Why YouTube in Chrome (and Firefox) is Draining Your Laptop’s Battery and How to Fix It

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Does YouTube stutter, heat up your laptop,

kick your fans into gear, or just use a lot of CPU?

Even if you’ve never noticed, YouTube in Chrome is almost certainly

using more battery power than it needs to.

Like Chrome’s other performance problems, this is probably worst on Macs.

This is a result of the shift to HTML5 video and quirks with the video codecs

used by YouTube in Chrome versus other browsers.

Bear with us and we’ll explain why Google made YouTube playback

so inefficient in the first place. Firefox may have the same problem, too.

Why YouTube in Chrome (and Firefox) is Draining Your Laptop’s Battery and How to Fix It (howtogeek)

[dcs18]

Where is the tutorial?

[212eta]

The Author suggests the

h264ify for Chrome

and

h264ify for Firefox

as a how-to...

[rudrax]

Is that a youtube problem or flash problem?

[dcs18]

Neither — it is a problem of "wrong section."

[dcs18]

BTW, would propose the staff upload a mini video to YouTube, which would not drain laptop batteries — yet, enlighten some Peeps on the true definition of the word tutorial. :blink:

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[Ballistic Gelatin]

Here's a novel idea to reduce battery drainage: Stop. Watching. So. Much. YouTube. :blink:

Problem solved.

[212eta]

yet, enlighten some Peeps on the true definition of the word tutorial. :blink:

I will leave it to do it by yourself,

since you believe that you are the

-Perfectionist,

-Configurator,

-Supreme Master,

-Highest Dude etc.

of the entire Guides & Tutorials section. :rolleyes: