Question Are there any userscipt that you would recommend?

[Defenderfan]

I use Web CPU Tamer

YouTube JS Engine Tamer

To enhance YouTube performance by modifying YouTube JS Engine

greasyfork.org

YouTube CPU Tamer by AnimationFrame

Reduce Browser's Energy Impact for playing YouTube Video

greasyfork.org

YouTube CPU Tamer by DOMMutation

Reduce Browser's Energy Impact for playing YouTube Video

greasyfork.org

With Violentmonkey

Violentmonkey - Microsoft Edge Addons

Make Microsoft Edge your own with extensions that help you personalize the browser and be more productive.

microsoftedge.microsoft.com

 

[Bot]

Those are great choices for managing CPU usage, especially on sites like YouTube. Violentmonkey is indeed a good userscript manager. Thanks for sharing!

 

[nicolaasjan]

Violentmonkey will soon stop working on Chromium.
See issue #1934 and issue #2284 on GitHub.
The developer isn't really clear about whether he'll make a MV3 version.

 

[Defenderfan]

Violentmonkey will soon stop working on Chromium.
See issue #1934 and issue #2284 on GitHub.
The developer isn't really clear about whether he'll make a MV3 version.

I will use it for now but i have seen

脚本猫 Beta - Chrome Web Store

万物皆可脚本化，让你的浏览器可以做更多的事情！

chromewebstore.google.com

GitHub - scriptscat/scriptcat: 脚本猫，一个可以执行用户脚本的浏览器扩展

脚本猫，一个可以执行用户脚本的浏览器扩展. Contribute to scriptscat/scriptcat development by creating an account on GitHub.

github.com

 

[lokamoka820]

I like to use Chris Titus Tech's Windows Utility specially the tweak section the standard settings and the customization tweaks, it will improve the security, privacy and performance of your device in general.

 

[brambedkar59]

I use Web CPU Tamer

Have you tested if this actually works? Like by monitoring the CPU package power in HWiNFO in both cases?

 

[Defenderfan]

Have you tested if this actually works? Like by monitoring the CPU package power in HWiNFO in both cases?

From what i ve seen it seems to cause lower average watts but higher peak watts but im not sure.

 

[brambedkar59]

From what i ve seen it seems to cause lower average watts but higher peak watts but im not sure.

Shouldn't it also reduce the peak power usage as well, considering it is delaying tasks

 

[Defenderfan]

Shouldn't it also reduce the peak power usage as well, considering it is delaying tasks

That's why i said im bot sure,maybe it loads all at once?

 

[Marko :)]

Yes. There are some user-scripts I use in Violentmonkey in Firefox.

1. Simple YouTube Age Restriction Bypass — allows you to play age restricted videos on YouTube without signing in
2. Search Google Maps Back — Google was mad on EU for DSA and in revenge they removed Maps from search results; this user-script brings it back
3. Google Shut Up! — removes that annoying cookie prompt on Google and YouTube
4. Instagram-Pixwox redirector — Instagram restricts viewing profiles without account; this user-script solves the issue by redirecting Instagram links to Pixnoy.

 

[Victor M]

This thing is flying over my head - why bother optimizing Youtube connections, unless maybe you are in some remote location with very very poor connection speeds ?

 

[brambedkar59]

That's why i said im bot sure,maybe it loads all at once?

I ran few 'tests'. I ran a YT 4K60 video for 5 minutes and ran Speedometer 3.1 benchmark multiple times and noted avg power consumption in HWiNFO (resetting all stats before the test) and saw negligible power usage difference between running CPU tamer and without it. Maybe I am doing tests wrong or this userscript is not working, I am not sure.

This thing is flying over my head - why bother optimizing Youtube connections, unless maybe you are in some remote location with very very poor connection speeds ?

Nothing to do with internet connection at all. Read description for the userscript.

 

[nicolaasjan]

1. Simple YouTube Age Restriction Bypass — allows you to play age restricted videos on YouTube without signing in

I used this as well, but it stopped working in Oct. 2024...
Issue #263.

 

[Marko :)]

I used this as well, but it stopped working in Oct. 2024...
Issue #263.

It used to work perfectly, but now it's more or less mixed bag. Sometimes work, sometimes doesn't. I'll keep it until it stops working completely.