h264ify

Description of the h264ify Chrome Extension

Name h264ify
Store URL https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/h264ify/aleakchihdccplidncghkekgioiakgal
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Tagline Makes YouTube stream H.264 videos instead of VP8/VP9 videos
Rating 4.56
Rating Count 1135
Installs 1000000
Overview 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
Version 1.1.0
Size 30.0KiB
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Updated Date 9/9/2019

h264ify looks like a great Chrome extension that has hundreds of thousands of installs already. The latest version is only 30.0KiB.