h264ify
Overview
h264ify is a Chrome extension developed by erkserkserks.
According to the data from Chrome web store, current version of h264ify is 1.1.0, updated on 2019-09-08.
1,000,000+ users have installed this extension.
1092 users have rated this extension with an average rating of .
Makes YouTube stream H.264 videos instead of VP8/VP9 videos
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.
Github: https://github.com/erkserkserks/h264ify
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Jakub Němec
2022-04-27
Amazing! My old laptop has problem with playing 720p 60 FPS but with this It can play 1080p 60 FPS without any problems. |
Kevin Ballance
2022-04-27
No longer really helps performance. Don't use this unless you're on a particularly bad PC that struggles with VP9. Using the extension butchers video playback on my more modest Windows 10 PC (12GB RAM, 1050Ti, i5-3470), so I'm assuming this'll only help especially ancient PCs. |
sorainko
2022-04-09
U S E F U L |
Victor P
2022-04-02
Lenovo C330 just could not play 080p 60fps youtube videos. This extension fixed it! Grateful! |
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Никита
2022-03-26
Спасибо! Нагрузка снизилась примерно в 10 раз. |