Compare Chrome extensions: h264ify vs YouTube Auto HD + FPS
Stats | h264ify | YouTube Auto HD + FPS |
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User count | 1,000,000+ | 100,000+ |
Average rating | 4.56 | 4.22 |
Rating count | 1,119 | 1,165 |
Last updated | 2019-09-09 | 2024-04-19 |
Size | 30.72K | 1.86M |
Version | 1.1.0 | 1.8.22 |
Short description | |
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Makes YouTube stream H.264 videos instead of VP8/VP9 videos | Automatically set the video quality on YouTube according to its FPS! |
Full summary | |
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. |
My extension allows you to customize the video quality experience based on the video's FPS (Frames Per Second). You can adjust the quality anywhere from 144p to 8K. This means, for example, that you can watch 30FPS videos at 4K and 60FPS videos at 1080p! You also have the option to automatically select the enhanced bitrate quality. Additionally, the extension lets you choose the quality of embedded videos, which are videos outside of YouTube.com. Lastly, you can enable the auto-resize feature to adjust the video size automatically. Source code: https://github.com/avi12/youtube-auto-hd |