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Re:Vinegar: Safari extension that replaces YouTube embeds wi... by rolleiflex on Sunday November 28, 2021 @11:31PM (#29376391)
Also bought it and works great. Minor caveat is that it seems to be unable to get a 4K stream, so it’s capped to 1080p. Likely this is a YouTube limitation though.
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Re:Vinegar: Safari extension that replaces YouTube embeds wi... by LeoPanthera on Monday November 29, 2021 @01:35AM (#29377047)
This is probably because YouTube exclusively uses VP9 for 4K streams, instead of HEVC.
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