But if you pick something like Very low definition (240 lines) and a video stream containing 240p is not available it will load up the closest one that is 360p.
So, 720p will be the maximum resolution and it won’t go for 1080p. Suppose you choose HD 720p, VLC will pick a resolution that is closest to 720p and it won’t go higher than 720p.
But what if you wanted to choose the quality/resolution of the online video that VLC loads from YouTube? There is an advanced option that allows us to select Full HD (1080p), HD (720p), Standard Definition (560p or 480p), Low Definition (360p), and Very Low Definition (240p). The player will try to load the best video resolution that is feasible with the current connection. The best quality that it fetches depends on a number of factors like the speed and bandwidth of your internet connection. Launch the application and click on the Paste URL button. After that, copy the needed video URL from your browser. When opening videos from YouTube and other video-sharing sites, VLC tries to get the best quality of the video possible. Go on YouTube and find the content you would like to download in high definition, you can always apply the special filter in YouTube search: Filter>Features>HD (High definition).