Best YouTube Tips and Tricks

YouTube is currently one of the most popular video sharing website on world wide web. We all use YouTube to watch videos ranging from Education to Entertainment or Sports to Science. Be any video , we know we can find it on YouTube. However many of us are not even aware of various features available on YouTube for better videos sharing and videos watching experience. Try following YouTube tips for better YouTube experience:-

Want to see videos in full screen however if you do full screen, it hides the complete screen.If you want to see the video in full screen and also want menu options and other tabs to be visible just change the URL like this

Existing URL http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VIDEO_ID

New URL http://www.youtube.com/v/VIDEO_ID

Want to see HD version of videos : Just add hd=1 to the above URL.by default the value for HD=0.However enabling HD mode may lead to slow loading of videos if you have slow connection.

New URL http://www.youtube.com/v/VIDEO_ID&hd=1

Want to repeat one video  : Just add the loop value to 1 and add playlist.If you want to repeat only one video then give the video id as playlist.

New URL http://www.youtube.com/v/VIDEO_ID&hd=1&loop=1&playlist=VIDEO_ID

Want to switch off related videos option : Just set the value of rel to 0.The advantage can be that you restrict the player to do searches over the internet for related videos. So incase of slow network or limited usage you can use this option.

New URL http://www.youtube.com/v/VIDEO_ID&hd=1&loop=1&playlist=VIDEO_ID&rel=0

Want to switch off related info : Just set the value of showinfo to 0.By Default the value is set to 1.The advantage of this option can be some users find it irritating when on movement of mouse video information like video title,uploader details etc pops up hence distracting video. So if you want to stop showing video information while viewing videos on youtube , just set the value of showinfo to 0.

New URL http://www.youtube.com/v/VIDEO_ID&hd=1&loop=1&playlist=VIDEO_ID&rel=0&showinfo=0

Want to disable YouTube Keyboard shortcuts : Just set the value of diablekb to 1.Few of the keyboard shortcuts available on YouTube are : Space bar to play or pause the videos, Arrow Up or Down to Volume increase or decrease etc.

New URL http://www.youtube.com/v/VIDEO_ID&hd=1&loop=1&playlist=VIDEO_ID&rel=0&showinfo=0&disablekb=1

Want to automatically hide the control bar : Just set the value of autohide to 1, if set to 0 the control ar will be visible throughtout the video playtime.If set to 1, control bar will disappear in few seconds of video start.

New URL http://www.youtube.com/v/VIDEO_ID&hd=1&loop=1&playlist=VIDEO_ID&rel=0&showinfo=0&disablekb=1&autohide=1

Have you tried these YouTube Tips ? Did these tips worked for you ? Do you know more YouTube tips ? Feel free to share your opinions.

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