YouTube Control Center - Chrome Extension for YouTube Control
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YouTube Control Center is a browser extension to control YouTube pages from a toolbar popup. You can pause, resume, stop, move to the next or previous tracks right from the popup without the need to switch to the YouTube tab. Note that if there is no open YouTube tab, by pressing the toolbar button, a new YouTube page is opened. When the player starts to playing the video, popup is ready.
Using this extension you can also control page layout as well as the player behaviours like:
- Stop player from buffering media
- Change quality to HD (HD2160p, HD1440p, HD1080p, HD720p)
- Prevent the player from displaying annotations
- Prevent the player from starting the next track when the current one is finished
For more info please visit: http://add0n.com/control-center.html
Logs: 0.5.1: adds a new feature: Buffer video without starting it 0.5.2: the popup is now displayed when there is an open YouTube page. No buffering functionality is improved. 0.5.3: Supports YouTube history
User reviews
- Works well in Google Chrome without issues.
- Allows control over autoplay and video loading behavior.
- Meets user needs by pausing videos rather than auto-playing.
- Does not buffer entire videos as advertised.
- Experiences compatibility issues with MS Edge.
- Playback quality settings often default to auto instead of user-selected quality.
- Causes Chrome to crash for some users.
- Settings pane is not persistent and requires reopening.
- Does not work or is not functioning as expected.
- Issues with buffering videos fully.
- Playback quality problems.
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Extension safety
Risk impact
YouTube Control Center requires a few sensitive permissions. Exercise caution before installing.
Risk likelihood
YouTube Control Center is probably trust-worthy. Prefer other publishers if available. Exercise caution when installing this extension.
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