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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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kuZya2020年10月27日
4

Пользовался долгое время, нареканий не было, теперь прога убирает 1080p начисто, удалять? 🤷‍♂️

Language ru
7 helpful · 1 not helpful
王小凌2020年10月26日
5

h264

Language en
Gin Navarrete (WhenMarkers)2020年10月14日
5

Holeyy sheeeet.. this one works... I love it. I hope this get's update someday when this version no longer work.

Language en
1 helpful · 0 not helpful
Happy Dinosaur2020年10月9日
5

Крутое расширение

Language ru
Federico Lombardo2020年10月4日
5

Mi ha fatto funzionare la Rasperry pi 4. Ora riesco a vedere Youtube!!!!!

Language it
1 helpful · 0 not helpful
Игорь Дубинин2020年9月13日
5

ИЗУМИТЕЛЬНО! Костыль, но все же работает! Раньше при игре и параллельно смотря(слушая) видосик на ютубе падало автоматом качество до 360p, после установки данного расширения ролики стали запускать в 1080p и не падает качество!

Language ru
Tadas (ubaldas UK)2020年9月6日
1

useless 1080p only seriously? removed

Language en
0 helpful · 5 not helpful
Username2020年8月22日
5

Before using this extension, youtube constantly buffered and videos were almost unwatchable on higher resolution. After installing this, youtube now runs almost perfectly, with very little buffering. I strongly recommend this extension!

Language en
Yuri Milani Akamine2020年8月20日
5

Deu certo no meu

Language pt
1 helpful · 0 not helpful
R222020年8月11日
5

perfeito!!

Language pt