[Tip] Embed your YouTube videos in high-def! (MOVED)

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This is a useful code for dramatically boosting the quality of the videos you embed on the forum.
This is NOT the &fmt=18 extension but an entirely different string of code that actually works when you link a video player from YouTube to the forums.
(Repost search tags: Embed, Youtube, High, Def, Definition, Quality, How, To)


I do not take credit for the code, only relaying the information. Credit for the work done goes to Microscopics Blog.

So, everyone knows what an embed code looks like:

<object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/D1riEG8M30Q&hl=en&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/D1riEG8M30Q&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>

The code you get directly from YouTube will embed a video of standard quality wherever you post it. The picture is grainy and blurry, the sound is in mono. All we're going to add for crisp image and sound is this line:

&ap=%2526fmt%3D18

You'll notice there are duplicate lines containing the video's URL within the embed code:

<object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/D1riEG8M30Q&hl=en&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/D1riEG8M30Q&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>

For the best effect, we're going to combine the url and the additional line of code like this:

http://www.youtube.com/v/D1riEG8M30Q&ap=%2526fmt%3D18&hl=en&fs=1

The brown text is the video's URL, the blue text is the hi-quality code and the white text is the leftovers.

I assumed this wasn't common knowledge after I saw video after video posted on MMOwned didn't take advantage of this. This is mostly just for aesthetic purposes, but if YouTube gimps your videos to the point where you're worried you don't get your point across as effectively, this can help! I could see this working best with exploration videos.

Make sure that you use the modified URL in BOTH places of the embed code. The finished product should look like this:

<object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/D1riEG8M30Q&ap=%2526fmt%3D18&hl=en&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/D1riEG8M30Q&ap=%2526fmt%3D18&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>

Before:
[YT]<object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/D1riEG8M30Q&hl=en&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/D1riEG8M30Q&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>[/YT]


After:
[YT]<object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/D1riEG8M30Q&ap=%2526fmt%3D18&hl=en&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/D1riEG8M30Q&ap=%2526fmt%3D18&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>[/YT]

I do not take credit for the code, only relaying the information. Credit for the work done goes to Microscopics Blog.[/COLOR]