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For youtube posts - is it a matter of changing the embed params to display HD if it's available for the post? Would we not want it on all the time - if it's available?

I doubt there is a way to automatically select this, if you put the extra fmt and the video doesn't have it, doesn't it play the lower resolution?

YouTube has two "high quality" options now..

&fmt=18 is 480x360 and MP4
&fmt=22 is 1280x720


Is there a way to detect and auto update the embed code? I was hoping at least to have a VS "hq" flag that would look at the embed code and any with fmt=22 or vimeo's embed option or maybe width=720 would be hq flagged and searchable.

I don't think you would necessarily want to play in HD if SD is available. Different users have different bandwidth and processor capabilities. For instance, I'm still using my old powerbook g4, and it really can't handle HD embeds. Perhaps a widget to switch between the two options before opening the thumbnail? or a link below the thumbnail to open it in HD?

How about an 'account' option allowing you to select always HQ
(my netbook cannot view some HD content too well)

But at the moment, I have to manually add the HQ mod to the embed myself - which is very annoying, if we can do something about this