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h264ify

Makes YouTube stream H.264 videos instead of VP8/VP9 videos

Users1MCurrent public install base
Rating4.6Store average score
Reviews1,192Public review volume
Manifest versionV3Extension platform version
7-day growth0Net users gained this week
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Version2.0.1
ManifestV3
Size31.7KiB
Languages2English / čeština
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Try h264ify if YouTube videos stutter, take up too much CPU, eat battery life, or make your laptop hot.

By default, YouTube streams VP8/VP9 encoded video. However, this can cause problems with less powerful machines because VP8/VP9 is not typically hardware accelerated.

In contrast, H.264 is commonly hardware accelerated by GPUs, which usually means smoother video playback and reduced CPU usage. h264ify makes YouTube stream H.264 videos instead of VP8/VP9 videos.

Note: 4K and 1440p videos will not be available because YouTube no longer encodes those videos in H.264

Github: https://github.com/erkserkserks/h264ify

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Store average score4.6Chrome Web Store aggregate rating, including ratings without synced review text
Synced text average4.4Average computed only from synced review bodies below
Reviews with text578Synced review bodies
Total ratings / reviews1,192Chrome Web Store public rating/review count

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KENT2022年11月24日
5

когда ютуб включен с сайта какого нибудь то можно врубить 4к 60 фпс))) и нагрузка идет на видеокарту, а просто на ютубе 1080 60 фпс максимум)) почему непонятно

Language ru
3 helpful · 0 not helpful
¡ Do it !2022年11月21日
2

This broke. Until a few days ago it was working fine, but now it is causing lag and freezing in the videos in the Opera browser.

Language en
1 helpful · 2 not helpful
Gamersfan2022年11月12日
5

Работает, на Core 2 Duo T7500 и gt8600m дает ощутимое снижение загрузки ЦП, так как обработка видео частично переходит на ГПУ, можно проверить в HWiNFO64. Так же радует бонусная фишка - отключение 60 фпс, что еще больше снижает нагрузку на старое железо. На основном ПК это можно отрубить галочками, так что расширение не будет влиять на нормальный комп при синхронизации данных хрома.

Language ru
3 helpful · 0 not helpful
DaMarcus Cooper2022年11月9日
5

Two Words "Life Saver". Maybe have a 2K and 4K update next?

Language en
3 helpful · 1 not helpful
Jesús Gildardo Mejía Cortés2022年11月1日
5

Me ayudó con mi laptop Acer nueva que en algunos videos solo salian rayas de colores y no se miraba la imagen. Ahora ya solucioné el problema y eran los drivers de video de Intel que los actualicé directo de la página de Intel y ahora todo va de maravilla.

Language es
1 helpful · 0 not helpful
Bikram Agarwal2022年10月22日
4

It's very useful for less powerful systems, I guess. But be aware that enabling this disables. 2K / 4K streaming.

Language en
3 helpful · 0 not helpful
Lawrence Cheong2022年10月5日
5

Thank you very much!

Language en
1 helpful · 0 not helpful
2022年8月31日
2

Расширение начало нагружать ПК, видимо связано с последними обновлениями Chrome

Language ru
1 helpful · 3 not helpful
Naku (Naku)2022年8月12日
5

Thank you.

Language en
1 helpful · 1 not helpful
hahaha20202022年8月7日
1

강제로 1080p로 만든다. 쓰레기, 삭제 ㄱㄱ

Language ko
4 helpful · 12 not helpful