Video Quality Settings for YouTube (HD/4K)
What is Video Quality Settings for YouTube (HD/4K)?
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- webNavigation
- *://*.youtube.com/*
- *://www.youtube-nocookie.com/*
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Add-on summary
Video Quality Settings for YouTube is a Firefox extension that sets the preferred quality of YouTube videos, and remembers your video quality settings between sessions. Limiting the video frame rate to 30 FPS is also supported.
The continued development of Video Quality Settings for YouTube is made possible thanks to the support of awesome backers. If you'd like to join them, please consider contributing with Patreon, PayPal or Bitcoin.
The video quality is set to 1080p by default when the extension is installed, and the option can be updated from the player settings on YouTube, or from the extension's options. Reload already opened videos for changes to take effect.
The extension is also available for Chrome and Edge.
The developer does not collect any personal data from this extension, visit the extension's privacy policy for more information.
Reviews are not monitored for bug reports, please use GitHub for issues and feature requests. https://github.com/dessant/youtube-video-quality
User reviews
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Firefox Browser Add-ons does not verify user reviews, so some user reviews may be inaccurate,
spammy, or outdated.- Automatically changes the video quality to preferred settings
- Helps save bandwidth by allowing lower quality settings
- Works as advertised for setting video quality preferences
- Bugs with quality setting overrides (e.g., defaults back to 1080p)
- Doesn't work on Firefox for Android
- Issues arise after manual quality changes, preventing reversion to preferred settings
- Quality setting overrides
- Bugs and issues with recent Firefox updates
- Functionality varies based on different devices or Firefox versions
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Add-on safety
Risk impact
Video Quality Settings for YouTube (HD/4K) requires some sensitive permissions that could impact your browser and data security. Exercise caution before installing.
Risk likelihood
Video Quality Settings for YouTube (HD/4K) is probably trust-worthy. Prefer other publishers if available. Exercise caution when installing this add-on.