Youtube Videos - which quality is best: HQ18, HQ22, HQ35, HQ37?

Edited by Earl on Jan-07-2010

Youtube videos

Sometimes I run across an interesting video that I want to share with my kids.  I download the video to my notebook computer's hard drive and let my kids watch the videos offline while in the kitchen eating meals or snacks.

To download the videos, I use the Firefox browser and the add-on:  Download Helper.

Sometimes Download Helper presents multiple files to choose from for the same video.  Which file is the best quality?

HQ37 Super-high quality
HQ22 Very-high quality MP4  1280x720 (16:9 ratio) recorded at 2000 kbps
HQ35 High quality  FLV  854x480 (16:9 ratio) recorded at 900 kbps
HQ18 Medium quality  MP4  480x360 (4:3 ratio) recorded at 512 kbps

The information above was found from:

Yahoo! Answers - video specifications.

rishabhsingla.blogspot.com - rates the video quality from best to worst.

Download videos without installing anything new


There are other ways to download videos from video websites that does not require Firefox or installing a plugin.  Here is a website that will help you download videos from Vimeo and other video websites:

ClipNabber
ClipNabber





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