Live Chat Overlay

Restyle the YouTube popout chat so you can overlay it for livestreams

What is Live Chat Overlay?

Live Chat Overlay is a Chrome extension that restyles the YouTube popout chat, allowing you to overlay it for livestreams. It includes features such as customizing size, color, and displaying commenter's name. You can add the overlay window as a browser source to OBS or other software, and it also supports remote URL integration for streaming platforms.

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By: Aaron Parecki

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Users: 30,000+

Rating: 4.53 (40)

Version: 0.3.9 (Last updated: 2024-06-11)

Creation date: 2020-10-05

Risk impact: High risk impact

Risk likelihood: Moderate risk likelihood

Manifest version: 3

Permissions:

storage

Host permissions:

https://youtube.com/*
https://www.youtube.com/*
https://studio.youtube.com/*

Size: 840.70K

Email: he*****@aaronpk.tv

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# 5381 ▼ 29

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#10631 in Tools ▼ 147

#3 in chat keyword 32

#4 in overlay keyword 44 ▼ 1

#5 in live keyword 53

#83 in member keyword 12 ▼ 1

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Live Chat Overlay 2.0 (v0.3.6)

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Extension summary

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Restyle the YouTube popout chat so you can overlay it for livestreams. Install this extension, then use the "pop out chat" feature on a YouTube live video.

You can either full-screen the window and bring it into video streaming systems like the ATEM Mini to overlay the chat using a Luma or Chroma key, or you can get a remote URL to bring your chat into OBS, a YoloBox, or Lightstream Studio as a browser source!

Features

Add the overlay window as a browser source to OBS or other software
Change the size of the comment displayed to fit more text
Change the background color of the author name and icon
Choose between showing the commenter's full name or only their first name
Configure a list of highlight words
Auto-hide messages after a set length of time

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