Ultrawidify

Removes black bars on ultrawide videos and offers advanced options to fix aspect ratio.
What is Ultrawidify?
Ultrawidify is a cutting-edge Chrome extension designed to enhance your video playback experience on ultrawide screens. It does this by automatically detecting and eliminating unwanted black bars, creating an immersive viewing experience. The extension supports a broad range of sites including YouTube, Vimeo, Netflix, and more. It offers both cropping and stretching features and is perfect for websites that don't support automatic aspect ratio detection, allowing users to manually adjust their settings. Even when faced with DRM-protected sites, users can manually set their preferred aspect ratio, making Ultrawidify a versatile video playback tool. Additional features include aligning video to other than center and manual override for player detection.

Extension stats

Users: 60,000+
Rating: 3.51 (272)
Version: 6.0.0.1 (Last updated: 2024-06-12)
Creation date: 2020-06-04
Risk impact: Moderate risk impact
Risk likelihood: Low risk likelihood
Manifest version: 2
Permissions:
  • storage
  • activeTab
  • <all_urls>
Size: 3.03M

Other platforms

Ultrawidify (v5.1.7)
4.15 (110) 5,756+
Ultrawidify (v5.1.7)
3.40 (55) 26,602+
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Extension summary

Need to remove unnecessary black bars from this youtube video you're watching? Ultrawidify is here for you.

If the extension stretches the video instead of cropping, you're experiencing a Google Chrome bug. Go to chrome://flags/#use-angle and select D3D9.

🌟🌟🌟 MAIN FEATURES 🌟🌟🌟 ⚠️ Features automatic aspect ratio detection (not all sites are supported — support may vary from site to site) ✅ Supports primarily youtube, vimeo, twitch, netflix, but will try to work on any website ↔️ Supports both cropping and stretching ✅ Works with youtube theater mode

❓ How do I use it? If the site does not utilize DRM, you can just sit back and let autodetection handle everything for you. On sites that use DRM — or on videos where autodetection proves unreliable — you can either use the extension popup or the keyboard shortcuts (note that extension shortcuts do not override site's default shortcuts) to set the aspect ratio manually.

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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
  • Useful extension for video adjustments
  • Previous functionality was appreciated
  • Worked well before recent updates
Cons
  • New intrusive in-player UI overlay is annoying
  • Aspect Ratio Controls pop-up is obtrusive
  • Extension is reportedly broken after updates
  • Settings do not persist after changes
Most mentioned
  • Aspect Ratio Controls - Hover to Activate is frustrating
  • In-player UI is intrusive and needs to be removed
  • Extension worked better before latest updates
Recent reviews
literally does nothing
by Hert Niks, 2024-11-05

all lies doesnt work dont download id give it -10 stars if i could
by Omaha Mercenary, 2024-10-16

doesn't work
by Michał Małagowski, 2024-10-13
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Extension safety

Risk impact

Ultrawidify requires a few sensitive permissions. Exercise caution before installing.

Risk likelihood

Ultrawidify has earned a fairly good reputation and likely can be trusted.

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