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There's the same problem with Google insisting on VP8/9 for YouTube in Chrome. If your Mac only supports h.264 in hardware you'll get better battery life in Saf
by TazeTSchnitzel 8y ago
There's the same problem with Google insisting on VP8/9 for YouTube in Chrome. If your Mac only supports h.264 in hardware you'll get better battery life in Safari.
- xvilka 8y agoObviously it is a problem with Apple, not Google. People should just push it more to do the job.
- TazeTSchnitzel 8y agoI don't think Google are free of responsibility. They are prioritising their lower bandwidth over the user's better power usage.
- vetinari 8y agoApple has a bigger share of the blame. They purposely ignore any codec that is outside of their favorites, even if the hardware they ship does support it (i.e. Intel) or doesn't need any hardware support (Vorbis, Flac). On the other hand, they are quick to support any codec, that is problematic to implement elsewhere.
- vosper 8y agoThere's a Chrome extension that forces YouTube to stream h.264 https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/h264ify/aleakchihdccplidncghkekgioiakgal?hl=en https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/h264ify/aleakchihd...
- acdha 8y agoThey also try it in Firefox but fortunately you can disable webm/webp in about:config and get better battery life and image quality.