Youtube tricks

xoxoxoBruce · 04-19-2009, 05:10 AM

1. View high quality videos
Youtube gives you the option to switch to high quality videos for some of the videos, however you can check if a video is available in high quality format by appending ‘&fmt=18′(stereo, 480 x 270 resolution) or ‘&fmt=22′(stereo, 1280 x 720 resolution) for even higher quality.

2. Embed Higher Quality Videos
While the above trick works for playback, if however you want to embed hig quality videos you need to append “&ap=%2526fmt%3D18″ and “&ap=%2526fmt%3D22″ to the embed url.

3. Cut the chase and link to the interesting part
Linking to a video where the real action starts at 3 minutes 22 seconds, wondered if you could make it start at 03:22? You are in luck. All you have to do is add #t=03m22s (#t=XXmYYs for XX mins and YY seconds) to the end of the URL.

4. Hide the search box
The search box appears when you hover over an embedded video. To hide the search box add ‘&showsearch=0′ to the embed url.

5. Embed only a part of Video
Just append ‘&start=30′ to skip first 30s of the video. In general you can modify the value after start= to the number of seconds you want to skip the video for.

6. Autoplay an embedded video Do Not Do This In The Cellar
Normally when you embed a Youtube video and load the page, the player is loaded and it sits there waiting for you to hit the play button. You can make the video play automatically by adding ‘&autoplay=1′ to the url part of the embed code.

7. Loop an embedded video
Append ‘&loop=1′ to make the video start again without user intervention after it reaches the end.

8. Disable Related Videos
Publishing your content in the form of Youtube video? Don’t want people to see other people’s content that may be related but may as well be in competition to you? Just add ‘&rel=0′ to the end of the url part of the embed code and you just turned off the related video suggestions!

9. Bypass Youtube Regional Filtering
Some videos are only available in certain parts of the world. Your IP Address is used to determine your location and then allow or deny access to the video. Change the url from http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=<somecode> to http://www.youtube.com/v/<somecode>

10. Download Video
Although not inherently a youtube trick but useful all the same for downloading videos. Just change youtube to kickyoutube in the url of the video and it will take you to kickyoutube.com with all the options for downloading the video you were watching.

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Flint · 04-19-2009, 11:11 AM

Bump.

lumberjim · 04-23-2009, 11:10 PM

lumberjim · 04-23-2009, 11:16 PM

the kickyoutube thing wants me to download another program

lumberjim · 04-23-2009, 11:26 PM

nevermind....i figured it out....you have to right click the blue 'down' tab at the top, and save file as.

eta: you have to mouse over the lil icon on the left of the top bar to make sure which vid youre getting ....

glatt · 04-24-2009, 07:35 AM

the #6 autoplay is a very bad thing. I don't want videos autoplaying. I can't watch videos from work, and if they autoplay I'll get in trouble. Videos use too much bandwidth and my IT department polices that.

Please don't use the autoplay feature when posting a video.

Also, what happens when a thread contains many videos with autoplay? It will be like being in a room with many tvs on at once.

Autoplay goes against the best thing about the internet, which is that the reader gets to choose what they read. If I wanted to be force fed stuff, I'd turn on the tv.

Beestie · 04-24-2009, 09:03 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by glatt

the #6 autoplay is a very bad thing.

Couldn't agree more.

glatt · 04-24-2009, 11:49 AM

I edited my flashblock settings and removed the Cellar from the white list.

I don't get the embedded youtube videos anymore. Problem solved for me now.

I still think auto play is bad idea.

lumberjim · 04-24-2009, 11:52 AM

did someone fix my immigrant song? thanks.

i was just testing that out.....i agree with glatt...

i didnt think about that last night....I hate it when music starts playing when i go to a page.

glatt · 04-24-2009, 12:06 PM

I have a problem with self control and the internet. Even though I'm not supposed to watch videos at work, I sometimes watch a short one. By enabling flash block I won't be tempted to click just to see for a second what one is.

I also found an interesting add-on for Firefox called Leechblock. You can block yourself from certain sites during certain hours or after you've spent a certain amount of time on that site that day. It's meant for people who have no self control and just keep going back to their favorite web site over and over again when they have work they should be doing. You can set it for certain levels, like you can type a password to override it, or you can set it up so you can't override it at all without uninstalling the the whole program. It's kind of like putting a time lock on the refrigerator.

Anyway, I just blocked youtube on my work PC with Leechblock. It doesn't block embedded videos for some reason, but I can't visit the site at all now without uninstalling the software. And flash block stops the embedded videos from tempting me.

I should probably Leechblock the Cellar, but that will never happen. It's usually open in a window somewhere.

monster · 04-09-2010, 10:39 AM

bump. Useful tip re starting the video in the middle, have been meaning to look it up for a while

UncaDollas · 04-09-2010, 05:33 PM

How do you embed them here? the youtube button, or entering it manually dosent seem to work, yet I see some videos on these boards.

monster · 04-09-2010, 07:04 PM

I could tell you what you're doing wrong, but I'm not keen to encourage someone whose only purpose seems to be to post youtube clips. Tell me about yourself.

lumberjim · 04-09-2010, 09:40 PM

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xoxoxoBruce · 04-10-2010, 03:00 AM

And delete everything after the number, which starts with &.

04-19-2009, 05:10 AM	#1
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Youtube tricks 1. View high quality videos Youtube gives you the option to switch to high quality videos for some of the videos, however you can check if a video is available in high quality format by appending ‘&fmt=18′(stereo, 480 x 270 resolution) or ‘&fmt=22′(stereo, 1280 x 720 resolution) for even higher quality. 2. Embed Higher Quality Videos While the above trick works for playback, if however you want to embed hig quality videos you need to append “&ap=%2526fmt%3D18″ and “&ap=%2526fmt%3D22″ to the embed url. 3. Cut the chase and link to the interesting part Linking to a video where the real action starts at 3 minutes 22 seconds, wondered if you could make it start at 03:22? You are in luck. All you have to do is add #t=03m22s (#t=XXmYYs for XX mins and YY seconds) to the end of the URL. 4. Hide the search box The search box appears when you hover over an embedded video. To hide the search box add ‘&showsearch=0′ to the embed url. 5. Embed only a part of Video Just append ‘&start=30′ to skip first 30s of the video. In general you can modify the value after start= to the number of seconds you want to skip the video for. 6. Autoplay an embedded video Do Not Do This In The Cellar Normally when you embed a Youtube video and load the page, the player is loaded and it sits there waiting for you to hit the play button. You can make the video play automatically by adding ‘&autoplay=1′ to the url part of the embed code. 7. Loop an embedded video Append ‘&loop=1′ to make the video start again without user intervention after it reaches the end. 8. Disable Related Videos Publishing your content in the form of Youtube video? Don’t want people to see other people’s content that may be related but may as well be in competition to you? Just add ‘&rel=0′ to the end of the url part of the embed code and you just turned off the related video suggestions! 9. Bypass Youtube Regional Filtering Some videos are only available in certain parts of the world. Your IP Address is used to determine your location and then allow or deny access to the video. Change the url from http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=<somecode> to http://www.youtube.com/v/<somecode> 10. Download Video Although not inherently a youtube trick but useful all the same for downloading videos. Just change youtube to kickyoutube in the url of the video and it will take you to kickyoutube.com with all the options for downloading the video you were watching. link __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump. Last edited by xoxoxoBruce; 04-25-2009 at 01:51 AM.

04-19-2009, 11:11 AM	#2
Flint Snowflake Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Dystopia Posts: 13,136	Bump. __________________ **************** There's a level of facility that everyone needs to accomplish, and from there it's a matter of deciding for yourself how important ultra-facility is to your expression. ... I found, like Joseph Campbell said, if you just follow whatever gives you a little joy or excitement or awe, then you're on the right track. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Terry Bozzio**

04-23-2009, 11:10 PM	#3
lumberjim I can hear my ears Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 25,571	__________________ This body holding me reminds me of my own mortality Embrace this moment, remember We are eternal, all this pain is an illusion ~MJKeenan

04-23-2009, 11:16 PM	#4
lumberjim I can hear my ears Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 25,571	the kickyoutube thing wants me to download another program __________________ This body holding me reminds me of my own mortality Embrace this moment, remember We are eternal, all this pain is an illusion ~MJKeenan

04-23-2009, 11:26 PM	#5
lumberjim I can hear my ears Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 25,571	nevermind....i figured it out....you have to right click the blue 'down' tab at the top, and save file as. eta: you have to mouse over the lil icon on the left of the top bar to make sure which vid youre getting .... __________________ This body holding me reminds me of my own mortality Embrace this moment, remember We are eternal, all this pain is an illusion ~MJKeenan Last edited by lumberjim; 04-23-2009 at 11:42 PM.

04-24-2009, 07:35 AM	#6
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	the #6 autoplay is a very bad thing. I don't want videos autoplaying. I can't watch videos from work, and if they autoplay I'll get in trouble. Videos use too much bandwidth and my IT department polices that. Please don't use the autoplay feature when posting a video. Also, what happens when a thread contains many videos with autoplay? It will be like being in a room with many tvs on at once. Autoplay goes against the best thing about the internet, which is that the reader gets to choose what they read. If I wanted to be force fed stuff, I'd turn on the tv.

04-24-2009, 11:49 AM	#8
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	I edited my flashblock settings and removed the Cellar from the white list. I don't get the embedded youtube videos anymore. Problem solved for me now. I still think auto play is bad idea.

04-24-2009, 11:52 AM	#9
lumberjim I can hear my ears Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 25,571	did someone fix my immigrant song? thanks. i was just testing that out.....i agree with glatt... i didnt think about that last night....I hate it when music starts playing when i go to a page. __________________ This body holding me reminds me of my own mortality Embrace this moment, remember We are eternal, all this pain is an illusion ~MJKeenan

04-24-2009, 12:06 PM	#10
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	I have a problem with self control and the internet. Even though I'm not supposed to watch videos at work, I sometimes watch a short one. By enabling flash block I won't be tempted to click just to see for a second what one is. I also found an interesting add-on for Firefox called Leechblock. You can block yourself from certain sites during certain hours or after you've spent a certain amount of time on that site that day. It's meant for people who have no self control and just keep going back to their favorite web site over and over again when they have work they should be doing. You can set it for certain levels, like you can type a password to override it, or you can set it up so you can't override it at all without uninstalling the the whole program. It's kind of like putting a time lock on the refrigerator. Anyway, I just blocked youtube on my work PC with Leechblock. It doesn't block embedded videos for some reason, but I can't visit the site at all now without uninstalling the software. And flash block stops the embedded videos from tempting me. I should probably Leechblock the Cellar, but that will never happen. It's usually open in a window somewhere.

04-09-2010, 10:39 AM	#11
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	bump. Useful tip re starting the video in the middle, have been meaning to look it up for a while __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

04-09-2010, 05:33 PM	#12
UncaDollas Banned Join Date: Nov 2009 Posts: 72	How do you embed them here? the youtube button, or entering it manually dosent seem to work, yet I see some videos on these boards.

04-09-2010, 07:04 PM	#13
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	I could tell you what you're doing wrong, but I'm not keen to encourage someone whose only purpose seems to be to post youtube clips. Tell me about yourself. __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

04-09-2010, 09:40 PM	#14
lumberjim I can hear my ears Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 25,571	... Attached Images __________________ This body holding me reminds me of my own mortality Embrace this moment, remember We are eternal, all this pain is an illusion ~MJKeenan

04-10-2010, 03:00 AM	#15
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	And delete everything after the number, which starts with &. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

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