Install a lightweight Chrome extension that forces YouTube to serve H.264 (avc1) by blocking VP8, VP9, and AV1 via MediaSource.isTypeSupported. This enables Wave5 hardware video decoding on YouTube, which only supports H.264 and HEVC.
Installed at /usr/lib/chromium/extensions/force-h264-youtube and --load-extension flag is needed to enable the extension. Signed-off-by: Thorsten Lannynd <[email protected]> --- v2: - Remove the flag that enables extension by default as not all SoCs support Wave5 and Chromium .../chromium/chromium-ozone-wayland-arago.inc | 13 +++++++++++++ .../force-h264-youtube/force_h264.js | 4 ++++ .../force-h264-youtube/manifest.json | 19 +++++++++++++++++++ 3 files changed, 36 insertions(+) create mode 100644 meta-arago-distro/dynamic-layers/chromium-browser-layer/recipes-browser/chromium/chromium-ozone-wayland/force-h264-youtube/force_h264.js create mode 100644 meta-arago-distro/dynamic-layers/chromium-browser-layer/recipes-browser/chromium/chromium-ozone-wayland/force-h264-youtube/manifest.json diff --git a/meta-arago-distro/dynamic-layers/chromium-browser-layer/recipes-browser/chromium/chromium-ozone-wayland-arago.inc b/meta-arago-distro/dynamic-layers/chromium-browser-layer/recipes-browser/chromium/chromium-ozone-wayland-arago.inc index ab092fa1..d8eb0204 100644 --- a/meta-arago-distro/dynamic-layers/chromium-browser-layer/recipes-browser/chromium/chromium-ozone-wayland-arago.inc +++ b/meta-arago-distro/dynamic-layers/chromium-browser-layer/recipes-browser/chromium/chromium-ozone-wayland-arago.inc @@ -1,5 +1,7 @@ PR:append = ".arago0" +EXTENSION_DIR = "/usr/lib/chromium/extensions/force-h264-youtube" + FILESEXTRAPATHS:prepend := "${THISDIR}/chromium-ozone-wayland:" PACKAGECONFIG:append = " proprietary-codecs" @@ -9,4 +11,15 @@ SRC_URI:append = " \ file://0002-chromium-gpu-sandbox-Allow-GPU-sandbox-access-to-V4L.patch \ file://0003-chromium-gpu-v4l2-Fix-OUTPUT-queue-streaming-in-V4L2.patch \ file://0004-media-gpu-v4l2-Avoid-placing-incomplete-H264-access-.patch \ + file://force-h264-youtube/force_h264.js \ + file://force-h264-youtube/manifest.json \ " + +do_install:append() { + install -d ${D}${EXTENSION_DIR} + install -m 0644 ${WORKDIR}/sources/force-h264-youtube/force_h264.js \ + ${WORKDIR}/sources/force-h264-youtube/manifest.json \ + ${D}${EXTENSION_DIR}/ +} + +FILES:${PN}:append = " ${EXTENSION_DIR}" diff --git a/meta-arago-distro/dynamic-layers/chromium-browser-layer/recipes-browser/chromium/chromium-ozone-wayland/force-h264-youtube/force_h264.js b/meta-arago-distro/dynamic-layers/chromium-browser-layer/recipes-browser/chromium/chromium-ozone-wayland/force-h264-youtube/force_h264.js new file mode 100644 index 00000000..5e942321 --- /dev/null +++ b/meta-arago-distro/dynamic-layers/chromium-browser-layer/recipes-browser/chromium/chromium-ozone-wayland/force-h264-youtube/force_h264.js @@ -0,0 +1,4 @@ +(function() { + var orig = MediaSource.isTypeSupported.bind(MediaSource); + MediaSource.isTypeSupported = function(t) { return /vp8|vp09?|av01/i.test(t) ? false : orig(t); }; +})(); diff --git a/meta-arago-distro/dynamic-layers/chromium-browser-layer/recipes-browser/chromium/chromium-ozone-wayland/force-h264-youtube/manifest.json b/meta-arago-distro/dynamic-layers/chromium-browser-layer/recipes-browser/chromium/chromium-ozone-wayland/force-h264-youtube/manifest.json new file mode 100644 index 00000000..fc69be22 --- /dev/null +++ b/meta-arago-distro/dynamic-layers/chromium-browser-layer/recipes-browser/chromium/chromium-ozone-wayland/force-h264-youtube/manifest.json @@ -0,0 +1,19 @@ +{ + "manifest_version": 3, + "name": "Force H.264", + "version": "1.0.0", + "description": "Lightweight extension that forces YouTube to play H.264 (avc1) by blocking VP8, VP9, and AV1", + "content_scripts": [ + { + "matches": [ + "*://*.youtube.com/*", + "*://*.youtube-nocookie.com/*", + "*://*.youtu.be/*" + ], + "js": ["force_h264.js"], + "run_at": "document_start", + "world": "MAIN", + "all_frames": true + } + ] +} -- 2.34.1 -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Links: You receive all messages sent to this group. View/Reply Online (#17557): https://lists.yoctoproject.org/g/meta-arago/message/17557 Mute This Topic: https://lists.yoctoproject.org/mt/119726830/21656 Group Owner: [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://lists.yoctoproject.org/g/meta-arago/unsub [[email protected]] -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
