It requires a bit of (fairly intuitive) php understanding. Depending on your browser and other variables, YouTube will spit out a different link.
Notice in the URL where the question mark appears. That is where the php commands begin. They can be in any order and are separated by ampersands (&s). All you want is the "view" command (denoted by a v="string") after the question mark. Delete everything after the question mark and before the v= and everything after (and including) the next ampersand. I'm not sure if the latter part is even necessary but it creates a "pure" URL devoid of unnecessary YouTube php garbage.
I announced my intentions earlier to get drunk, and I very much am by now! So if the explanation is overly technical, my apologies.
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