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Are the downloaded videos better quality than the YouTube previews?

April 26, 2017downloaded previews quality videos youtube

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Are the downloaded videos better quality than the YouTube previews?

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Yes. YouTube recompresses the videos into Flash and lowers the quality and resolution. The downloaded videos are high-quality QuickTime movies at a high-definition resolution of 960×540. They are optimized to display the details of the screen captures, keeping the text readable throughout without any of the glitches and compression artifacts often associated with online video.