Alternate Player for Twitch.tv - A Versatile Chrome Extension
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Advantages of the player:
• Less stops during playback: if necessary, the player settings can be tuned to your Internet connection.
• Instant replay of the last minutes of the live broadcast, optionally with increased/reduced speed or frame-by-frame.
• Hides Twitch ads. Ads that streamer embeds directly into the stream will be shown.
• “Audio only” mode. Ideal for music listening.
• The extension automatically opens chests with bonus points in chat.
• You can set the size and location of the chat, even while in full-screen mode.
• In chat (for example, attached to the bottom or top side of the window) there is room for much more messages and emotes.
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- Blocks ads effectively
- Nice user interface
- Customization options not available in the Twitch website
- Skips ads and improves Twitch experience
- Generally works well for watching streams
- Chat does not retain dark mode settings and defaults to light mode
- Compatibility issues with 7TV and other emote extensions
- Some streams fail to load due to encryption errors
- Requires additional steps to configure settings correctly
- Does not support certain basic Twitch features like follow list
- Popout chat functionality broken
- Inconsistent chat mode settings
- Problems with 7TV compatibility
- Encryption issues with some streams
- Strong ad-blocking capabilities
- Customization limitations
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Extension safety
Risk impact
Alternate Player for Twitch.tv requires a lot of sensitive permissions. Exercise caution before installing.
Risk likelihood
Alternate Player for Twitch.tv has earned a fairly good reputation and likely can be trusted.
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