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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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Lugal Vernstein2019年4月19日
5

보통 최신 NVIDIA 20XX(1080TI 그리고 16XX시리즈 포함) 이상 그래픽 카드 사용하면 (참조 : https://developer.nvidia.com/video-encode-decode-gpu-support-matrix) VP9을 지원하니 필요없으나 그 이하는 H.264까지만 지원하는 경우가 대부분이니 설치하시면 좋아요.(코덱 미지원 시스템에서 CPU 점유율 낮춤) 다만 유투브에서 코덱 라이센스 비용 아낄려고 4K는 VP9밖에 지원안하니 4K는 안됩니다. 이 앱의 문제가 아닙니다. 이 앱은 사용자의 코덱 선택을 넓혀주는 좋은 앱입니다.

Language ko
11 helpful · 1 not helpful
Andrei EU2019年4月19日
5

all workk alll good perfect i hate 720/60 lags bluuuryyy screenn!!! videos!!! h264ify - u the best annd no lag!!!! for low pc perfect!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 10 points of 10 /amd x2-2,7mgz\512 cashe 2 ram!!!

Language en
Yong Shin2019年4月8日
5

Works well.

Language en
Edward Northwind2019年4月1日
5

Нагрузка на проц упала вдвое, теперь при просмотре FullHD система вообще не напрягается. Хотя и странно, что из выбора пропали опции выше FullHD, я то хотел посмотреть вытянет ли система 4К.

Language ru
1 helpful · 0 not helpful
Fabio Rodrigues2019年3月22日
5

muito boa

Language pt
4 helpful · 0 not helpful
Андрей Майоров2019年3月18日
3

Это приложение работает в ютубе!ДЛЯ ТВИЧА НЕТ также лагает и не убирает 60 фпс

Language ru
Pumpkin Bread2019年3月15日
4

I do not understand. There is zero difference on Task Manager. Without this extension on, my PC was already using its Intel GPU to decode the video... I thought YouTube's format didn't allow hardware decoding in Chrome by default...???? Is this because my PC is newer, and it can hardware accelerate VP9?

Language en
zo62019年3月12日
5

i have a VERY bad laptop, it would lag seriously until i change the res to 480p now that i installled this extension Thanks!

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Tsetso Zdravkov2019年3月12日
5

My favorite extension, necessary for everyone who uses Macbooks... Unfortunately seems to not work with Brave.

Language en
Anonymous user2019年3月10日
3

it came installed already when i downloaded Linux

Language en