# Embedded YouTube video is only available in 360p in the desktop version of Anki

**URL:** <https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/embedded-youtube-video-is-only-available-in-360p-in-the-desktop-version-of-anki/66198>\
**Category:** Help\
**Created:** [August 31, 2025, 4:24am UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/embedded-youtube-video-is-only-available-in-360p-in-the-desktop-version-of-anki/66198 "2025-08-31T04:24:32Z")\
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**Author:** ![naminokoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/47e85d/32.png) [@naminokoe](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/naminokoe)\
**Post date:** [August 31, 2025, 4:24am UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/embedded-youtube-video-is-only-available-in-360p-in-the-desktop-version-of-anki/66198/1 "2025-08-31T04:24:32Z")

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CSS style:

```css
.video-container {
  position: relative;
  width: 100%;
  aspect-ratio: 16 / 9;
}

.video-container iframe {
  position: absolute;
  width: 100%;
  height: 100%;
  border: 0;
}

```

HTML text:

```auto
<div class="video-container">
<iframe src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/sOfq4MUQhLk?si=mIC8edSSr3P97vtQ" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" referrerpolicy="strict-origin-when-cross-origin" allowfullscreen=""></iframe>
</div>

```

In the desktop version (Version ⁨25.07.5 macOS), this video is only available in 360p. While in ankiweb or in ankimobile (iOS), it is available in 1080p. Why? I wish to have 1080p on desktop version.

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**Author:** ![Shigeyuki](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/forums.ankiweb.net/shigeyuki/32/23878_2.png) [@Shigeyuki](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/Shigeyuki)\
**Post date:** [August 31, 2025, 7:36am UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/embedded-youtube-video-is-only-available-in-360p-in-the-desktop-version-of-anki/66198/2 "2025-08-31T07:36:46Z")

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Maybe that YouTube 1080p video format doesn’t support Anki (mp4). Anki for desktop can play WebM but it doesn’t support mp4 so it can’t play it. 360p is WebM so it can play on either. Probably YouTube auto converts videos to such formats based on view counts so users and creators cannot change the format.

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**Author:** ![naminokoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/47e85d/32.png) [@naminokoe](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/naminokoe)\
**Post date:** [August 31, 2025, 12:29pm UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/embedded-youtube-video-is-only-available-in-360p-in-the-desktop-version-of-anki/66198/3 "2025-08-31T12:29:27Z")

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Thank you. The solution is use (or upload) a video equal or higher than 2K resolution

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/anki2/original/1X/8f1279ababc5879d54e4838989f606cfe55af8c7.jpeg) [@system](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/system)\
**Post date:** [September 30, 2025, 12:30pm UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/embedded-youtube-video-is-only-available-in-360p-in-the-desktop-version-of-anki/66198/4 "2025-09-30T12:30:21Z")

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