YouTube in HD (720p, 1080p, 1440p, 2160p)

Name: YouTube in HD (720p, 1080p, 1440p, 2160p)
Rating: 4.2695 (167 reviews)
Author: James Fray

By: James Fray

Watch YouTube in the full-HD quality or the highest available one

YouTube in HD (720p, 1080p, 1440p, 2160p)

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Features & Capabilities

Enhance your YouTube experience with the "YouTube in HD" Chrome extension. This tool automatically sets videos to your chosen high-definition quality — from 720p up to 2160p (4K) — ensuring you watch content in the best resolution available. It intelligently avoids changing quality if HD is already set, and you can customize supported qualities or disable frame rates above 30 FPS for optimal performance.

Key features include default high-quality selection, prevention of unwanted quality changes, extensive resolution options, and frame rate control for smoother playback. Ideal for users who want consistent HD quality without buffering interruptions or those facing browser performance issues with high frame rate video. Join thousands enjoying seamless HD streaming on YouTube with this easy-to-use extension.

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Version:

0.5.2 Last updated: 2026-06-23

Version code:

6320241

Creation date:

2014-11-21

Risk:

Permissions:

Host permissions:

*://www.youtube.com/*
*://www.youtube-nocookie.com/*

Size:

71.46KB

URLs:

Website

Full description:

Source:

Firefox Add-ons Store

Data ingested on:

2026-07-10

Compare stats and ranking:

Ranking

# 1,574 ▼ 4

Other rankings

#150 in Games & Entertainment ▼ 1

#170 in Social & Communication ▼ 5

#245 in Appearance ▼ 1

#266 in Photos, Music & Videos ▼ 2

#42 in quality keyword 25

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Developed by:

James Fray

Firefox Add-ons Store

https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/youtube-hd-1/

Website:

https://github.com/james-fray/YouTube-HD/issues

Permission Change History

2025-02-27: Version 0.4.8 → 0.4.9

Add Host permissions: *://www.youtube-nocookie.com/*

Add Optional host permissions: *://*/*

2024-11-30: Version 0.4.5 → 0.4.6

Add Host permissions: *://www.youtube.com/*

Remove Permissions: *://www.youtube.com/*

2024-07-30: Version 0.3.3 → 0.4.5

Add Permissions: scripting *://www.youtube.com/*

User Reviews

Users repeatedly praise automatic quality adjustment and the addon’s light footprint, along with convenience when configured. However, multiple reviews note reliability and compatibility problems with certain encodings, UI access issues, occasional stability/performances impacts, and instances where no actual quality change occurs beyond a UI indicator.

Pros

Automatically selects an available quality so you don’t have to manually adjust (e.g., jumps to 360p when 240p isn’t available)
Lightweight/add-on that runs smoothly and uses few resources
Provides convenience by reducing manual quality tweaks and can improve viewing consistency when configured
Works well when you customize its options to your liking

Cons

Unreliable on some videos and encodings (e.g., may not work with 1080p premium encode or downgrade to lower resolutions)
UI/Options visibility problems (settings often not accessible; may require pinning the addon to the toolbar)
Can cause performance issues or break YouTube pages (lag, placeholders, or page instability)
In some cases it doesn’t change the video quality at all (only the gear icon changes or no effect)

Recent reviews

by Ma*****, 2026-03-11

by Fa*****, 2025-12-03

我設定是240P，反正是談話性節目，但影片沒有240P選項，只有144P和360P，於是這個附加元件直接跳到360P，挺好的！我喜歡這樣！附加元件很小，沒占火狐太多資源，而且很順，感覺不出跳動。

by Ga*****, 2025-10-30

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Is YouTube in HD (720p, 1080p, 1440p, 2160p) Safe?

Risk impact

Risk impact measures the level of extra permissions an extension has access to. A low risk impact extension cannot do much harms, whereas a high risk impact extension can do a lot of damage like stealing your password, bypassing your security settings, and accessing your personal data. High risk impact extensions are not necessarily malicious. However, if they do turn malicious, they can be very harmful.

YouTube in HD (720p, 1080p, 1440p, 2160p) requires a few sensitive permissions. Exercise caution before installing.

Risk impact analysis details

Critical Request access to the following domains: youtube.com, youtube-nocookie.com

Risk likelihood

Risk likelihood measures the probability that a Firefox add-on may turn malicious. This is determined by the publisher and the Firefox add-on reputation on Firefox Add-ons Store, the amount of time the Firefox add-on has been around, and other signals about the Firefox add-on. Our algorithms are not perfect, and are subject to change as we discover new ways to detect malicious extensions. We recommend that you always exercise caution when installing a Firefox add-on.

YouTube in HD (720p, 1080p, 1440p, 2160p) is probably trust-worthy. Prefer other publishers if available. Exercise caution when installing this add-on.

Risk likelihood analysis details

High This extension was recently updated in the past month. New updates may not be stable or safe.
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