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June 14, 2026 at 7:34 am #206555
mikey777
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    anti-apXos wrote:

    If you’re still getting AV01 videos from Youtube with Ungoogled Chromium, there’s ways of forcing other codecs there, too. I think it requires an extension like this one: https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/enhanced-h264ify/omkfmpieigblcllmkgbflkikinpkodlk

    It’s been a while since I’ve used it and maybe things have changed, but I seem to recall that my Core2 Duo system could do 1080p Youtube in Chromium if I forced H.264. Chromium’s software decoder is definitely a lot more efficient on weak CPUs than Firefox’s when I’ve compared them directly, though Firefox’s seems to be able to handle higher resolution videos like 1440p+ better on a capable CPU.

    Many thanks anti-apXos. Using Ungoogled Chromium, with enhanced-h264ify installed on it (photo1), as you suggested, I am now able to stream YT videos at 1080p (photo2); thanks Brian too for initially suggesting this browser.

    The caveat is that if I go ‘full-screen’, on either the laptop screen or an external monitor, then the stutter returns. However, this is still much improved over what I had before. When playing in a normal-sized YT window, on the 17″ laptop screen, there is neither any stutter nor any momentary synchronous pausing of the audio/video at 1080p.

    The stats from the Xine media player show that around 10% of frames were dropped over the 7-minute live music video (photo2). At the 30 fps, that the Xine media player appears to be preset at, this drop in frame-rate isn’t noticeable – I think the threshold for smooth video is around 24fps.

    Thanks again – have a good day 🙂
    Happy man here!

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    64-bit antix26-full (zzz-IceWM, dinit) installed on the following [year of manufacture in brackets]:
    [2008] Asus X71Q (7SC002) 17", 2 x CPU Intel T3200@2.0GHz, 4GB RAM, Intel integrated graphics
    [2010] Samsung N145 Plus (JP04UK) 10", 1 x CPU Intel Atom N450@1.6GHz, 2GB RAM, Intel integrated graphics
    [2012] Lenovo B580 (4377) 15", 2 x CPU i3-2328M@2.2Ghz, 8GB RAM, Intel integrated graphics
    [2017] Dell Latitude 5480 14", 4 x CPU i5-6300U@2.4Ghz, 8GB RAM, Intel integrated graphics