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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
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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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Su Wit2020年7月2日
5

สุดยอด

Language th
Ігор Миколайович (Twisted Transistor)2020年6月29日
5

Помогло моей видеокарте R9 270X декодировать ютуб.

Language ru
inaction inaction2020年4月4日
5

다른 작업하면서 유튜브 보는데 버벅이는데 이래저래 알아보니깐 코덱 문제라 해서 설치했습니다. 설치 하니깐 동영상 버벅임 없이 잘 나옵니다. 그리고 이건 개인선택사항인데 그동안 720P 이상에서 60프레임이 강제적으로 재생됐는데 60프레임 해제 기능이 있어서 좋내요.

Language ko
Vitoria Nascimento2020年3月29日
5

ótimu

Language co
1 helpful · 0 not helpful
Nigel Russell2020年3月6日
5

did some tests and yes this does wok really well. without it i just get high cpu and stutter,,,,with it i get low cpu and no stutter. win win

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Tomas Plascencia2020年3月6日
5

Works as description says. 5 stars!

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Aleksei Svatko2020年3月5日
5

Must have if you have old laptop. Quality is a little bit worse, but it works. Before this addon i couldnt watch even 720p videos, with it I watch 1080p

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Carlos Peralta2020年2月6日
4

yo tenia problemas porque mi conexion es un poco lenta 3m y con esto lo solucione es muy buena cumple lo que promete

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guid 4952020年2月5日
5

funcionou kkkkkk aeeeeeeeeee

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Дмитрий Рочев2020年2月4日
5

Отличное расширение. Убрало тормоза при просмотре 60 fps с youtube. Загрузка процессора снизилась с 98% до 35%. Почему уроды с youtube не сделают в настройках подобную функцию? Спасибо!

Language ru
6 helpful · 0 not helpful