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)?

Video Quality Settings for YouTube™ (HD/4K) is a Chrome extension developed by https://armin.dev, and its main feature is "Watch YouTube™ in your preferred video quality, such as 720p, 1080p, 1440p and 2160p.".

Extension Screenshots

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Download Video Quality Settings for YouTube™ (HD/4K) Extension CRX File

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Extension Usage Instructions

                        Video Quality Settings for YouTube™ is a browser 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 check out https://armin.dev/go/patreon

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 Edge and Firefox: https://github.com/dessant/youtube-video-quality#readme

Reviews are not monitored for bug reports, please use GitHub for issues and feature requests.

https://github.com/dessant/youtube-video-quality

YouTube is a trademark of Google Inc. Use of this trademark is subject to Google Permissions.                    

Extension Basic Information

Name Video Quality Settings for YouTube™ (HD/4K) Video Quality Settings for YouTube™ (HD/4K)
ID hlbopkdbimgihmpcaohopplcbpanmjlb
Official URL https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/video-quality-settings-fo/hlbopkdbimgihmpcaohopplcbpanmjlb
Description Watch YouTube™ in your preferred video quality, such as 720p, 1080p, 1440p and 2160p.
File Size 539 KB
Installation Count 9,000
Current Version 2.0.0
Last Updated 2023-09-13
Publish Date 2020-02-02
Rating 3.92/5 Total 37 Ratings
Developer https://armin.dev
Email [email protected]
Payment Type free
Extension Website https://github.com/dessant/youtube-video-quality#readme
Help Page URL https://github.com/dessant/youtube-video-quality/issues
Supported Languages en
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