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h264ify by erkserkserks

Makes YouTube stream H.264 videos instead of VP8/VP9 videos

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YouTube video playing with h.264 codecYouTube codec support page with h264ify enabled. Currently, MSE is not supported by Firefox. When MSE support arrives, h264ify will also block VP9.
About this extension
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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This add-on needs to:

  • Access your data for sites in the youtube.com domain
  • Access your data for sites in the youtube-nocookie.com domain
  • Access your data for sites in the youtu.be domain
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Version
1.1.0
Size
34.95 KB
Last updated
5 years ago (Sep 9, 2019)
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License
MIT License
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Release notes for 1.1.0
Add av1 codec to disallowed types.
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