Chrome Flags Reference

Chrome command line switches and startup flags for automation, headless mode, and debugging.

--disable-yuv-image-decoding

What does --disable-yuv-image-decoding do?

Disable YUV image decoding for those formats and cases where it's supported. Has no effect unless GPU rasterization is enabled.

Usage

CLILaunch Chrome with --disable-yuv-image-decoding using CLI

chrome --disable-yuv-image-decoding

PuppeteerLaunch Chrome with --disable-yuv-image-decoding using Puppeteer

const browser = await puppeteer.launch({
  args: ['--disable-yuv-image-decoding']
});

PlaywrightLaunch Chrome with --disable-yuv-image-decoding using Playwright

const browser = await chromium.launch({
  args: ['--disable-yuv-image-decoding']
});

SeleniumLaunch Chrome with --disable-yuv-image-decoding using Selenium

from selenium import webdriver

options = webdriver.ChromeOptions()
options.add_argument('--disable-yuv-image-decoding')

driver = webdriver.Chrome(options=options)