YouTube Over Commercials

Automatically detects commercials on any streaming platform and plays YouTube, Spotify, or other media over top of them.

Extension stats

By: Ryan O
Users: 41 ▲ 7
Rating: 5.00 (1)
Version: 1.5 (Last updated: 2024-11-06)
Creation date: 2024-03-20
Risk impact: High risk impact
Risk likelihood: Low risk likelihood
Manifest version: 3
Permissions:
  • tabs
  • activeTab
  • scripting
  • storage
  • tabCapture
  • offscreen
Host permissions:
  • <all_urls>
  • http://*/*
  • https://*/*
Size: 44.38K

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Extension summary

YouTube™ Over Commercials (YTOC) is an open source chrome extension that automatically plays YouTube videos, Spotify, and much more over top of commercial breaks on any live TV streaming service (YouTube TV, Hulu, Sling TV, DirecTV, ESPN Plus, FOX Sports, and all others). Play a music video playlist or redzone over commercials during your football watch party, play a spotify playlist in between innings of a baseball game, play a live reaction stream of a basketball game during the game's commercials, or find your own specific use!

To use:

  1. Insert the YouTube video ID or YouTube playlist ID into the extension's settings (also works with many non-YouTube videos and Spotify) or skip this step to use the extension's default music video playlist.
  2. Go to live video stream that has commercials and play the stream in full screen.
  3. Click "Ctrl + Shift + F" and follow remaining instructions presented on screen.

Video on how to use and how extension works: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_DlAmCWWS4c

Extension code can be viewed here: https://github.com/RG-O/YoutubeOverCommercials

Not affiliated with YouTube or Spotify.

User reviews

Worked great for me tonight! Would be cool to have an option to reverse it, and only play youtube when a certain pixel is present
by Solomon Goldfarb, 2024-11-11

Works great! Although I wish I could add gifs overtop
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Extension safety

Risk impact

YouTube Over Commercials requires some sensitive permissions that could impact your browser and data security. Exercise caution before installing.

Risk likelihood

YouTube Over Commercials has earned a fairly good reputation and likely can be trusted.

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