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YouTube works only in 360p

Unread post by Movekill » 2025-05-05, 05:49

Hello! Pale Moon 33.7.0 Windows 8.1 32bit, YouTube works only in 360p, and Firefox works in all modes (720,1080,4K) 'Why is this so? Is it possible to correct this? :thumbup:
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Re: YouTube works only in 360p

Unread post by vannilla » 2025-05-05, 13:48

YouTube is going to great lengths to soft-block any browser not sanctioned by Google. Firefox is in the whitelist, Pale Moon isn't.
While UXP browsers strive for compatibility with the wide web, for Google services you're better off using a Google browser.
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Re: YouTube works only in 360p

Unread post by Moonchild » 2025-05-05, 14:29

A few possible things YouTube might restrict the resolution for:
  1. In Preferences->Advanced->tab "General": Check that user agent compatibility is set to "Firefox compatibility".
  2. In Preferences->Content->tab "Media": Check that Media Source Extensions is enabled, and on for both MP4 and webm.
  3. In the same tab, make sure that under "Media formats" you have enabled MP4 & webm
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Re: YouTube works only in 360p

Unread post by Gemmaugr » 2025-05-05, 14:36

Works for me in all resolutions. PM 33.7.0, Win 10, 64-bit, and a whole lot of addons and custom configs. Watching https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iNBOToSKSLQ
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Re: YouTube works only in 360p

Unread post by Movekill » 2025-05-07, 04:45

Moonchild wrote: ↑
2025-05-05, 14:29
 A few possible things YouTube might restrict the resolution for:
  1. In Preferences->Advanced->tab "General": Check that user agent compatibility is set to "Firefox compatibility".
Thanks! It works :thumbup:
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