High definition conversion videos in YouTube

There are so many variables.  Each video player's software algorithm will do things a little differently.  Apparently you like the way the browser uses Flash or something to play your youtube vids.  Then you download the vid and play it with something else like Movie Maker or Media Player and they handle it differently.  How they handle codecs, how the work with the system you're on with RAM and Graphics chipsets all matters.  I think you'd like researching it a little bit.  If you'd like help with certain topics let us know.

Here is a interesting bit on youtube videos to start with.
http://www.macxdvd.com/mac-dvd-video-converter-how-to/best-video-format-for-youtube.htm

and here is a very little bit on video file formats.
http://www.webnethosting.net/the-different-types-of-video-file-formats-on-the-internet/

So correct me if I'm wrong but I think you wanted to know why this happens, and it is usually the above.  If anyone can do nice software work for images and video I often cannot beat Adobe the Flash people.  If you go to Adobe.com and look into the Flash platform you may be able to get a stand-alone Flash Pro Player or something that gives you the quality you want with downloaded youtube vids.

If you would like more please let us know.

We don't really want to know why this happens, we want to know which we can use so we can get the closest to HD as the possible as to what you see YouTube HD (some video are in 1080 and above settings).

Alright.  Let's see.  You'll have to try some players out and see if the quality is what you like.

I have no experience with this one but it came up searching for stand-alone Flash player.  If you happen to download the Flash formats of .swf and .flv from youtube you could try it.
http://www.standaloneflashplayer.com/

Then I searched for MP4 players and got these where you can read a review and download popularity info.
This is free.
http://www.freewarefiles.com/Free-MP4-Player_program_59863.html

This is $30.
http://download.cnet.com/MP4-Player/3000-13632_4-10833015.html

This is free.
http://download.cnet.com/VLC-Media-Player-64-bit/3000-13632_4-75761094.html#editorsreview

I cannot run these as I'm have a Microsoft Surface RT 8.1 today so I'll be curious to know if any of them, or one that you end up finding on your own, look good to you.  You'll want to check if they play HD 1080 if you need it.  If you're viewing video on youtube prior to downloading, you can right-click and choose "Stats for nerds" to see the original video type, resolution, and stats.  Please let us know.

Forgot to mention.

You may be able to view your downloaded videos in your browser.  I cannot with my Surface RT.  When I try it automatically switches to Xbox video Metro app.

To try it, open browser, click File, Open, browse navigate to your video file on your computer, and open it.  If the navigating doesn't show your video file listed remember to set the file type to "all files."  It may look just as good as it did on youtube if employing the Flash add-on that is part of the browser experience.

It seems like you are doing what we doing, googling for different apps.  We've been doing this.  That is why we decided on EE opinion.

That said, we really looking for EE experience in this matter and opinion on which they recommend to use in order to maintain the highest quality.

Hi again.

Wanted to provide this explanation for HD specs from Wiki as I don't think you want to use the popular term "HD" with your particular question here.


from the link
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High-definition_video

This info is anther reason why a player that does the best with one person's system may not perform at that level with different display drivers and chipsets and memory.  The answer is can be generalized but you need to try it.

In your experience, converting YouTube video, which is better or high in definition to converted to? (mp4, avi, wmv or 3gp).

Also, you mention Adobe.  What apps we can use to convert video to that format?

(since this is not for continual use, rather temporary, we are looking for free software)

We would like to know EE experience on converting YouTube video to view locally in their PC; which has worked best as in high in definition or better view when to converted to mp4, avi, wmv or 3gp.

We know we received lots of tech info regarding the question, but we would like if an EE can express their own experience on the matter.

Thanx!