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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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이유민2023年12月1日
4

영상 버벅이는 사람이 쓰면 좋을듯.. 4k 는 모르겠네요 ㅎㅎ

Version 1.1.0Language ko
Ілля Загорський2023年11月26日
5

у меня все хорошо у меня старый ноутбук и я могу смотреть видео нормально

Version 1.1.0Language ru
Jim Math2023年11月17日
5

Amazing. Drastically reduces CPU usage

Version 1.1.0Language en
中国人892023年10月21日
5

wow si funciona me deja ver los vídeos hasta 1080p no lo eh probado con otra calidad pero estoy mas que contento con esa calidad de video

Language es
1 helpful · 0 not helpful
STR “SATRIA”2023年10月8日
5

ini bekerja dengan baik

Language id
SVDSHIT2023年9月10日
5

Решает глитчи в ютубе на i5 9300h

Language ru
0 helpful · 1 not helpful
Kẹo dẻo Lấp lánh2023年8月26日
5

A must have if you have a weak CPU but strong GPU. (it shifts the workload to GPU). You can see this in Task Manager when playing a Youtube video.

Language en
1 helpful · 1 not helpful
Jeffrey Fitzpatrick (jeffrfitz)2023年8月19日
5

Makes old MacBooks excellent YouTube machines again!

Language en
2 helpful · 0 not helpful
Doc Hard2023年8月17日
5

eski işlemcilerde vazgeçilmez eklentidir kendileri

Language tr
5 helpful · 0 not helpful
nothing.mp32023年7月16日
5

Makes the Raspberry Pi 4B actually usable as a super basic desktop. Allows me to watch videos up to 1080p30 without stutter or lag. The HEVC drivers still aren't great so being able to fall back on good ol' h.264 allows this little guy to actually retain some performance.

Language en