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EcoTubeHQ

EcoTubeHQ is a media player, available on Linux: hardware acceleration.

  • Completely free
  • Linux
  • Open source

Overview

EcoTubeHQ is a media player, available on Linux.

Features described in its Flathub listing and in its GitHub repository: hardware acceleration.

Overview written by LicitPro from the documentation published by the authors and the cited sources; we have not tried the resource ourselves.

Excerpts that establish this information
  • “Hardware Accelerated Video Player” — Flathub, 10 November 2026
  • “Hardware Accelerated Video Player” — Flathub, 10 November 2026

At a glance

All of EcoTubeHQ is free: no feature is locked behind a paid plan, and its code is open.

Its licence (GPL-3.0+) is a copyleft open source licence: you may use, study, modify and redistribute it, including commercially; modified versions must keep the same licence.

Strengths

  • Open source code
  • Commercial use allowed

About

Energy Efficient YouTube Video Player EcoTubeHQ is an mpv-based video player which tackles a VLC limitation - it offers a simple way to output video from YouTube and other streaming services. It utilizes adaptive upscaling to maximize video quality whilst minimizing energy usage. Two modes cover output; 'Quality' outputs premium quality video, and 'Powersave' maximizes laptop battery life. Main features: YouIube livestream playback. Hardware acceleration of video codecs. Minimal buffer reduces data retrieval. Automatically adapts HDR video for SDR screens. Dynamic contrast improves picture quality. HQ video from low resolutions [360p+]. 144p YouTube videos play in a desktop mini-player. yt-dlp auto-updates for better reliability. Works on Lenovo T480 and newer PC hardware.

Description from Flathub — AppStream (Flathub)

Sources and checks

  • Facts collected from Flathub (credit card, source code, publisher, licence, free status, platforms, commercial use, version) —
  • Last technical check: 6 November 2026
  • Description from Flathub — AppStream (Flathub)

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