flango@lemmy.eco.br to Firefox@lemmy.ml · 10 months agoYouTube stopped working on Firefox with uBlock for me.message-squaremessage-square66fedilinkarrow-up1172arrow-down15file-text
arrow-up1167arrow-down1message-squareYouTube stopped working on Firefox with uBlock for me.flango@lemmy.eco.br to Firefox@lemmy.ml · 10 months agomessage-square66fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareThorny_Thicketlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·10 months ago even got 1080p What’s up with that by the way? I constantly watch videos in 720p that advertise 4K in the title.
minus-squareKonlanx@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkDeutscharrow-up2·10 months agoCan you choose 4K from the little gear icon in the bottom right corner of the player? Not trying to defend YouTube, but I think they align video quality to network speed so you can watch without buffering.
minus-squareThorny_Thicketlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·edit-210 months agoNo, I can’t manually set hit higher either
minus-squareares35@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up2·10 months agothe big content providers and studios often don’t allow a higher bitrate or resolution in a third-party (to the os its on) browser… i hardly ever see 1080p available on that free stuff on yt.
minus-squareReversalHatchery@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up1·10 months agoI don’t think that applies to content that doesn’t have DRM, and except music videos generally none has. I don’t know about the youtube interface because I haven’t used in it a long time, but there’s no problem with it through piped and invidious.
minus-squarewinkerjadams@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·10 months agoI think they will offer higher bitrates if you use chrome instead of firefox
minus-squareThorny_Thicketlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·10 months agoIt seems really inconsitent though. On some videos I have the option and sometimes not.
What’s up with that by the way? I constantly watch videos in 720p that advertise 4K in the title.
Can you choose 4K from the little gear icon in the bottom right corner of the player?
Not trying to defend YouTube, but I think they align video quality to network speed so you can watch without buffering.
No, I can’t manually set hit higher either
the big content providers and studios often don’t allow a higher bitrate or resolution in a third-party (to the os its on) browser… i hardly ever see 1080p available on that free stuff on yt.
I don’t think that applies to content that doesn’t have DRM, and except music videos generally none has.
I don’t know about the youtube interface because I haven’t used in it a long time, but there’s no problem with it through piped and invidious.
I think they will offer higher bitrates if you use chrome instead of firefox
It seems really inconsitent though. On some videos I have the option and sometimes not.