I think so.
 
Mr. Noid
[quote name='Urza' post='1092778' date='Apr 16 2008, 10:56 PM']Didn't your parents ever teach you to cite your sources (or maybe that'd be your teachers)?

Here's the original article, complete with Greasemonkey script:
http://googlesystem.blogspot.com/2008/04/d...-mp4-files.html[/quote]
That was assumptive and rude. Perhaps if that was the original article or my source, I would have. :teach:
 
jelbo
[quote name='Urza' post='1092778' date='Apr 16 2008, 11:56 PM']Didn't your parents ever teach you to cite your sources (or maybe that'd be your teachers)?[/quote]
He never claimed it as his creation, and who knows where he found it, maybe it was another post at some forum.
Here's the original article, complete with Greasemonkey script:
http://googlesystem.blogspot.com/2008/04/d...-mp4-files.html
Click to expand...
Thanks for the link! Great to have it as a GreaseMonkey script.
[quote name='Mr. Noid' post='1093164' date='Apr 17 2008, 03:47 AM']That was assumptive and rude. Perhaps if that was the original article or my source, I would have. :teach:[/quote]
Aren't most many posts of Urza assumptive and rude? :rolleyes: And helpful at the same time sometimes :P
 

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