watch youtube with the least resources, heat and longest battry run time

[Chupa]

I already posted a comparison between edge, chrome, firefox and waterfox regarding using resources and generating heat while playing youtube 720p

edge won but is horrible because you can not block the adds and other crap.

Here are my newest findings on how to keep your computer cool and last longer while watching youtube.
USE the VLC player
CTRL N opens the network stream
just paste the full YT url and close the browser

why? see below

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[Chris G]

Great find, I forgot about that network stream feature in VLC. I remember it and then never got around to testing it. Yes I agree about Edge, best on the battery I’ve seen it and also a big pain none of my Chrome extensions like adblock.

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[Chupa]

it is even more simple with the right add-ons
you get a clickable vlc icon on YT
combine that with a few helpers who disable auto play etc and you watch in style
ben shapiro or any other person speaks too fast?
well with YT you can change the speed to 75% and it sounds quite awful
with vlc I can set the speed to 90 or in ben’s case to 80% and it sounds quite natural.
and with the much lower processor and power usage you can stretch watching YT around 25% or more

here are a few of my helpers

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