SorosFootSoldier [he/him, they/them]@hexbear.net to technology@hexbear.netEnglish · 10 months agoSo how come when I watch youtube on their page it makes my laptop fan spin up and it feels like my PC is going into cardiac arrest, but when I watch on yewtube it's fine?message-squaremessage-square6fedilinkarrow-up126arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up126arrow-down1message-squareSo how come when I watch youtube on their page it makes my laptop fan spin up and it feels like my PC is going into cardiac arrest, but when I watch on yewtube it's fine?SorosFootSoldier [he/him, they/them]@hexbear.net to technology@hexbear.netEnglish · 10 months agomessage-square6fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareunperson [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up20·10 months agoyewtube gives you 720p H.264, which your laptop almost certainly can decode in hardware. YouTube gives you higher resolution VP9, which your laptop probably needs to decode with the CPU. Install the h264ify extension to force youtube to give you H.264. You’ll be limited to 1080p.
yewtube gives you 720p H.264, which your laptop almost certainly can decode in hardware.
YouTube gives you higher resolution VP9, which your laptop probably needs to decode with the CPU.
Install the h264ify extension to force youtube to give you H.264. You’ll be limited to 1080p.