Here's Jaka ulas, YouTube Secret Tricks You May Not Know YouTube, this most popular video sharing website does have a lot of hidden features that most of its users unfortunately don't know about.
One of the video content providers that also continues to grow rapidly is YouTube. This most popular video sharing website does have a lot of hidden features that unfortunately most of its users don't know about.
Even though there are billions of users who spend time on YouTube to watch the latest videos from tips and tricks, tutorials, trailers movies, music, and even funny videos upload by YouTubers.
Reporting from various sources, there are several hidden features on YouTube that can enhance the user experience and make you look PRO in using YouTube. Well, here Jaka presents 11 secret YouTube tricks that you may not know.
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Secret YouTube Tricks You Probably Didn't Know
1. Make GIFs on YouTube
Yes, you can create moving images in the GIF format directly from the YouTube site. How to?
- For example, first open YouTube JalanTikus using a browser from a computer.
- Continue to select a video that you want to watch.
- Then, edit the URL address by adding the word "gif" right before the word "YouTube".
- Example //www.youtube.com/watch?v=SPGN7MuOSv4 becomes //www.gifyoutube.com/watch?v=SPGN7MuOSv4.
- Click enter and "tara", please release your creativity to make a GIF image.
2. Search for Music Video Lyrics on YouTube
Want to find music video lyrics to learn karaoke on YouTube? You can use a Chrome extension called Musixmatch Lyrics for YouTube.
There are lyrics of more than seven million songs in 32 different languages. The method?
- Open your Chrome browser on your PC/laptop.
- Then, click following link Musixmatch Lyrics for YouTube.
- Now the music video you play on YouTube will display the lyrics. Cool isn't it?
3. Watching YouTube Pop-up Display
If you want to watch YouTube with a cooler look, you can do several things, one of which is making YouTube display pop-ups.
Wow, what was the result like? You follow the steps on how to watch YouTube pop-up views, below.
- Open YouTube using the Opera browser and open a video that you want to watch.
- After that, you will see a button in the upper middle position of the video you are watching.
- Next, you will see the YouTube display become a pop-up. Meanwhile, on Google Chrome you can use the ApplicationFloating for YouTube extension. Easy isn't it?
4. How to Use YouTube Secret Keyboard Shortcut
You probably already know that there are shortcuts secret keyboard that you can use to navigate on YouTube. But, have you implemented it?
To make YouTube more fun, here are the YouTube shortcuts that you must master.
- K = pause or play
- J = backwards 10 seconds
- L = fast forward 10 seconds
- M = mute the sound
- Number 0 = jump to the beginning of the video
- Numbers 1 to 9 = jump to between 10% and 90% of the way through the video.
- = Increase font size
- -" = Reduce font size
5. How to Enable YouTube Dark Mode
You can access YouTube in dark mode. Then what's so special? It may sound trivial to some people. However, with the dark mode, YouTube viewing becomes more comfortable on the eyes and adds a cinematic impression like when watching a movie in the cinema.
Photo source: Source: SlashdotHow to activate it is quite easy. As shown in the image above, just click on the profile icon at the top right. Then click the 'Dark Theme' menu and change its status to 'On'. You can instantly enjoy the black background while searching and watching your favorite videos.
Photo source: Source: cnet.comFor those who like to sharpen skills IT, you can still do YouTube dark mode via Chrome's developer tools. Here are the steps as reported CNet:
- Make sure your Chrome is version 57 or above
- Open Chrome, access YouTube, log in your account
- Open Developer Tools by pressing CTRL-Shift-I
- In the right pane, click Console
- Copy-Paste this code: document.cookie="VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE=fPQ4jCL6EiE then press Enter
- Close the panel, then refresh currently open YouTube page
- You can enjoy Dark Mode now
6. Watch Slow Motion Videos on YouTube
To make it more interesting and dramatic, we can watch videos on YouTube with speed which is slowed down or accelerated or commonly called slow motion and fast motion. The method is quite easy, you just need to press and hold the "space" key on the keyboard.
If it doesn't work, you can click on the icon settings which is in the lower right corner of player YouTube, then select speed do you want.
7. Share Live Videos to Specific Duration
The story is that you are very proud to be included in a YouTube video made by your friend, even though it only appears for a short time. You also really want to show your acting to your crush or other friends, unfortunately you appear at the last minute before the video runs out.
Don't worry, you can directly share YouTube videos and immediately play them for the duration you set. So you don't have to start from scratch, here's how.
- Open a YouTube video and play it, then record the time the video was when you appeared and you want to set as a starting point. For example, at minute 1 minute and 12 seconds.
- The format is this, #t=01m12s and copy, then open your video URL and add the time you set earlier.
- Done, share the link with your friends. And will immediately play at the minute you set earlier. Cool, right? You can see an example in the following video; Young Date VS Old Date (Full Version) - Gokil.lol.
8. Download Youtube Videos Without Additional Software
There are many ways to download your favorite video on YouTube, but ApkVenue believes the following method is the best and most practical. You don't need additional software, here's how.
- Open YouTube on a computer or smartphone browser and select the favorite video that you want download. Next, just edit the URL by adding ss before the word YouTube (like this: :-//www.sssyoutube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=aYAfskE7AM ).
- Now press enter and you will be redirected to a web page SaveFrom.net. From there, you can choose the quality of the video to download.
With this, you candownload any YouTube video without the need for additional software. For more details, you can read the following article; Easy Ways to Download YouTube Videos Without Installing Applications.
9. Playing Funny Scenes Over and Over
While watching videos on YouTube, you keep seeing really funny scenes or romantic scenes that you want to see over and over again.
But, to do this you drag back and play again. It's a hassle, here's a practical way so you can play the scene over and over again automatically.
The trick is to open YouTube and play the video you are aiming for, then change the URL by replacing the word YouTube with infinitelooper.
10. Navigate and Watch TV-style YouTube Videos
YouTube has a feature called Leanback, this feature displays YouTube in fullscreen TV display style.
To navigate it you don't need to rely on the mouse but the arrows on the keyboard and enter to switch videos or play videos.
You can access YouTube Leanback at http://www.youtube.com/leanback.
11. Watch Video Save Quota with YouTube Go
Did you know that YouTube Go is finally officially available in Indonesia. YouTube Go is intended to maximize YouTube performance in areas where internet speed is not good and is equipped with various features to save internet data packages.
One of them, YouTube Go can preview videos in the form of slideshows (such as presentation files). That way, users can get an idea of what kind of video they will watch. You can also download existing videos via YouTube Go and watch them later. So, only use internet data once.
You can view and select the size of the video to be downloaded. If you want to save data, just download the video with the smallest size, but the risk is that the image resolution will be lower. Before downloading, YouTube Go will tell you how much storage capacity is still available on your smartphone.
How is the YouTube hidden trick above, cool right? Of course, it can make you look really good at accessing YouTube and add to the fun when playing YouTube. Well, don't forget to watch the JalanTikus video on YouTube too.
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