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		rolleiflex on Nov 29, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Vinegar: Safari extension that replaces YouTube em... 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.

LeoPanthera on Nov 29, 2021 [–]

This is probably because YouTube exclusively uses VP9 for 4K streams, instead of HEVC.

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