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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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Gowshigan Srikumar2017年5月6日
5

good is working

Language en
Murat yılmaz2017年5月6日
5

youtube videolarında işlemci kullanımı oldukça düşüyor laptop sessiz çalışıyor

Language tr
9 helpful · 0 not helpful
R. M.2017年4月25日
5

Ho un pc abbastanza performante, il mio vero problema era che la mia connessione (2 Mbit download) permette di vedere senza buffering i video in 720p a 30 fps ma non a 60. L'estenzione funziona perfettamente.

Language it
2 helpful · 0 not helpful
Anonymous user2017年4月20日
5

Thanks for allowing my pc's to use my hardware decoder(s)!

Language en
Dan Ran (sanity016)2017年4月13日
3

EXTENSION NEEDS UPDATE! When block 60fps is enabled it caps the video quality at 720p. PLEASE FIX! I am unable to play 1080p 60fps smoothly. This problem has been happening since October.

Language en
1 helpful · 0 not helpful
neko kuro2017年4月2日
5

57だと重かったのですが58で軽くなりました。 VP9デコード対応してない方は必須の拡張機能です。 自分はHD4400オンボなので当然webMのGPU支援効かないので此方でmp4にしたら 1080p60fpsでもほぼCPU使わず見れてます。 ※ライブ配信もmp4になります。 ※最新のグラボ GTX1000シリーズやIntelHD620以降使ってる人はyoutubは普通に見たほうが軽いです。此方の拡張機能は古いGPUなどでVP9が重い場合の救済策なので

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Bảo Ngọc Nguyễn2017年3月30日
5

Love it. My chrome is stutter on 60fps but not now!

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Benjamin L2017年3月25日
5

Ubuntu on AMD laptop. I use h264ify with hardware enabled Chromium(VA-API). Works great.

Language en
Anonymous user2017年3月24日
5

Excellent. I hate 60 FPS videos anyway and given that my laptop's lowly HD 4000 can only do hardware accelerated decoding of h264 videos, this extension is a must. Thanks.

Language en
Muhammad Wanas2017年3月24日
5

works for me on a ubuntu nvidia laptop better performance and less cpu usage

Language en