Questions tagged [youtube]
For questions about the web interface of YouTube (www.youtube.com, youtu.be). Questions about native smartphone apps are off-topic here.
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Is there a way I can see a list of all my YouTube comments over time?
I posted something the other day and wish I could find the video again. Is there a way I can see all of my comments?
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How do I download a YouTube video?
How do I download a YouTube video?
I have used various solutions in the past that do not seem to work any longer (KeepVid and various Greasemonkey scripts). Is this just no longer possible?
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Disable videos in YouTube, listen to the audio only
My internet connection is quite slow (128 kbps while browsing) and I want to know if I can disable video streaming on YouTube and listen only to the audio portion.
There are many songs on YouTube ...
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How to share a YouTube video with a specific start and end time?
YouTube gives the option to share a video with a specific start time, something like this:
http://youtu.be/chElHV99xak?t=53s
The above video starts at 53 seconds elapsed.
Is there any way to ...
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How can I permanently disable video annotations on YouTube?
Is there a setting or YouTube option, or maybe even a browser plugin, that allows you to disable video annotations for good?
I want to be able to switch them off permanently.
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Is there a way to play all YouTube videos uploaded by a particular user?
For example, I want to play all 58 videos uploaded by a single user.
Obviously I could create a playlist, add each video to it, then play the entire playlist, but is there a simpler way?
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How do I export my YouTube playlists?
YouTube likes to periodically delete videos that are on my favorites list:
But they refuse to tell me what they were so I can go find another copy.
I would like a way to export my YouTube playlists, ...
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How can I upload videos > 15min to YouTube?
I see that some YouTube users have quite lengthy videos. But if I ever try to upload a video of length more than 15 min, YouTube stops me. How can I get more privileges in YouTube?
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Frame by frame control of a YouTube video?
Is there a way to move frame by frame in a YouTube video?
I don't want to download the video.
I know that Ctrl+1, Ctrl+2, etc. can jump to sections in a video. That's cool, but I would like more ...
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3answers
4k views
Linking directly to a specific point in time of a YouTube video
If I find a video on YouTube that I want to send to a friend, but I really only care about something at the two minute mark, can I send him a link that will start at two minutes into the video for him?...
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Force YouTube to always buffer the entire video before playing
When I'm watching a YouTube video it will only buffer the next 30 seconds or so. This is something I want to avoid because when trying to watch 1080p videos it will keep pausing because it has to ...
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Can I rotate already uploaded videos on YouTube?
Is it possible to rotate (90 degrees) already uploaded videos on YouTube?
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Is there a YouTube keyboard shortcut for the previous and next video in a playlist?
I have a YouTube playlist and would like to know whether there are keyboard shortcuts to move to a previous video or advance to a next video. This will be helpful instead of moving to click the bottom ...
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Can I change the aspect ratio of a YouTube video I'm viewing?
Is there any way I, as a viewer, can change the aspect ratio of a video where the uploader got it wrong? It's driving me mad! Can't believe YouTube doesn't have anything for me to fix this... Does it?
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Add subtitles to a video of another user on YouTube
I would like to offer a translation to another user's video on YouTube. The original video is in Spanish and I would like to write a Hebrew translation that would be relevant to very few people.
The ...
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Format for ID of YouTube video
Every YouTube video has a unique ID which can be used to get at it. For example, the video at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aN46pEO_jX8 has the id aN46pEO_jX8.
After some observation, it looks to me ...
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YouTube stops buffering when video is paused
For some reason YouTube isn't buffering videos whilst they are paused.
It started happening two months ago. At first I thought it was just a global change by YouTube, but after venting on Twitter I ...
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How to increase the volume on certain YouTube videos
Most videos on YouTube are loud enough and I can hear them perfectly well, but some have got the volume down too low even with the YouTube volume slider on max and the PC volume set to maximum too. In ...
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How to replace a video on YouTube
I need to make a small correction in a video I uploaded to YouTube. Googling shows that this is not possible. However, I remember seeing it done before. I posted a comment on a video saying that a ...
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2answers
38k views
How long do I have to watch a YouTube video for it to count as a view?
YouTube videos have views. How long do I have to watch a video for it to count as a view?
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40k views
YouTube keyboard shortcuts?
I just found out if you type j when watching a YouTube video, it lapses back about 10-20 seconds, depending on the video, I think.
What are the keyboard shortcuts when using YouTube?
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64k views
How to copy YouTube playlist from one account to another
The link below provides the old answer to this question. The new YouTube playlist play interface is very different. So, what's the trick now? Tired of searching!
How can you transfer your playlists ...
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Clip a YouTube video without having to download entire length beforehand
I would like to clip a YouTube video say from x minute to y minute and download it into my desktop computer.
Currently I'm having to download the entire video and then use a video editor for clipping....
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Downloading auto-generated YouTube transcriptions
Is there a way to download the automatically generated YouTube transcriptions without downloading the video?
I would like to check out the TED talks, but I have limited bandwidth and would like to ...
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9answers
36k views
How do I disable autoplay on YouTube?
When I go to a YouTube video, the video is automatically started, and I hate this. How do I disable the auto-play feature?
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14k views
How to make YouTube default to 2x speed when playing videos?
I know how to make it play at 2x, but how can I make the browser do it by default?
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Shortcut key to open YouTube videos in full screen mode
What keyboard shortcut will open up full screen mode while playing YouTube videos?
Viewing on a Windows 7 machine.
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Keep full screen while switching to other app?
I want to make a YouTube video that I put in my second screen stay maximized while I go and do something in another window on my primary monitor.
Is this possible?
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2answers
21k views
Search only subscribed channels in YouTube
Is it possible to search for a video in YouTube only in the channels one has subscribed (and not in all possible channels)?
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Can YouTube be started in pause mode?
Is there a URL parameter for youtube.com that makes it possible to open a video and not have it start playing automatically?
There is a parameter for the embedded player (autoplay=0), but this does ...
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Embedding stop time in a YouTube video link [duplicate]
We all know that we can embed a start time in a YouTube video URL (by adding something like &t=1m45s to the end).
But is there a way to embed both start and stop time? Like linking only a part ...
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Are the parameters for www.youtube.com/watch documented?
The YouTube watch page can accept a staggeringly high number of parameters, but various Google searches on the topic only resulted in every blogger and their dog announcing the #t quasi-parameter for ...
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Listen to music on YouTube without video
Is there a way to listen to YouTube videos without having the video playing?
I work on a computer, and I usually listen to music while working. In the last couple of years I find myself using YouTube ...
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How do I share a private YouTube video with someone?
I have uploaded a YouTube video and marked it as private.
Now I want to share it with someone. I have tried to share it a few times, but they have not received any email notification.
What is the ...
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Can I host a private or unlisted livestream on YouTube?
I want to setup a private livestream for my classmates from university. I don't want the stream to be publicly available online, and Twitch doesn't have an option for private streams.
Is it possible ...
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How do I bulk remove all of the videos from my watch later list on YouTube?
I already have 200+ videos at watch later list on YouTube. So, I stopped adding videos to my watch later list to avoid messing it even more.
Now I simply want to remove them all so I can start fresh ...
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10k views
Can you subscribe to a YouTube channel as a podcast?
Videos are available in several different formats on YouTube, and RSS feeds are provided for channels. Is there a feed that will allow me to subscribe in iTunes?
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What is the meaning of this two letter code in the YouTube logo?
I see a new logo with CA at youtube.com. Does anyone know what it means?
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Are YouTube codes guaranteed to always be 11 characters?
I'm writing code to validate YouTube URLs. Is it guaranteed that the video ID, such as oHg5SJYRHA0, is always exactly 11 characters long, or can it sometimes be shorter or longer? Is there any ...
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How do I subscribe to a YouTube playlist?
Let's say there's a channel that churns out a lot of content, but I am only interested in a subset of it. That content cannot be made into a show, as per some YouTube guideline or whatever, but the ...
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How can I disable the advertisements shown before YouTube videos?
I don't mind the advertisements on the right side or the small banner inside YouTube videos, but the advertisements shown before a video is played are really annoying.
How can I disable those ...
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How do I get an RSS feed of my YouTube subscriptions?
The default "Subscriptions" feed on the YouTube homepage shows all of the activity of the people that I am subscribed to on YouTube or have in circles on Google+. However, I'm most interested in new ...
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How can I view what playlist, if any, a YouTube video is in?
How can I view what playlist, if any, a video is in?
For example: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QuqCMHe4kxQ
This longer link shows what playlist the video is in, and it's in a playlist, but I only ...
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How do I unlink my YouTube account from my Gmail account?
My YouTube account has been automatically linked to my Gmail account, but I want to keep my YouTube account separated from my Gmail account. I heard that the feature to unlink accounts was available. ...
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Force subtitles in video on YouTube, if it's not embedded
I have uploaded the video on YouTubeand added the subtitles but the users don't realize that they can turn them on. I know there is particular URL parameter for embedded player, but it doesn't work ...
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Disable YouTube Auto Play in Watch Later
I'm looking for a way to disable YouTube's autoplay feature when watching videos from the Watch Later playlist. Previously it was possible to disable autoplay in Watch Later, and the setting was ...
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What advantages and disadvantages are there to using the HTML5 beta of YouTube?
Google has a beta of YouTube that uses HTML5's video tag, but what gains do I get from using this, other than not having to install Flash just for YouTube?
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Does changing the video quality on YouTube impact audio quality?
Sometimes I'll find a really awesome song on YouTube but it will default to HD video playback which constantly buffers on my slow internet connection. All I care about is the audio quality, not the ...
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What is the maximum YouTube playlist length?
What is the maximum number of videos permitted in a YouTube playlist? If you were to believe the docs, you would think this is 200 items, but I have noticed that, in the last few months, YouTube is ...
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Is there any way to force subtitles in a YouTube video?
I uploaded a video in French on YouTube but a non-negligible number of English-speaking people are going watch it. I uploaded the .srt file and everything works fine when I press the "CC" button.
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