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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
7-day growth rate0%Relative weekly velocity
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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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Nicola Placi'2018年3月27日
5

Estensione spettacolare. L'unica in grado di riprodurre i video di youtube senza blocchi e con una fluidità di scorrimento unica. Testata su un pc "datato" mi ha permesso di visualizzare i video in alta qualità e con delle prestazioni eccezionali. Incredibile come una semplice estensioni apporti una miglioria simile. Complimenti agli sviluppatori.

Language it
3 helpful · 0 not helpful
Nestor Jose Arrieta2018年3月26日
5

Funciona la verdad. Antes sin esta Extencion mi cpu estaba al 100%. Ahora solo llega 60% o 72%

Language es
1 helpful · 0 not helpful
alan zeballos2018年3月20日
2

ya no sirve en la actualidad de hecho hace que funcione peor youtube con mas perdida de fps una pena igual youtube ya esta bastante optimizado en un pc viejo no hay tanta perdida en 480p

Language es
1 helpful · 4 not helpful
VoRteX2018年3月18日
5

Огонь!!! Старый комп ожил!!!

Language ru
2 helpful · 0 not helpful
ArquiniX2018年3月14日
5

Шикарно, автор красава, респект!

Language ru
2 helpful · 0 not helpful
Ярослав Гребнев2018年3月13日
5

Спасибо!

Language ru
1 helpful · 0 not helpful
Rafael Pessoal2018年3月11日
5

muito bom

Language pt
Валентин Холод2018年2月25日
5

Працює відмінно, рекомендую.

Language uk
4 helpful · 0 not helpful
Петр Амелин2018年2月22日
5

Debian9 снизилась нагрузка в среднем с 35% до 20-25% при просмотре роликов на youtube.Спасибо!

Language ru
1 helpful · 0 not helpful
Anteus Patria2018年2月21日
4

boy a calarla

Language en
0 helpful · 1 not helpful