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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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Rodrigo Sarria2016年2月10日
5

Puedo ver videos a 60fps sin ninguna caida de fps, sin hacer uso de la gpu. Excelente para pcs sin gpu o poco procesador

Language es
1 helpful · 0 not helpful
Aiden Gonzalez2016年2月3日
5

Reduces cpu usage significantly, really helpful for low powered laptops like chromebooks or the hp stream. I saw improvements in battery life and fluidity.

Language en
AC Explains2016年2月2日
5

Perfect chrome extension. Nothing more to say.

Language en
Peter Trenery2016年2月1日
5

Before installing, CPU was close to 100% and dropping lots of frames After installing, CPU is low and dropping almost no frames. Video is much smoother. Defaulting to VP9 without hardware support is stupid. This extension fixed it. Well done.

Language en
Mariana M2016年1月31日
5

excelente tanto para tablet con intel atom z3735 como otros procesadores de baja potencia. reproducis videos 1080p con bajo consumo de procesador.

Language es
2 helpful · 0 not helpful
Joa80002016年1月28日
5

This totally solved my problem! Right now, my 60fps videos are super smooth, thanks to the developer!!

Language en
2 helpful · 0 not helpful
Onur Yaşarlar2016年1月22日
5

Low battery consumption maximum efficiency for youtube

Language en
4 helpful · 0 not helpful
han kim2016年1月17日
5

정말 내장 그래픽이나 노트북 에서 아주 좋습니다.

Language ko
Colin2016年1月17日
5

非常有效,立竿见影! Intel HD 4000也可以硬解 H.264

Language zh
أعتز بديني2016年1月15日
4

merci.

Language fr
0 helpful · 1 not helpful