What is the easiest (fastest) way to get direct link to MP4 video on YouTube?
I don't think it's much faster. I use youtube-dl from MacPorts or Homebrew.

&gt; youtube-dl -g https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MkmyLTPh3UY
http://r7---sn-nfpnnjvh-1gil.c.youtube.com/videoplayback?itag=34&amp;expire=1357448601&amp;source=youtube&amp;factor=1.25&amp;sver=3&amp;ip=178.193.24.93&amp;algorithm=throttle-factor&amp;ms=au&amp;key=yt1&amp;mv=m&amp;upn=tGspI9WJELc&amp;burst=40&amp;id=3249b22d33e1dd46&amp;mt=1357423931&amp;cp=U0hUTFRPVl9FS0NONF9MSVpHOlp2Yi1jNlUyeUdG&amp;fexp=914501%2C919358%2C910207%2C929206%2C916611%2C920704%2C912806%2C928001%2C922403%2C922405%2C929901%2C913605%2C929104%2C929109%2C929110%2C913546%2C913556%2C908496%2C920201%2C913302%2C919009%2C911116%2C901451%2C902556&amp;ipbits=8&amp;gcr=ch&amp;sparams=algorithm%2Cburst%2Ccp%2Cfactor%2Cgcr%2Cid%2Cip%2Cipbits%2Citag%2Csource%2Cupn%2Cexpire&amp;signature=910FFEBF23CC5F88185DB98028C346DF76EF83C3.2B57D82069876F73C1E8F886AEFFDF2F2039F7F5


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