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I have no idea if it still works, but the "h264ify" browser extension used to be great for working around this issue (by forcing youtube to serve h264) https://

I have no idea if it still works, but the "h264ify" browser extension used to be great for working around this issue (by forcing youtube to serve h264) https://github.com/erkserkserks/h264ify https://github.com/erkserkserks/h264ify

genewitch 3y ago
i did a full apt dist-upgrade to try and get the h264ify plugin to install and if i remember correctly i never was able to get it to install. I upgraded from "chromium" to "chromium-browser" and set all the compositing and other settings recommended for the RPI. and to reply to another sibling, "yt-dlp" isn't workable, this is for a senior citizen that does small motor repairs. I got an HP elitedesk that's a few years old coming in monday to replace the RPI; hopefully that will last another 3 years before google et al decide to "optimize" again.
- antisthenes 3y ago
  RPI 3 for a senior citizen seems like a poor solution in the first place. I would have opted for a small business-pc that is x86 based and 3-4 years old.
  - geraldhh 3y ago
    a used laptop that can play youtube videos can be had for about the same money
geraldhh 3y ago
ytdl-format=best[vcodec!*=vp9]