Alternate Player for Twitch.tv

Alternate player of live broadcasts for Twitch.tv website.

What is Alternate Player for Twitch.tv?

"Alternate Player for Twitch.tv" is a Chrome extension designed to enhance your Twitch.tv viewing experience. It reduces playback stops, lets you replay the last moments of live broadcasts, and hides Twitch ads. An “Audio Only” mode is perfect for music listening. The extension auto-opens bonus chests in chats and enables chat size or location customization, even in full-screen mode. You can disable chat to save on computer resources. There are options to select audio output device, change volume via mouse wheel, and colorize the user interface. It facilitates swift player startup, and supports Chrome 49, Windows XP and OS X 10.6.

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By: Alexander Choporov (CoolCmd)

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Users: 100,000+

Rating: 4.22 (1,504) ▲ 1 new ratings

Version: 2024.6.14 (Last updated: 2024-06-16)

Creation date: 2020-06-14

Risk impact: Very high risk impact

Risk likelihood: Low risk likelihood

Manifest version: 2

Permissions:

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

Size: 174.08K

Email: De*****@gmail.com

URLs: Privacy policy

Ranking

# 1917 ▼ 10

Other rankings

#115 in Entertainment ▼ 1

#2 in player keyword 51

#10 in tv keyword 35 ▲ 1

#37 in video player keyword 43 ▼ 3

#73 in play keyword 24

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Other platforms

Alternate Player for Twitch.tv (v2024.7.3)

4.30

(736) 29,752+

Alternate Player for Twitch.tv (v2024.7.3)

3.70

(64) 17,388+

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Extension summary

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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.

User reviews

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Pros

Blocks ads effectively
Larger video screen and improved streaming performance
Rarely lags compared to the normal Twitch player
Customizable appearance with different themes
Works well for users in restricted regions

Cons

Dark mode settings do not save consistently
Higher latency compared to the original Twitch player
Inability to view favorites without restarting the extension
Missing functionality for certain emotes and features (e.g., 7tv)
Chat functionality issues (blocked or not fully functional)

Most mentioned

Dark mode issues
Ad blocking capability
Stream lag
Missing chat features
Overall usability and performance

Recent reviews

only if there's a way for 7tv emotes this would've been perfect. I'm wayy too sick to reload the page every 20s without this extension so thank you anyways.