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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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Fedir Volkov2025年3月31日
5

it works! thanks!

Version 2.0.1Language en
Skorio2025年3月17日
5

Incroyable, ayant un pc portable qui galère je ne pouvais pas lire de vidéo en 60fps, mais maintenant c'est tellement fluide, merci beaucoup !

Version 2.0.1Language fr
1 helpful · 0 not helpful
Raúl Prieto Fernández2025年3月7日
5

Espectacular extensión! Funciona a las mil maravillas ! Mi CPU de mi viejo portátil ha bajado de 70%-80% a un 15-20% !

Version 2.0.1Language es
Tuấn Trần minh2025年3月5日
5

all I need its you

Version 2.0.1Language en
멘소레담2025年2月25日
5

와 진짜 혁신이다. 솔직히 tv 유툽용으로 최신컴 사기 진짜 아까운데 이 앱 하나로 구형컴으로 유튜브 볼수 있음. 그것도 저전력으로, 강추! 당연히 4k부터는 h.264 코덱이 지원 안함. FHD 60hz 까진 똥컴으로 문제없음.

Version 2.0.1Language ko
1 helpful · 0 not helpful
Phillipe Queiroz2024年12月23日
5

Hoje em dia tenho um computador muito bom, mas nunca esquecerei o quanto essa extensão me ajudou em um monte mais complicado da minha vida

Version 2.0.1Language pt
7 helpful · 0 not helpful
kc kc2024年12月15日
5

God bless You! It's works. That's fine.

Version 2.0.1Language en
BANZAY2024年12月14日
5

Увы расширение начало ломать ютуб, выбивает ошибку и помогает только перезагрузка страницы, тогда видео начинает воспроизводиться. Надеюсь поправите в скором времени, расширение мастхев для слабых компьютеров.

Version 2.0.1Language ru
0 helpful · 3 not helpful
Gabriel Valencia2024年12月11日
1

Installing this disables the ability to view videos at higher than 1080p so it's pretty much useless for me. I get what it's for, but you should have the option to watch in higher resolutions. It should also plainly indicate in the extension description that you won't be able to watch in higher resolutions.

Version 2.0.1Language en
3 helpful · 22 not helpful
Roman Romanov2024年12月10日
4

Сегодня ни с того ни с сего стало выбивать ошибку при открытии видео. "Повторите попытку позже. Идентификатор воспроизведения...". Причем после перезагрузки страница она исчезала. Минут 30 искал проблему, потому что расширение стояло во всех браузерах. Путем отключения расширений поочередно была найдена проблема. Собственно, оно и к лучшему, ставил его давно, когда пк не вывозил видео в 60 фпс, сейчас уже обновил, а выключить расширение забыл, так и стояло несколько лет))

Version 2.0.1Language ru
1 helpful · 0 not helpful