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Video Quality Settings for YouTube (HD/4K)

Video Quality Settings for YouTube (HD/4K)

Watch YouTube in your preferred video quality, such as 720p, 1080p, 1440p and 2160p.

What is Video Quality Settings for YouTube (HD/4K)?
The 'Video Quality Settings for YouTube (HD/4K)' is a Firefox extension that allows users to manually set their preferred video quality on YouTube, ranging from 144p up to 4320p (8K). The add-on remembers your settings even between sessions and offers support to limit the video frame rate to 30 FPS. It is also available for Chrome and Edge.
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Users: 2,784 ▲ 36
Rating: 4.00 (44)
Version: 2.0.0 (Last updated: 2023-04-04)
Creation date: 2018-08-22
Weekly download count: 86
Firefox on Android: No
Risk impact: High risk impact
Risk likelihood: Low risk likelihood
Manifest version: 2
Permissions:
  • storage
  • webNavigation
  • *://*.youtube.com/*
  • *://www.youtube-nocookie.com/*
Size: 547.36K
URLs: Website
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Video Quality Settings for YouTube™ (HD/4K) (v2.0.0)
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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.

Quality levels:

  • 4320p (8K)
  • 2160p (4K)
  • 1440p (HD)
  • 1080p (HD)
  • 720p
  • 480p
  • 360p
  • 240p
  • 144p
  • Auto
The extension is also available for Chrome and Edge.

Reviews are not monitored for bug reports, please use GitHub for issues and feature requests. https://github.com/dessant/youtube-video-quality

User reviews
User reviews summary
These summaries are automatically generated weekly using AI based on recent user reviews. Firefox Browser Add-ons does not verify user reviews, so some user reviews may be inaccurate, spammy, or outdated.
Pros
  • Can set specific video quality preferences
  • Useful for saving bandwidth on background videos
  • Helps prevent YouTube from unnecessarily using high bandwidth
Cons
  • Buggy behavior with quality setting changes
  • Does not work on Firefox for Android
  • Inconsistent performance across different versions of Firefox
Most mentioned
  • Bugginess or inconsistency in functionality
  • Inability to revert to lower quality settings after changing to a higher one
  • Does not always adhere to set quality preferences
Recent reviews
It worked! I couldn't get a few others to work. Date: 20240220.
by kcreten, 2024-02-21
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Safety
Risk impact

Video Quality Settings for YouTube (HD/4K) is risky to use as it requires a number of sensitive permissions that can potentially harm your browser and steal your data. Exercise caution when installing this add-on. Review carefully before installing. We recommend that you only install Video Quality Settings for YouTube (HD/4K) if you trust the publisher.

Risk likelihood

Video Quality Settings for YouTube (HD/4K) has earned a fairly good reputation and likely can be trusted.

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Video Quality Settings for YouTube (HD/4K)