What do the different quality levels mean in the “Youtube Download Quality” menu?
YouTube typically offers the same video in multiple quality levels. “Best Available” and “HD 1080p” are the same – both first try to download the HD 1080p version, then HD 720p, then HQ 480p, then HQ 360p (flv), then HQ 360p (MP4), then Normal. “HD 720p” tries HD 720p, then HQ 480p, then HQ 360p (flv), then HQ 360p (MP4), then Normal. “HQ 480p” tries HQ 480p, then HQ 360p (flv), then HQ 360p (MP4), then Normal. HQ 360p (flv) tries HQ 360p (flv) then “Normal”. HQ 360p (MP4) tries HQ 360p (MP4) then “Normal”. “Normal” just tries to download the Normal quality. For details on the video formats used by YouTube, please see the YouTube entry on Wikipedia. If you pay close attention, you’ll notice there are two “HQ 360p” resolutions available on YouTube – 360×640 and 360×480. YouTube Downloader now had 2 levels, HQ 360p (flv) for 360×640 resolution and HQ 360p (MP4) for 360×480. “Best available” is the default setting for downloading videos so that YouTube Downloader will always try to downlo
