Youtube no longer HD automatically

[decafjava]

I seem to have an issue, and am not 100% sure it is from the Big Sur update, that everytime I watch a video it starts in the lowest definition. IT never did that before and I found no way to force it to do so. This is on Safari by the way.

 

[ISKOTB]

I got this issue too 90% of the time, I use safari / chrome

 

[decafjava]

Anyone else here have this problem or. a solution?

 

[EugenesSoggySalami]

Install Tampermonkey, and then install this script:

Youtube HD

Select a youtube resolution and resize the player.

greasyfork.org

Then open up Tampermonkey and navigate to this section in the code:

1. // --- SETTINGS -------
2. 
   
3. // Target Resolution to always set to. If not available, the next best resolution will be used.
4. const changeResolution = true;
5. const targetRes = "hd1080";
6. // Choices for targetRes are currently:
7. // "highres" >= ( 8K / 4320p / QUHD )
8. // "hd2880" = ( 5K / 2880p / UHD+ )
9. // "hd2160" = ( 4K / 2160p / UHD )
10. // "hd1440" = ( 1440p / QHD )
11. // "hd1080" = ( 1080p / FHD )
12. // "hd720" = ( 720p / HD )
13. // "large" = ( 480p )
14. // "medium" = ( 360p )
15. // "small" = ( 240p )
16. // "tiny" = ( 144p )

Now replace const targetRes = to hd2160 to make all videos play in 4K quality, then save the script. If you want to only watch videos in 1080p then keep the script as it is. If you set targetRes to 2160 and the video only has 1080p available then the script will automatically find the best available video quality.

 

[decafjava]

Thanks I'll look at that.

 

[EugenesSoggySalami]

The only downside of this is that if you want to get Tampermonkey for Safari it costs money, while for Chrome its free. I havent yet found an alternative for Safari that would actually work.