JoinetBasteed t1_j8tkm17 wrote on February 16, 2023 at 9:18 PM

Reply to comment by ArtLover357 in Why can’t I choose better resolution? The video is 4K in YouTube by ArtLover357

Pretty sure it's because Safari doesn't support the codec they use, AppleTV had this issue for a long time aswell

Jhonjhon_236 t1_j8ucfr8 wrote on February 17, 2023 at 12:22 AM

But I can play high res videos on my Mac on safari.

JoinetBasteed t1_j8uorl3 wrote on February 17, 2023 at 1:53 AM

I don't think macOS Safari and iOS Safari are the exact same, I may be wrong but that's what I think. I remember a few years ago the AppleTV couldn't play 4k YouTube videos and that was because Google used a format that Apple was against implementing(Because it was inferior to what Apple already had if I remember correctly)

Quiet_Independent930 t1_j8weo0t wrote on February 17, 2023 at 12:57 PM

It’s 100% just to make you use the app vs the browser on mobile devices. Not because of any missing codec.

randybruder t1_j8xeqf2 wrote on February 17, 2023 at 5:11 PM

That's incorrect, it's because iOS Safari doesn't support Media Source Extensions.

Mean_External16 t1_j8wiaif wrote on February 17, 2023 at 1:29 PM

My ipad supports up to 4k

randybruder t1_j8xfgd2 wrote on February 17, 2023 at 5:16 PM

It's not the codec, it's because iOS Safari doesn't support Media Source Extensions.