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.

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Yay! :teach:

Comments

janitormane
Dude, this rocks! Altough the files are bigger and I have a slow connection :angry: But I guess it's worth it because they look much better on my psp, not to mention I can save directly to it!

props Noid
 
Opium
I can't get it to work. I visit a youtube video then click the bookmark which I copy and pasted. I box comes up saying "The URL is not valid and cannot be loaded"
 
Westside
[quote name='Opium' post='1091110' date='Apr 15 2008, 08:33 PM']I can't get it to work. I visit a youtube video then click the bookmark which I copy and pasted. I box comes up saying "The URL is not valid and cannot be loaded"[/quote]
go to keepvid.com
 
T
[quote name='Opium' post='1091110' date='Apr 15 2008, 08:33 PM']I can't get it to work. I visit a youtube video then click the bookmark which I copy and pasted. I box comes up saying "The URL is not valid and cannot be loaded"[/quote]


same here
 
link459
[quote name='Opium' post='1091110' date='Apr 15 2008, 05:33 PM']I can't get it to work. I visit a youtube video then click the bookmark which I copy and pasted. I box comes up saying "The URL is not valid and cannot be loaded"[/quote]

Same here.

Oh how I want this to work...
 
S
[quote name='link459' post='1091119' date='Apr 15 2008, 08:39 PM'][quote name='Opium' post='1091110' date='Apr 15 2008, 05:33 PM']I can't get it to work. I visit a youtube video then click the bookmark which I copy and pasted. I box comes up saying "The URL is not valid and cannot be loaded"[/quote]

Same here.

Oh how I want this to work...
[/quote]

Same :(
 
Mr. Noid
[quote name='Opium' post='1091110' date='Apr 16 2008, 01:33 AM']I can't get it to work. I visit a youtube video then click the bookmark which I copy and pasted. I box comes up saying "The URL is not valid and cannot be loaded"[/quote]
The codebox put a space between java script. It should be javascript. Then it will work. I can't figure out how to make it display correctly without breaking the code :wacko: .
 
H
!!! thanks bro, I downloaded some tetris ds videos and the quality is insane on my pda :) On the computer seeking is smoother than the flv's, nice
 
Westside
Again people use Keepvid.com much easier, and it does the same thing, it lets you download the MP4 high quality version.
 
PBC
Westside has it right. I copied the original link from google, pasted it in, selected google from the drop down options....right clicked the link for high res and I downloaded.

It downloaded a .html with a strange name but it was my video i wanted. All i had to do of course was rename the file and extention to whatever.mp4


Good find tho
 
da_rula
Very nice trick. This shows again how powerful java(script) can be.
The quality is a bit better than .flv :)
 
jelbo
Great! Is there a GreaseMonkey script for this? Or anything other permanent so I don't have to paste this line every time?
 
arctic_flame
Google did this. They're making Youtube more like google video every day.

[quote name='da_rula' post='1092242' date='Apr 16 2008, 06:13 PM']This shows again how powerful java(script) can be.[/quote]

Manipulating the innerHTML property? It must be really powerful! Also, Java and javascript are completely different things. Adding those brackets made you look silly.
 
P
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
 

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