Alternate Player for Twitch.tv

Name: Alternate Player for Twitch.tv
Rating: 3.6 (69 reviews)
Author: Alexander Choporov (CoolCmd)

Alternate player of live broadcasts for Twitch.tv website.

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Alternate Player for Twitch.tv is a Chrome extension designed to enhance your live streaming experience on Twitch. It offers smoother playback with fewer stops by adjusting to your internet connection, blocks Twitch ads (excluding streamer-embedded ads), and features instant replay with speed and frame-by-frame control.

Customize your viewing with chat resizing and repositioning even in full-screen mode, or disable chat entirely to save system resources and avoid chat lists. The extension also supports audio-only mode, volume control with mouse wheel, and selection of audio output devices. Additional features include automatic chest opening in Twitch chats, interface colorization, reduced RAM usage, and rapid startup suitable for slower computers. It supports continuation of streams in external media players and is compatible with extensions like BetterTTV, FrankerFaceZ, and FFZ Add-On Pack. Note that it is an independent third-party tool and supports both Google Chrome and Mozilla Firefox browsers.

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By:

Alexander Choporov (CoolCmd)

Users:

25,396 -11,663

Rating:

3.60

(69) 0.10

Version:

2025.5.28 Last updated: 2025-05-28

Creation date:

2022-02-02

Risk:

Permissions:

storage
cookies
webRequest
webRequestBlocking
management
system.memory
system.cpu
*://*.twitch.tv/*
*://*.twitchcdn.net/*
*://*.ttvnw.net/*

Size:

165.74KB

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Full description:

Source:

Edge Add-on Store

Updated:

16 hours ago

Ranking

# 1,037 ▼ 174

Other rankings

#45 in Entertainment ▼ 4

#14 in player keyword 40 ▼ 1

#25 in live start page keyword 20 ▼ 1

#37 in replay keyword 14

#37 in tv keyword 41 ▼ 2

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Other platforms

Alternate Player for Twitch.tv (v2025.6.16)

100,000 4.24

(1,586)

Alternate Player for Twitch.tv (v2025.6.16)

39,236 4.29

(793)

User reviews

Users praise Alternate Player for Twitch.tv for improving Twitch playback by reducing memory usage, removing ads, and enhancing buffering. However, multiple reviews highlight significant issues including lack of support for higher resolutions (above 1080p), non-functioning channel points and drops, crashes when opening multiple streams simultaneously in Edge, and general failure after Twitch’s recent updates. Overall, while it remains a valuable extension for resource saving and ad blocking, it requires updates to restore full functionality and compatibility.

Pros

Significantly reduces memory usage compared to Twitch's default player, improving performance.
Improves buffering and playback stability, eliminating stream buffering issues for many users.
Offers customization options including the ability to change audio output device.
Removes ads or effectively blocks them, enhancing the viewing experience.
Provides a better overall Twitch viewing experience, including features like audio-only mode for resource saving.

Cons

No longer works with higher-resolution streams above 1080p (e.g., 1440p) due to Twitch’s new encrypted broadcasts.
Drops and channel points features do not function with this player, leading to loss of reward progress.
Fails or crashes when multiple Twitch streams are opened simultaneously on Microsoft Edge (though works on Firefox).
Incompatibility with opening multiple streams in Edge causes crashes or error codes.
Stopped working entirely for many users as of mid-2023 due to Twitch blocking or breaking the extension.

Recent reviews

This broadcast is encrypted. The Alternate Player for Twitch.tv extension does not support encrypted broadcasts. Click the “Back” button to return to the previous page.

by Mi*****, 2025-06-18

Still works great as long as the streamer is not streaming higher than 1080P. Twitch has changed the encoding for higher streamers and now gives the following message. "This broadcast is encrypted. The Alternate Player for Twitch.tv extension does not support encrypted broadcasts. Click the “Back” button to return to the previous page" It needs an update to the higher broadcast encryption that twitch is doing.

by Ry*****, 2025-06-10

No longer working. Twitch blocks the app, forcing you to go "back" after using the player. Was fun while it lasted

by Sh*****, 2025-06-08

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Extension safety

Risk impact

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Alternate Player for Twitch.tv requires a lot of sensitive permissions. Exercise caution before installing.

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Risk likelihood

Risk likelihood measures the probability that an Edge add-on may turn malicious. This is determined by the publisher and the Edge add-on reputation on Edge Add-on Store, the amount of time the Edge add-on has been around, and other signals about the Edge add-on. Our algorithms are not perfect, and are subject to change as we discover new ways to detect malicious extensions. We recommend that you always exercise caution when installing an Edge add-on.

Alternate Player for Twitch.tv has earned a fairly good reputation and likely can be trusted.

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