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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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RYAN2024年5月6日
5

h264가 1080p 상위에 있는 화질을 지원하지도 않는데, 강제로 1080으로 만든다는 무식한 사람들 때문에 댓글 담. 유튜브에서는 1440부터는 h264지원안한다. 안되면 검색이라도 좀 하셈.

Version 1.1.0Language ko
2 helpful · 0 not helpful
Spyder8102024年5月4日
5

works as advertised, chromebook performance greatly improved, thanks

Version 1.1.0Language en
1 helpful · 0 not helpful
Виктор2024年4月26日
1

ничего не изменилось, ютуб лагать не перестал

Version 1.1.0Language ru
4 helpful · 6 not helpful
Сυɓυρяκ2024年4月18日
5

Расширение Норм! но два дня назад пропало качество 720р !! Стримы на Ютубе смотрю в 480р !выше не далается! видосы всё норм 720р!!! ??????

Version 1.1.0Language ru
4 helpful · 2 not helpful
sarcasm2024年4月7日
1

как грузит ,так и грузил

Version 1.1.0Language ru
2 helpful · 4 not helpful
Dominika Machtyl2024年4月5日
1

it doesn't do anything

Version 1.1.0Language en
3 helpful · 13 not helpful
Adam2024年2月23日
5

This 100% cured my buffering issues. I am running a somewhat low performance arm based ChromeBook and it could not handle any video over 480p without buffering every 5 seconds, but now I can easily stream full 1080p on YouTube with VERY FEW dropped frames, to the point where you cannot tell. (~1 in 900 frames) this extension is very effective and I highly recommend it.

Version 1.1.0Language en
3 helpful · 0 not helpful
Ludolf Almeida2024年2月18日
5

Extensão milagrosa criada por Deus.

Version 1.1.0Language pt
1 helpful · 0 not helpful
Ivan Yuzafatau2024年2月14日
1

Does not work. 360p 100% CPU Athlon X2 5200+ The extension probably only works on hardware released no later than 5 years ago. It's a shame that YouTube doesn't use compression that doesn't require much processing power. Any video downloaded to my computer runs perfectly in 1080p in the media player. Why can't this be done in a web browser?

Version 1.1.0Language en
5 helpful · 7 not helpful
nitesh singh2024年2月7日
5

Bring it to Safari please, desperately needed!

Version 1.1.0Language en
1 helpful · 0 not helpful