YouTube High Quality Automatic

Written by JoeSimmons, installed 3,721 times.
Last update on Jul 26, 2008
9 fans 6 comments

Watch videos in high quality automatically. Now has a UserScript command to toggle a confirmation box. Made for people who don't login or save cookies. Uses JavaScript instead of &fmt=18; no reloading pages

If there is high quality...


If there isn't high quality...
Now with a UserScript command...

The confirmation box...


Updates:
Added &fmt=18 checking so it doesn't try to load HQ when HQ is already on.
Addd multiple onLoad functions for multiple browsers.
Added link replacing so you know when you're in HQ.
Added faster searching of seeing if HQ is available.
Added informing of when there isn't HQ available.
Added a UserScript Command to toggle the confirmation box on/off.
Added images.





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nathaniel_hi... scriptwright
Posted Jun 26, 2008

Hello,

I just wanted to point out that some videos are available in higher quality even though youtube says that they aren't.

An example:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pVKnF26qFFM (standard)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pVKnF26qFFM&fmt=18 (high)

This is to bad because I like the idea of automatic high quality instead of having to use a script that inserts a link.

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fungo user
Posted Jun 24, 2008

Fantastic! This saves me a) having to let YouTube take a permanent cookie; b) having to constantly set the HD view; and even c) having to wonder every time if I've actually got the HD or not. Great little problem-solver. Thanks! Now if I can just figure out which script works correctly to save the mp4...

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livedead13 user
Posted Jun 22, 2008

i signed up here just to say thanks for the script, as youtube refuses to remember my settings. i set it to HQ in my account preferences, but it always reverts back to automatic. i would imagine other people have that problem as well.

so thanks.

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MonickerL user
Posted May 17, 2008

Edit to my comment: I'll still use this, but I didn't even know about the setting in Jonny's link. Sneaky bastards at youtube. :)

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MonickerL user
Posted May 17, 2008

I don't think it's redundant at all. I find it annoying that every time I click on a video, I have to click on another link to reload it sans the horrible compression. I think this is handy to bypass that whole pain in the ass. So thanks, Joe, I'l be using this.

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Jonny user
Posted May 9, 2008

Hi,

I think this script is redundant because there is an option on the website whether or not to use the higher quality: http://www.youtube.com/video_quality_settings

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