On Facebook, some videos are with HD enabled automatically by default, while others are not. I uploaded some videos, and would like that my viewers see it with HD turned on by default.
I want my facebook videos playing in HD without requesting the user to change his video settings.
Facebook seems to play my videos in SD. Why does it happen? How to configure it to HD? What is the secret? Is there any option/payment to enable it by default?
1) For example, this video is HD but only plays in HD if user clicks on HD button.
2) But on this video it plays by default on HD without user need to click on HD button.
My video playing settings are facebook default setting. My download speed is about 14 Mbps.
I would like to enable this HD by default, without the user change his video settings.
I want my video playing in HD as the video on that second link.
Best Answer
If your facebook settings are set to play video by default quality, then the videos get played sometimes in HD and sometimes not. For videos one minute or longer, usually the videos get played to SD, less than one minute, they get played in HD. But if your connection (or server you are in) is fast enough, the videos get played in HD even for longer videos.
[Someone correct me if I'm wrong, since I have come to this conclusion by making different tests myself.]
In case you want to watch your videos always in SD or always in HD, you can change that at your facebook settings. Go to the top-right corner of your facebook page, click on the little down arrow, and go to settings. On the left, go to videos (the bottom on the list). The first one is "Video Default Quality", select SD to play all videos in SD (HD disabled), or HD to play all of them in HD.