Stop changing the quality of stream automatically, when it is not set to "Auto"
Additionally, it should NEVER choose any other quality than the last selected. It is utterly annoying having to change quality, reload the page and then make sure the quality doesn't change on it's own, before getting to watch streams.
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mayor_dj commented
This is annyoing as ****, and as said before Firefox does not support / do this when changing tabs. The biggest gripe is that when you are listening to a stream the audio quality degrades also at the same time when the video lowers to 160-360p. Please find a solution to end this nonsense.
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MegarionZ commented
Someone I talked to about this said they use Vivaldi, which is also Chromium based, and they don't have that issue.
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Darkrebel08 commented
Edge is chromium. Most browsers are built on the same platform as chrome. Firefox, which is a totally different platform, I can confirm does not have this behavior. It does appear to be an issue with chromium.
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TehWhiteMamba commented
It's not just a chrome issue my quality changes on its own in Edge
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JimJimStardust commented
It's a Chrome thing; this issue comes back from time to time and showed up today, setting video to 480p then after 4-5 min it switches back to source and goes back to 480p when you give tab/window focus.
Tested on Firefox and doesn't have this behavior, keeps 480p all the time.
Another issue that popped up at the same time is the left panel; you click to show more followed channels and, when you scroll up to reach the top, if you happen cross the panel "thin scroll bar" with your mouse cursor it will go back all the way down, very annoying.
Dude, coding is hard.
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mavrovulpis commented
I only have access to metered connection so I always watch video at 160p
So help me lord I can't held back from getting triggered when 160p suddenly became 1080p 5 minutes after I open another app
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Nelsing commented
How is this still a thing in 2024, so frustrating. I have a multiscreen setup and if i don't have the twitch window active it goes to 360p. This alone frustrates me enough to go watch youtube videos instead.
Please sort this already, if i set a resolution that is what i want.
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RETR0J4N commented
still happens, its hitting hardware resource performance.
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Atypical_Ice_Mage commented
2024 and this is still an issue...
I have a limited amount of internet data per month so I tend to keep streams set at a lower quality. Often, when I go to a different tab, the streams end up switching themselves back to full quality, which is counter intuitive -
kr_killer commented
It's 2024 and Twitch still forces 360p whenever the tab goes out of focus for a second. As if the 2-minute ads aren't bad enough. Can't wait for another platform to take your place.
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Montiblanc commented
started maxing off tab/window qualities for me today, bandwidth rip
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BestroChen commented
100% I have an older device, but still want to watch muiltiple streams. Only way to do that is lowering the resolution. Everytime they change the rez every 30 seconds to max just cause I switched tabs. It puts my whole device at risk of crashing and ALL the tabs start buffering simply cause 1 tab is changing back and forth. Even tho I have them all set to a specific resolution, not auto.
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Paultimatum commented
I cant find anyone telling me how to turn this ON. I WANT lower quality when im not focusing the video. Where is the option?
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kiznal commented
February 2024, streams change quality to either 160p or Source if they are not the main tab for more than a couple minutes. Terrible. There's reasons that I set streams to 480p or 720p instead of keeping it on Auto. Please prevent this from happening!
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DudeRiley commented
2024 still a problem sad twitch's growth is over
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Darsoma commented
This "feature" is so annoying that I just steer clear of twitch. Don't go the youtube route of making your service so unbearable to use that people avoid it like the plague. Do better. Make a service YOU would be happy using.
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jucardi commented
agreed with this 100%, it's super annoying
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4f00d commented
terrible, great job at avoiding and fixing this bug, though
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JawDropz commented
i want to watch the stream at max resolution in picture-in-picture mode and every time i do it, it goes to 480p on pc, when i switch tabs or minimize or just use anything else on the pc, how dumb when they talk about how viewing streams is considered everyones background noise nowadays and they have it at the worst resolutions.
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ImJustA_Sexy_Boy commented
Such a trash company