My OperaYouTube videos flickering? Or want to watch in HD? Append query strings to the URL!
Sunday, March 22, 2009 7:47:40 PM
The flickering/resizing problem primarly impacts any non-MSIE browser (Opera, Firefox, Safari, etc.) running the Flash 9 or 10 plug-in.
That being said, here are some work-arounds to the problem:
These YouTube query string hacks purportedly only work with videos that were uploaded at resolutions higher than 320x240. To see these YouTube videos in HD, try appending either &fmt=18 or &fmt=22 to the URL, instead.
For more info, visit: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fwuo_MqLgsY
Enjoy.
That being said, here are some work-arounds to the problem:
- Try appending either &fmt=6, &fmt=8, or &fmt=16 to the YouTube URL. For example, if your YouTube URL is http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S0lb50nc_EQ, then change the URL to http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S0lb50nc_EQ&fmt=8
- Or, downgrade your Flash plug-in to version 8.0 (not recommended): http://kb.adobe.com/selfservice/viewContent.do?externalId=tn_14266&sliceId=2
These YouTube query string hacks purportedly only work with videos that were uploaded at resolutions higher than 320x240. To see these YouTube videos in HD, try appending either &fmt=18 or &fmt=22 to the URL, instead.
For more info, visit: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fwuo_MqLgsY
Enjoy.
