Patreon Video Quality & Download

About

Take control of Patreon video playback with forced quality selection and one-click MP4 downloads.

FEATURES:

Quality Control
- Force any available quality (270p, 480p, 720p, 1080p) with a single click
- Instantly switches the video stream — no page reload needed
- Auto mode lets the player decide based on your connection

Smart Prefetch
- Selecting a quality immediately caches all video segments in the background
- 12 parallel download threads for maximum speed
- Once cached, the download button turns green for instant save

MP4 Download
- Downloads the full video as a proper .mp4 file
- Client-side TS-to-MP4 conversion — no server needed, no ffmpeg required
- Cancel downloads at any time

Clean Integration
- Download button sits right in the post action bar, next to like/share/comment
- Dropdown panel with quality selector, progress bars, and status
- Works with Patreon's single-page navigation — no need to refresh

HOW IT WORKS:
1. Navigate to any Patreon post with a video
2. A download icon appears in the action bar below the video
3. Click it to open the quality & download panel
4. Select your preferred quality (segments begin caching automatically)
5. Hit the download button to save as MP4

TECHNICAL DETAILS:
- Works with Mux-powered HLS video streams used by Patreon
- Uses hls.js direct level switching when available for seamless quality changes
- Falls back to playlist rewriting for maximum compatibility
- All processing happens locally in your browser — nothing is sent to any external server
- No special permissions required beyond access to Patreon and Mux CDN domains

This extension is intended for personal use to download content you have legitimate access to through your Patreon subscription.