This might seem as a repost of my previous articles on HD videos [article1, article2, article3 and article4 ], but there have been some changes made to HD as well as HQ videos on YouTube. So this updated article was necessary.
We all have been absolutely enjoying at the HD resolution videos on YouTube. At 1280X720 resolution, these videos have better picture quality than DVD. ( Of course, not all videos uploaded on YouTube who claim as HD are truly HD. Some of them are upscaled versions –which means their resolution has been increased, but that means, it would be similar to a video of lesser resolution being viewed in full screen. )Anyway, recently YouTube updated its pages, and now HD as well as HQ videos are embeddable, and hence viewers can view HD as well as HQ videos on any website/blog where YouTube videos are embedded. But this means, that the previous search keyword to find YouTube HD and HQ videos ( see article: where the search keyword in Google is site:youtube.com “watch in normal quality watch in hd”, it would no longer show all the HD videos, but would only show those videos which has “watch in HD” in the title.)
So searching for HD videos on YouTube has now to be done with traditional search methods using keywords like HD music, HD trailers, 720p music etc.
_Downloading HD Videos from YouTube
Fortunately the Javascript Link still works. I am reposting it here.
As I said earlier, sites like ClipNabber, or KeepVid can only grab links of the low-Q flv and the High-Q mp4 files but not the HD versions of the videos. To download the HD files, this one has proved to be 100% successful for me. It is not any website or a software that you need to download. It is just a userscript, which you need to add as a Bookmark/ Favorite. The Link is given below.
What do you need to do with it?
a. For Internet Explorer: Just right click on the Link above , and choose to “Add to Favorites”. For convenience, you can add this to the Links, so that this bookmarklet shows on your Links Toolbar.
It will prompt you that the bookmark might be unsafe. Just say yes, coz it is absolutely safe.
b. For Chrome/ Safari: You cannot right click and add this to your bookmarks. Hence, you have to hold and drag this link to the bookmark toolbar.
c. For Firefox / Flock et al: Right click and choose to Bookmark this Link.
What next? When you are viewing an HD video on YouTube, just click on this link. You will see a new link appear right below the Embed address bar on the right side. as shown in the picture below. Right click- Save as.
Voila!! Done. Hope you liked this tutorial. If you found any part of this tutorial to be hard to follow, or objectionable or have any doubts or queries, please leave the comments, and I shall get back to you. Until next time, cheers!
P.S. For more HD content streaming online, try a YouTube alternative : www. vimeo.com
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i dunno what happen it worked for me loke a couple of times and then later it started to send me an error,
Firefox can’t find the file at http://208.117.248.84/videoplayback?id=6cd17f3f6f3552ee&itag=22&ip=201.114.76.130&signature=0F04215B5DF41B7AD97834D87D4B5ABAC20A6E40.3FCD234AC878A2245EC8993A7AD40086A257747E&sver=2&expire=1238213389&key=yt1&ipbits=0.
i guess is something about the ip
do you know what the hell is happening
i try ur amazing trick ana sava as mp4 then download but when i view the video it was blank black with audio, i think youtube guys have a great money and great stuff to fetch ur amazing trick, i hope u will find a soulution soon as a love ur site andur topics and i respect all this site..thnx 4 ur great effort
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