Is there any good method that forces my web browser to play all YouTube videos on the lowest definition, even if the video offers a higher resolution?
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Log in to YouTube, go to the playback settings and select that you have a Slow Connection.
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This will use a lower resolution, but often not the lowest. e.g. 360p vs 240 or 144.– jimCommented Oct 1, 2015 at 6:54
Add &hd=0 to the YouTube URL. That will display the video in 360p.
Ex. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nxdtVWvfFSU&hd=0
Additionally, you can add &hd=1 instead of &hd=0 to the URL to get 720p (if available).
By adding the parameter fmt to the URL. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/YouTube . Google can help you find Greasemonkey scripts that do that automatically.
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This is better than what I posted! en.wikipedia.org/wiki/YouTube#Quality_and_codecs takes you right to the section to which he's referring.– jsejcksnCommented Sep 2, 2010 at 23:08