YouTube Control Center

YouTube popup pause and resume as well as no buffer, HD quality, wide screen, ...

YouTube Control Center - Chrome Extension for YouTube Control

'YouTube Control Center' is a powerful Chrome extension offering enhanced video controls on YouTube. It allows you to pause, resume, stop, and switch tracks without having to switch tabs. Additionally, it gives you the ability to prevent buffering, change the video quality to HD, disable player annotations, and control the auto-play feature. The extension's toolbar-popping feature makes managing your YouTube experience more convenient and user-friendly.
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Extension stats

By: InBasic
Users: 10,000+
Rating: 3.15
(71)
Version: 0.7.0 (Last updated: 2024-05-05)
Creation date: 2018-04-19
Risk impact: Moderate risk impact
Risk likelihood:
Manifest version: 3
Permissions:
  • storage
  • cookies
Host permissions:
  • *://*.youtube.com/*
Size: 109.57K

Other platforms

YouTube Kids for Android TV (v1.21.01)
2.76 (32,887) 67,919,891+
YouTube Control Center (v0.6.4resigned1)
3.23 (69) 1,838+
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Extension summary

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:

  1. Stop player from buffering media
  2. Change quality to HD (HD2160p, HD1440p, HD1080p, HD720p)
  3. Prevent the player from displaying annotations
  4. 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

These summaries are automatically generated weekly using AI based on recent user reviews. Chrome Web Store does not verify user reviews, so some user reviews may be inaccurate, spammy, or outdated.
Pros
  • 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.
Cons
  • 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.
Most mentioned
  • Does not work or is not functioning as expected.
  • Issues with buffering videos fully.
  • Playback quality problems.
User reviews
光自動畫質沒辦法設定1080P就知道失效很久了
by 賣火箭的少年, 2024-09-14

Does not work.
by Frank Long, 2024-05-10

no working
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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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