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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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Karlos Anderson (kabelux)2015年8月1日
5

Funcionou. Mas Google, Nvidia e AMD que vergonha! Ajustem o VP9, ele tem qualidade superior de imagem.

Language pt
4 helpful · 0 not helpful
Kelsey Josund2015年7月25日
5

<3 erkserkserks

Language no
1 helpful · 0 not helpful
Alaan Thryner2015年7月23日
5

OMG I can watch 1080p60 now with no stuttering!!! Thank you!!

Language en
1 helpful · 0 not helpful
Brad Howlett2015年7月12日
5

Thanks so much, Youtube would make chrome crash on my laptop if I didn't disable "hardware acceleration" in chrome settings, but this fixed all that very nice work

Language en
1 helpful · 0 not helpful
Mads T2015年7月7日
5

Jeg kan se YouTube videoer i 1080p med 60Hz uden lag og min computer er ikke ved dø af varme længere. Awesome udvidelse!

Language da
2 helpful · 0 not helpful
Ah K2015年6月24日
5

WOW, Youtube has been making my computer stutter for the longest time. Could never figure it out! This is amazing! CPU doesn't stay at 100% and stalls! I'm using 4K.

Language en
1 helpful · 0 not helpful
Nile Jones2015年6月23日
5

Love this.

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1 helpful · 0 not helpful
Ariel Blasi2015年6月23日
5

This is very helpful!

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1 helpful · 0 not helpful
Rida Casawi2015年6月10日
5

Good

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1 helpful · 0 not helpful
Josip Mestrovic2015年6月10日
5

thanks to this app , i can watch 1080 60 fps videos on youtube :D

Language en
2 helpful · 0 not helpful