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A Chrome Extension that forces 1080p resolution for videos on Amazon Prime Video to be applied

Amazon Prime Video 1080p

A Chrome Extension that forces 1080p resolution for videos on Amazon Prime Video to be applied

How does it work?

The script loaded on Amazon Prime Video determines the quality of the video by the size of the browser window, so it just rewrites it on page load.

Rewrites the Media Presentation Description (MPD) used for video streaming and replaces it with the highest quality video.

Installation

2022-07-31.12-32-40_Trim.mp4

Support

Chromium browsers

• Google Chrome
• Brave
• Microsoft Edge

OS

• Windows
• macOS

Domains

• amazon.co.jp
• amazon.com (testing)

Note: I have done a lot of research on the problem of not being able to play HD videos on Linux, but have not found a solution.

Information

So far, not sure if the script will work on amazon.com. So If you are someone who can edit the source code, try that yourself please.

Also, I accept issues, so please feel free to open an issue!

Check

• Not all videos on Amazon Prime Video are 1080p. Some of the original videos themselves are 720p (not 1080p), in which case they are HD.

• If the video is not in 1080p, try seeking the video

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amazon-prime-video-1080p's Issues

Doesn't work

I loaded the latest version and I get this error

Does this really force the video or does it just show the 1080p logo?

Is there any way to force 1080p video even if your internet connection is slow or unstable?

By the way, do this to add primevideo.com site:

"matches": [
  "https://www.amazon.co.jp/gp/video/detail/*",
  "https://www.amazon.co.jp/gp/video/storefront/*",
  "https://www.amazon.co.jp/b?node=*",
  "https://www.amazon.co.jp/*/dp/*",
  "https://www.amazon.com/gp/video/detail/*",
  "https://www.amazon.com/gp/video/storefront/*",
  "https://www.amazon.com/b?node=*",
  "https://www.primevideo.com/region/*/detail/*",
  "https://www.primevideo.com/detail/*"
],

Not working anymore (player update?)

Hello there! It's been few weeks that I haven't watched Prime Video on my PC and I realize that (in France at least) Amazon changes the design of the website.
But it seems that they made an update on the player too.

The problem is that the extension broke the player and so I can't play any video without deactivating the extension.
Is it possible to take a look at my problem and, if needed, make an update of the extension?
Thanks in advance.

After infinitly loading, the player is showing this error:

Translated in english:

Unavailable video
An error occured while playing the video. For obtaining help, please go to www.primevideo.com/help?nodeId=GU85HKX66NVFNQ9Y.

Confirmed working on Amazon.com

Just wanted to let you know I have tested this on the amazon.com domain you were concerned about and can confirm for all intents and purposes the plugin appears to be working as intended. Its no longer dropping out of 1080p when I resize or move the window so thank you for that :) This should be ready to submit 👍

Doesn't work anymore

Hi,
It seem that Amazon made an update or something that break the extension. It was working few days ago.
Can you fix it ? Thanks for your work.

一部の動画で720pまでしか再生できない

映画「グランツーリスモ」で1080pで再生することができません。
おま環なのか分かりませんが調べてもらうことできますか？
ちなみにChrome、Edge両方とも720pでした。

https://www.amazon.co.jp/%E3%82%B0%E3%83%A9%E3%83%B3%E3%83%84%E3%83%BC%E3%83%AA%E3%82%B9%E3%83%A2-%E3%83%87%E3%83%B4%E3%82%A3%E3%83%83%E3%83%89%E3%83%BB%E3%83%8F%E3%83%BC%E3%83%90%E3%83%BC/dp/B0CHND2G43/

How to enable it? Is 4k possible to be forced?

(Hey, man! Thank you for searching and creating this extension. :D)

Two queries:

1. Could you guide on how it can be enabled?
I downloaded the zip archive, extracted it, and loaded it to the browser.
It was found to be non-interactive to user's clicks.

I tried adding the following to matches in manifest.json, but to no good:

• "https://www.amazon.co.in/gp/video/detail/*"[1]
• "https://www.primevideo.com/*"
• "https://www.primevideo.com/"
• "<all_urls>"

(I do have it enabled for incognito as well.)

2. Would you know if it is possible to force 4k?
I read online, and found that Prime doesn't offer 4k for web browsers. (I'm not sure about its macOS app., but for Windows I read someone saying that it goes to 1080p max.)

I tried changing the values for resolution in content_script.js to 3840 and 2160 respectively for width and height. But it didn't seem to have any effect.

Also, in my case, as the player opens up, it plays the video in lower resolution for 2-3 seconds, then starts playing it in 1080p whether or not I have this extension loaded.

[1] I added in in the URL for 'India.' Also, could you please tell what the whole of this URL actually aiming to do? I do not have any clue about the purpose of URLs in matches, nor do I know what this URL in particular is referring to.

How do I install this extension?