Live Chat Overlay

Overlay live chat on top of the livestream video on YouTube.

Live Chat Overlay: Enrich Youtube Streaming Experience

'Live Chat Overlay' is a Chrome extension designed to augment the Youtube live streaming experience. By enabling live chats to overlay on Youtube livestreams, users can enlarge the video stream while simultaneously monitoring the audience's responses. With enhanced customization features, users can adjust the font size and control the display of message lines over the player. Significant performance enhancements have also been incorporated for improved startup time and runtime responsiveness.
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Extension stats

By: Hin Wong
Users: 1,000+
Rating: 4.43
(7)
Version: 2.15.5 (Last updated: 2023-10-15)
Creation date: 2020-06-19
Risk impact: Low risk impact
Risk likelihood:
Manifest version: 3
Permissions:
  • storage
Size: 100.75K

Other platforms

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4.00 (4) 1,207+
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Extension summary

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By overlaying the live chat on top of the Youtube livestream, you can enlarge the video stream while still keeping track of the audience's reactions.

Changelog

v2.14.0

  • Enhanced Customization
    • You now have the ability to adjust the font size. Choose to have the font size change along with the player height, or keep it constant.
    • Configure the maximum number of message lines to be displayed over the player. (Default: 15)
  • Significant Performance Enhancements
    • A major rewrite has been carried out on this extension, leading to improved startup time and runtime, making everything more responsive and snappy.

User reviews

如若從頭開始跟隨直播,運作還算正常,但直播途中加入就會出現極大的卡頓, 如果可以,我希望是現在之後收到的訊息才顯示彈幕,現在之前發送的就不管了, 感覺效能和功能上還能優化。
by Aliex (AZLDC), 2024-09-20

by ch3v.cheLi0s, 2024-03-18

It was working fine until recent update, all of the sudden the chat on screen became very slow, it couldn't catch up all the comments
by Wannisa Pianluprasit, 2022-07-20
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Extension safety

Risk impact

Live Chat Overlay requires very minimum permissions.

Risk likelihood

Live Chat Overlay has earned a fairly good reputation and likely can be trusted.

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