code-charity/youtube
Youtube
This is a userscript extension that modifies the YouTube web interface to block advertisements, control video playback, and optimize performance. It removes video and overlay advertisements from YouTube pages to provide an uninterrupted viewing experience, and applies user-defined CSS rules to override YouTube's default styles for layout and visibility.
The extension provides extensive playback controls, allowing users to set permanent playback speed, video quality, volume, and auto-pause behavior when switching tabs or leaving the page. It also offers interface customization, including the ability to adjust the size of the video player and its controls, and enables a "Zen Mode" layout to minimize visual distractions. Content filtering capabilities hide or reorganize distracting elements like related videos, comments, and ads, and curate feeds and playlists for focused or chronological viewing.
Performance optimization features reduce CPU usage and bandwidth consumption by managing video codecs and resolution, and prevent page reloads when navigating between videos. Additional capabilities include text search within video content and across comments, audio pitch shifting, external subtitle file loading, and timestamped note-taking. The extension stores user preferences in browser localStorage, restoring them on page reload or tab switch.
Features
- YouTube Interface Modifiers - Modifies YouTube's web interface through custom CSS and DOM manipulation to block ads and control playback.
- Ad Blockers - Removes video and overlay advertisements from YouTube pages for an uninterrupted viewing experience.
- Playback Controls - Adjusts playback speed, quality, auto-pause, picture-in-picture, and loop settings for a tailored experience.
- Automatic Pause and Resume - Pauses and resumes videos when switching tabs or playing a second video, with persistent speed and volume settings.
- Playback Behavior Enhancements - Sets permanent playback speed, video quality, volume, and auto-pause when switching tabs or leaving the page.
- Video Platform Performance Optimizations - Manages video codecs and resolution to reduce CPU overhead and accelerate page loading on YouTube.
- YouTube-Specific Optimizations - Fixes layout bugs and optimizes video codec handling to reduce CPU usage and improve YouTube page responsiveness.
- Playback Performance Optimizations - Optimizes video playback by managing codecs and resolution to reduce CPU and bandwidth usage.
- Resolution Locking - Forces a preferred resolution for all videos, overriding YouTube's automatic quality selection.
- Interface Layout Customization - Modifies the look and layout of YouTube, including themes, colors, and element visibility, to match user preferences.
- YouTube Content Management - Filters and organizes video feeds, playlists, and channels to surface more relevant or chronological content.
- YouTube Feed Curators - Filters and organizes video feeds, playlists, and channels to surface more relevant or chronological content.
- Video Bandwidth Limiters - Limits video bandwidth by capping resolution or playing only audio to save data during streaming.
- Unload Prevention - Prevents page reloads when navigating between videos to keep browsing fast and uninterrupted.
- Distraction-Free Player Layouts - Adjusts the size of the player and its controls, and enables a 'Zen Mode' layout to minimize visual distractions.
- Distraction-Free Viewers - Hides specified elements like related videos and comments to create a cleaner, more focused viewing layout.
- Video Player Size Managers - Adjusts the permanent size of the video player and controls, and can fit the video to fill the entire browser tab.
- Video Codec Optimizations - Reduces CPU usage by optimizing video codec handling and fixing layout bugs on YouTube.
- Css Projects - Listed in the “Css Projects” section of the Awesome For Beginners awesome list.
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