5 YouTube URL Tricks You Can Learn in 5 Min (Video)
As you are reading this, over 3 million YouTube videos are already watched, by the people around the world. [source]. YouTube is the second most popular Search engine after Google. But instead of just streaming those funny cat videos there is much more you can do on YouTube.
Here are some YouTube URL tricks, you’re able to learn in less than 5 minutes but will be useful for the rest of your life.
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YouTube doesn’t allow its users to download videos however there already tons of programs and online websites that can do it for you. But why do we bother about those bulky programs when we can easily do that with this simple URL trick, byReplacing youtube withssyoutube in the video URL.
This workaround is not only for videos but you can also directly download YouTube videos as mp3 and listen offline on your mobile devices.
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2. How to put a YouTube video on repeat
If you are having a party or just want to listen to your new favorite songs on YouTube in a loop, you may easily do so byReplacing youtube withrepeatyoutube in the video URL.
Update: Now you’re able to simply right-click the video and select loop option.
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3. How to watch age restricted videos
This trick is useful when you are working in your office or some public computers and don’t want to login to your YouTube account to check out some spicy video on YouTube
To do that justReplace youtube withnsfwyoutube in the video URL.
If you want to use only the thumbnail image of the video on your website or insert in your video as a reference then you can easily get the highest resolution. To do that Copy the video id of the video, for which you want the thumbnail and then paste it in the following URL.http://img.youtube.com/vi/<video_id_here>/maxresdefault.jpg
For instance, to get the thumbnail of this YouTube.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QZNpr78WTqQ,
http://img.youtube.com/vi/QZNpr78WTqQ/maxresdefault.jpg
5. How to make a gif from a YouTube video
Since all major social network now supports animated gif (not Facebook yet) you will need a quick and easy way to get gif from YouTube video. And the easiest way to do this is by Replacing youtube withgifyoutube in the video URL.
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In case you are getting 404 error while redirection to these websites then makes sure to remove thehttpspart from the URL. This secure connection tends to block the redirection to third-party websites.
Even though these YouTube Tips and Tricks has been there for a while now, but since most of them are not officially related to YouTube they can disappear anytime.
Mrinal Saha
Mrinal is a tech geek who spends half of his day reading and writing about tech. While the nights are spent on shooting or editing YouTube videos. Feel free to geek out with him on-
