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Top Tip! How to Watch and Download Youtube Videos In High-Definition Quality
Submitted by admin on Thu, 12/11/2008 - 07:51.
Youtube now supports videos in High-Definition quality, watching videos in HD requires users to click a link and reload the full-page for HD version of the video, but if you want to enjoy videos on Youtube at the highest quality available by default with an option to download both MP4 and HD versions of the video, here are two Firefox extensions to make things fully automatic.
First Extension Will Make Youtube Load HD Quality Version Without Reloading The Page
Second Extension Will Add Links For Downloading Videos In MP4 and HD Quality
All you have to do is to click the links below and install the Firefox extensions and restart the browser, next time you visit Youtube videos will load in highest possible quality and will have links to download videos easily.
Download Firefox Extension :
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tnx
Thanks........
Nice extensions, I am on a 10 MBPs dedicated line, I can now make gooduse of it downloading HD quality videos from Youtube.
Tempting But....
MELLB: hackers are currently attacking via Firefox add-ons, so I am reluctant to try it.
Trusted
I had created this addon myself and I guess having a reputed tech blog with 28000+ registered users and 26000+ RSS subscriber, this can be trusted.
this sounds good to me, and
this sounds good to me, and I trust the admin here. =]
thanks for this, it actually
thanks for this, it actually works!!!!
As I said before, although I
As I said before, although I was not logged in, I trust the admin here. I have been using it since it was posted, and it does wonders. Finally someone gives us a very useful Firefox addon for youtube. =]
thanks a bunch!
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Fertility Is Hereditary, Chances Are If Your Parents Didn't Have Children Neither Will You
HELP :D
hey can some one help ?
every time i click 'Download as 720p HD MP4 '
a blank page appears. and if i (right-click and select Save link as) nothing comes out ):
Download
Don't click the link, Right-Click and select Save link as
PLUS you gotta' remember you
PLUS you gotta' remember you can't download a video in HD if the originally uploaded video was of low quality, right?
ah, that's why the damned
ah, that's why the damned thing wouldn't work. Yes, copying normal did work when 720p did not
correct. otherwise it would
correct. otherwise it would be an upscaled video of horrible quality. lol.
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Fertility Is Hereditary, Chances Are If Your Parents Didn't Have Children Neither Will You
Hey admin, I have noticed
Hey admin, I have noticed some videos, when you right click then save link as, it comes up as "get_video" and saves as nothing but a firefox link. Weird. Most videos can be saved, but some cant. Just thought I would let you know.
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Fertility Is Hereditary, Chances Are If Your Parents Didn't Have Children Neither Will You
Thanks for feedback..
Pls. post a Youtube video link where this is not working and I will check.
gives CA error at instalation
hi there. i can install but can't load and use(code: sec_error-ca_cert_invalid)
this one does not work for
this one does not work for me. Thanks
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uQu71l1WQ3g
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Fertility Is Hereditary, Chances Are If Your Parents Didn't Have Children Neither Will You
That video is only HQ, not
That video is only HQ, not HD. So yeah, the originally uploaded file was not HD quality.
Exactly...
The only reason HD is not downloading is because it is not available for that video.
Weird, not even the non-720p
Weird, not even the non-720p download worked....
Oh well, one out of 7 videos i wanted didnt download, good odds to me, keeping the add-on =]
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Fertility Is Hereditary, Chances Are If Your Parents Didn't Have Children Neither Will You
Works Great!!
Thank you so much for this!
outstanding and much
outstanding and much appreciated!
now if only i could download a brightcove hosted video. all the usual methods (sites, programs, extensions) just don't work. impossible to find the flv or figure the path to it.
Awesome..
Youtube HD videos are just amazing and ur extension works excellent.
Fantastic !!!!!
Works flawlessly. Many, many thanks !!!!!
licked
omg! i'm amazed! it actually works! thanks!!!
Cool
Cool it works. but I dont like the "Download Vid" something suspiscious its allways connecting to 1 Ip.. And I dont like that :/
/Pr0F0xX
What IP
I can assure you its 100% safe, its not connecting anything other then Youtube servers.
it crashed my PC?
hey. wtf? not only did it NOT work, but it crashed my PC? WTF, man?!?!
Are you kidding ??
It works well, and even if it cause any crash it can only CRASH Firefox not your PC.
funny because I have had it
funny because I have had it since admin posted it and it hasnt done anything other then what I wanted it to. No crashes at all.
It is something on your hard drive that crashed your computer, not this.
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Fertility Is Hereditary, Chances Are If Your Parents Didn't Have Children Neither Will You
bleh
how do you install this
Installing...
It's a firefox addon, so you need Firefox webbrowser, simply open the extension with Firefox and click the install button.
[?][why!?]
[?][why this addons are not included in Official Firefox Extensions Web?]
It is still considered
It is still considered experimental and thus, there's an inherent risk to those who download it. But, appearing from the comments, most people haven't had any issues.
Thanks, this is a great option. I've just tried it and it worked great.
Can't download/install
Every time I try to download this from the Firefox Add-ons site I get an error saying -
because: Invalid file hash (possible download corruption)
-261
so the extension isn't installed.
I tried emailing video@megaleecher.net, but it bounced with a nondelivery status of 'No Such User Here'.
Download works fine...
Try downloading again.
Thanks
Thanks for the extension, it's wonderful.
Great addon
Awesome addon and it works great. But one more thing would be great. Include another link for downloading flv. For some videos, not only is there no 720p HD MP4, but there is also no MP4. Some vids only have flv available. Yes, I know I can go to a site like keepvid for downloading flv. But I am just saying that it would make this wonderful addon a complete package for youtube download.
works a treat - thanks :)
works a treat - thanks :)
ffffffffffffffffffffffffffffff
bugmenot doesnt work
Can't Download
It is now says not a valid install package... error -207
:( I cant download this
Must have for watching music videos
and working great
hi
hi
A video that doesn't work
This video doesn't work
http://de.youtube.com/watch?v=EEptNFzLpjk&feature=channel
Idea...
Trying to use the downloaded videos on my mobile phone, but the resolution isn't supported... any way of choosing the desired resolution in a further update?
Thanks
Thanky very much.
cannot download
not able to download, invalid package or invalid file hash.
Invalid File Hash
Installs and works 100% fine, if you are receiving errors see this - http://kb.mozillazine.org/Unable_to_install_themes_or_extensions_-_Firefox#Invalid_file_hash
Thanks for these great extensions!
I can wrong, cos I tried few others xpi's few days ago, lots of re/installs and I could swear I had an options 'Download as 3gp and flv' above 'Download as MP4'. And today I entered previously visited youtube and I have just two MP4 options: HQ & HD... Does your download extension show flv & 3pg links in right youtube menu?
Not work at all for me
No download links, nothing, just install fine and that's all. Unusable for me. Firefox 3.0.6, linux gentoo ~amd64, flash 10.0.22.87 native 64 (no wrappers). Noscript and adblock disabled for youtube. So i remove it.
Worked well
Tried both regular and HD videos. Works as described. Thanks.
I got it to work, but it
I got it to work, but it came up as not really a file. 0 Bytes?
What's going on here . . ?
Right click and save as. Big
Right click and save as.
Big thank you to the author who did this. :]
downloading
well i loved this program... at first then after a couple downloads it tells me on my psp the data is corrupted. The version it downloads to your computer is in psp format but for some reason only tyra or my korean drama ep's will download and play on my psp.... wtf????
Can't Download The Program For Firefox
I Can't Download The Program For Firefox?
works for me, thanks so much
works for me, thanks so much for this! :D ?
Thanks for this great
Thanks for this great add-on.
However, is there any way to download cc subtitle?
Can you make another add-on for this?
Thanks.
Shame
I haven't found a single HQ video that will download yet -- they all come back as zero bytes.
Youtube HD Video
Try this - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Xo1Res5Pwg&hd=1&feature=hd
or any video which has a real HD version from here - http://www.youtube.com/hd
confused
not working with me everytime i tried to download a video from you-tube {by using: (right-click and select Save link as)} i got this file in save as: get_video.htm
even if i tried to download the MP4 quality, still getting that HTML file
any idea?
i just want to say...
... it works! class. thx :)
Not working!
I tried downloading several HQ and HD videos and none of them worked.
I tried downloading the HD video suggested by the admin a couple posts above me, too, and that one doesn't work, either... All I get after right click save link as is a HTML doc file.
This was too good to be true. :(
Its working
I just tested this and it worked fine ;
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Xo1Res5Pwg&hd=1&feature=hd
Still not working.
Like I said, it didn't work for me and now the download links (the links I'm supposed to right click) are gone after I installed the update..
I have NO idea how you got it to work lol.
Is this Broken now? Used to
Is this Broken now?
Used to work, now I can't even watch the video until I disable the ad-on.
What's wrong?
I just installed an update and now the download links have disappeared from the Youtube page. What's wrong?
Stopped working
Before april 17th 2009, it worked perfectly, now every time i click one of the links it just takes me to a blank page...i'm pretty sure youtube updated something and that broke the extension.
Firefox Video Downloader
Tested again working fine !! Try re-installing.
Nope, doesn't work!
I reinstalled the add-on but it still doesn't work. The links are not there. Like "download as mp4" etc, I'm talking about those links. They're not there anymore. They disappeared after the latest update in case you think I'm too stupid to reinstall an add-on lol. But yeah, it's like I don't have this add-on installed at all. :-/
Does this addon's java scripts contain any mailware?
Hi,
I scanned this addon's javascripts with my anti-virus and it flagged a detection inside of the firefox profile directory containing this addon. I'm not sure if its a false positive or not. I manually looked at the .js scripts in notepad. They contain cross-domain xmlhttp request. Not sure if this is a security concern either. Can anyone provide any insight into this.
Thanks
Its Safe...
I can assure its 100% safe, what anti-virus are you using and what script-file it is flagging as suspicious.
Doesn't work for me
I get no buttons or any type of link to download videos.
Doesn't work for me either.
Same here.
So how do we get the buttons? Can someone help?
Only works on some videos now
Before I installed the Update it worked great,
After the update, only certain videos can be downloaded via the .mpg4 or even .g3
Instead of downloading it sends me to a blank page
An example of a video that I couldn't download anymore is below:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-K7z0wUT0jA
Wow
You guys rock! I tried about a dozen other methods and none of them paid off except yours! Thanks.
Here is a solution for all
Here is a solution for all of you who had troubles with buttons disappearing after updating:
Search for and then download Forefox beta 3.5.
Then go to the page for downloading add ons and click a button reading something like "show all versions of this add on".
Then click on the one compatible with the beta version.
Voila! The buttons are back, but a lot smaller than the original buttons...
Does not work with Firefox 2.0.x for Mac
I had to upgrade to Firefox 3.0.x to get the download buttons to show up. Now it works great, though, thanks!!
MP3 ?
Same things but to download only sounds as MP3 would be good :)
assistance required
When you download a video from youtube, where does it save to? Or how do i save it from the download window? I Can watch the video from the download window, but i can't do anything else, help please.
*Lordpolokus*
View-YouTube-Videos-Highest-Quality.xpi
I've downloaded the file and installed it. It, as said, reload to HD version on automatic BUT... the videos never start no matter what I do.
Atm Im trying to uninstall it with no success. The extention doesnt show where the others do and I cant find any trace of it... yet it must be there.
Is there anyone able to help me find a way to manually uninstall it?
Thanks in advance, Johan
ps. English isnt my spoken language... sorry for grammars and spelling.
UGH
It doesnt work for me!!!!!!
When ever I try to open the folder it always makes me re download it!!
ughhhh
please mention the two firefox add-ons explicitly. i have trouble finding the softs.
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