Disable specific resolution & FPS combinations

[colinstu12]

⚬ PROBLEM: Ever since the YT changes in 2023, 4k60 video seems to buffer much slower / does not like being 2x'd + if you skip forward like 5s a few times. Will either freeze the video yet keep playing audio, or get extremely slow buffering and go down a quality level. This used to never happen, but now it seems to only affect 4k60. It's fine with 4k30, or 1440@60.

Currently you can set a maximum resolution that it allows, and you can disable 60fps entirely, but there's no way to mix and match these two settings very well. If I set max to 1440p, then I miss out on 4k30 content. If I turn off 60 entirely, then I'm limited to 480p usually.

⚬ SOLUTION:
Right now it's just a dropdown/combobox for picking a max resolution. And a slider for enable/disable 60fps. Could this be turned into a series of sliders/checkboxes for each resolution & fps pair? Right now each resolution is listed, could you put 30 and 50/60 beside each one and have it checkable? Or whatever seems more elegant?

⚬ RELEVANCE / SCOPE: This would be good with anyone with a device that experiences playback issues with specific combinations of resolution and FPS. Or for anyone who wants to save on data / be more selective / specific on what quality/fps are allowed.

Thank you!

SHORT Table	(Summary)
Problem	Can set max resolution and disable 60fps, but no way specify specific combinations of these two
Solution	Provide settings to allow checking/unchecking specific resolution and fps combinations.
Scope	Anyone with playback issues / specific preferences / data constraints / etc can benefit

[ImprovedTube]

hi @colinstu12 disabling resolutions. good point. we planned Max. resolution & Min. resolution* before (leaving the rest to YouTube)

Max Bitrate:
1080p 1440p 1080p (60fps) 1440p (60fps) 4k 4k (60fps) 8k 8k (60fps)

unlikely somebody would want to set more than a bit-rate maximum(?) (If you like 4k and it runs fluent, same might apply for the slightly smaller 1440p 60fps)

should we retire the 60FPS switch and interpret it as max 1080p (30fps)? (for those who have set it already)

And what about the HDR switch in this context?

---

*Min. resolutions 480p or 720p historically would have helped, when people faced a varying performance in the wrong moment, confusing youtube into setting a low resolutions. Not sure thats still the same?

[colinstu12]

That sounds good to me. I think the HDR switch / functionality should remain as-is.