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does this script helps CPU usage on lower specs machine?

For CPU usage, this script would not help. This script would only help reducing the memory usage.




1. YouTube CPU Tamer by Animation can help. Especially for video with live chat.
https://greasyfork.org/en/scripts/431573-youtube-cpu-tamer-by-animationframe

If you play video alone, it should be no difference.




2. enhanced-h264ify
https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/enhanced-h264ify/omkfmpieigblcllmkgbflkikinpkodlk
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/enhanced-h264ify/

enhanced-h264ify can make the video using other video format (codec)
the default codec might make your PC slow.

You can see the github page for explanation.
https://github.com/alextrv/enhanced-h264ify





3. Might be reset the youtube settings would also help
https://greasyfork.org/scripts/457255-reset-youtube-settings

oh ok, so this "Unhold YouTube Resource Locks" script wont help with cpu usage?

if i install script "YouTube CPU Tamer by Animation", do i still need this script?
https://greasyfork.org/en/scripts/396532-youtube-live-cpu-tamer

so this script also helps with cpu usage?
https://greasyfork.org/scripts/457255-reset-youtube-settings

I would recommend you to use Chromium based browsers for video playing.

If you don't like Chrome / Chromium / Edge / Ungoogled Chromium,

you can use Cent / Catsxp / Maxthon

oh ok, so this "Unhold YouTube Resource Locks" script wont help with cpu usage?

if i install script "YouTube CPU Tamer by Animation", do i still need this script?
https://greasyfork.org/en/scripts/396532-youtube-live-cpu-tamer

YouTube Live CPU Tamer
https://greasyfork.org/en/scripts/396532-youtube-live-cpu-tamer

It can reduce CPU usage as well. You can try and install.
But it might create bugs to the running.

so this script also helps with cpu usage?
https://greasyfork.org/scripts/457255-reset-youtube-settings

This will reset the settings stored in your browser. There is a menu button to reset the settings.
You just need to click it once.

Or you can click this link to enable the most simplified version of YouTube.


Enable: https://m.youtube.com/?persist_app=1&app=m

Restore: http://www.youtube.com/?persist_app=1&app=desktop

I would recommend you to use Chromium based browsers for video playing.

If you don't like Chrome / Chromium / Edge / Ungoogled Chromium,

you can use Cent / Catsxp / Maxthon

ah, i only use firefox. is firefox not good?



i tried to use the "Reset Youtube Setting" script, but seems no effect on me.

Or you can click this link to enable the most simplified version of YouTube.


Enable: https://m.youtube.com/?persist_app=1&app=m

Restore: http://www.youtube.com/?persist_app=1&app=desktop

the mobile UI is really light compared to the desktop UI, but i still prefer desktop UI, thank you for the suggestion tho.


is this kind of script that revert old UI helps CPU usage too? or is it just to revert UI to the old one?
https://greasyfork.org/en/scripts/457543-yt-july-2018-november-2020-script
https://greasyfork.org/en/scripts/453802-youtube-non-rounded-design

I would recommend you to use Chromium based browsers for video playing.

If you don't like Chrome / Chromium / Edge / Ungoogled Chromium,

you can use Cent / Catsxp / Maxthon

ah, i only use firefox. is firefox not good?



i tried to use the "Reset Youtube Setting" script, but seems no effect on me.

Or you can click this link to enable the most simplified version of YouTube.


Enable: https://m.youtube.com/?persist_app=1&app=m

Restore: http://www.youtube.com/?persist_app=1&app=desktop

the mobile UI is really light compared to the desktop UI, but i still prefer desktop UI, thank you for the suggestion tho.


is this kind of script that revert old UI helps CPU usage too? or is it just to revert UI to the old one?
https://greasyfork.org/en/scripts/457543-yt-july-2018-november-2020-script
https://greasyfork.org/en/scripts/453802-youtube-non-rounded-design

Firefox not focus on GPU and video stuff.
Comparatively it will be laggy.

(Note: For Windows, definitely Edge is the best for video playing. Microsoft hides many enhancement settings inside their browsers for GPU and CPU resource management)
(For MacOS, either Edge or Safari should have the least GPU & CPU usage)
(For Linux, I don't know, but there should be some alternative, like Waterfox)


Mobile UI is the best option if you really concern the CPU usage.




https://greasyfork.org/en/scripts/457543-yt-july-2018-november-2020-script
Not sure for this one. You can try and compare.



https://greasyfork.org/en/scripts/453802-youtube-non-rounded-design
This one is just change the appearance. I don't think it can reduce CPU usage.



You can use Mobile UI in Firefox to see what is the minimum CPU usage (just video playing, no any other effect)
I guess https://greasyfork.org/en/scripts/457543-yt-july-2018-november-2020-script will reduce CPU usage to a little bit closer to Mobile UI.

Seriously you should try other browsers if you cannot accept Mobile UI and feel CPU usage is high.


If you insist Firefox, you might also try Waterfox and Librewolf

I have made the tool for UI switching.

https://greasyfork.org/en/scripts/457579-youtube-minimal-on-pc

I have made the tool for UI switching.

https://greasyfork.org/en/scripts/457579-youtube-minimal-on-pc

yoooo thank you so much for this!

https://greasyfork.org/en/scripts/457587-youtube-minimal-fixs

This script is to fix various issues for YouTube Mobile UI. It makes it more like the normal version but with less resources usage.

我做了UI切換的工具。

https://greasyfork.org/en/scripts/457579-youtube-minimal-on-pc

感謝，看到有意思的~
如果要用到老電腦，我就可以直接開這個
原來EDGE適合看youtu，不過真的沒去嘗試，好險cent更新了