I know, I have done a lot of posts on YouTube video Downloads so far. Javascripts, and old favorites like Keepvid. But this new tool is fast becoming my favorite. I don’t feel the need to go back to Keepvid anymore. Because KeepHD is the one stop shop which fulfills all my YouTube needs.
a) It supports HD video download as well. Yes, just copy the URL and paste it in the address bar on the KeepHD page. And voila!! Your video can be downloaded in FLV Low Quality, 3GP Mobile video, MP4 High quality or HD.
b) Second best thing, the address bar gets auto-deleted when you click on it. So, once you are done downloading your previous video and before pasting the next URL, there is no need to select the previous URL and delete it. So you have two steps of redundant work eliminated. Also, to download a YouTube video whose URL is say: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CXENO12nw28 (Hary Hill’s TV Burp), you can just paste the highlighted portion after keephd.com. So this would look like http://keephd.com/watch?v=CXENO12nw28, and the download options page would be displayed.
c) Best feature as yet, you can download videos which are not available in your region. You do get frustrated when you can’t view certain videos on YouTube due to area restrictions. Just download them via KeepHD and view them offline. And especially with the new TV Shows and Movies added on YouTube, KeepHD will surely become one of the favorite internet services available. Happy Downloading!
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.
I had done a post before on Techkeyla about watching and downloading videos from Youtube in High Quality version. (The post is here) Not that all videos were uploaded in their High Quality grandeur, but some of them were, and we could watch them in their High Quality resolution just by adding “&fmt=18″ at the end of the video URL. Downloading it was more fun with KeepVid.com. Now, Wired.com reports that Youtube is experimenting with High-Definition videos to be aired. And it is indeed High-Definition at 720p. Have a look at the different versions of the crazily popular “Where the Hell is Matt” video.
How to Download the Youtubes Video in HD after the Jump
If Apple has the stuff right now, it won’t let CES take over the headlines, even if Macworld is scheduled next week. That’s what they showed, with the Mac Pro Launch, the fastest Mac ever, launched with the Premiere of Intel’s Quadro-Core Processors, PENRYN. This is BIG NEWS actually, because Intel is choosing Apple as the very first computers to use the new Chip technology. And to have announced that a week prior to the Keynotes at Macworld is quite shocking. Or as Gizmodo guys suggest here, is it just the tip of the iceberg? Only Steve knows what he has under his sleeve. So what can we expect from Macworld 2008? Industry experts are rumoring about iTunes with HD Support, New Office and a Better Leopard. What do we expect over here? Is it too early to ask for the launch of the iPhone Mac OS SDK?Or perhaps, a further reduction of the iPhone price? Or may be more bizarre, an unlocked iPhone totally, no holds barred, thumbs down to AT&T. I should really stop speculating now and let Steve reveal the STUFF in a week.
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