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Facebook Video Downloads: HD vs SD Explained

HD availability on Facebook depends on the uploader's settings and original file, not the downloader.

What controls HD availability

Facebook only offers an HD stream if the original upload was high resolution and the page or profile hasn't restricted quality to save bandwidth — a setting some Pages enable for high-traffic content.

What to do when only SD is available

There's no way to reconstruct detail Facebook never encoded — if HD isn't listed as an option, the SD file is the best available copy.