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Tue, 9 Jun 2026 17:42:55 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail.denix.org (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 4D8BE17ED6E; Tue, 9 Jun 2026 13:42:55 -0400 (EDT) Date: Tue, 9 Jun 2026 13:42:55 -0400 From: Denys Dmytriyenko To: t-lannynd@ti.com Cc: meta-arago@lists.yoctoproject.org, reatmon@ti.com, detheridge@ti.com, b-brnich@ti.com, a-christidis@ti.com Subject: Re: [meta-arago][master/wrynose][PATCH v2] meta-arago-distro: chromium: add force-h264-youtube extension Message-ID: <20260609174255.GH23325@denix.org> References: <20260609171306.238854-1-t-lannynd@ti.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20260609171306.238854-1-t-lannynd@ti.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.20 (2009-06-14) List-Id: X-Webhook-Received: from 45-33-107-173.ip.linodeusercontent.com [45.33.107.173] by aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org with HTTPS for ; Tue, 09 Jun 2026 17:43:07 -0000 X-Groupsio-URL: https://lists.yoctoproject.org/g/meta-arago/message/17560 On Tue, Jun 09, 2026 at 12:13:06PM -0500, Thorsten Lannynd via lists.yoctoproject.org wrote: > 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 > --- > v2: > - Remove the flag that enables extension by default as not all SoCs support > Wave5 and Chromium This is also fine, though requires enabling it manually... > .../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