Enhance-O-Tron for Plex

Adds movie trailers, library shuffling, and 21:9 zoom support to Plex
What is Enhance-O-Tron for Plex?
Enhance-O-Tron for Plex is a Chrome extension that significantly enhances your Plex experience. It adds movie trailers to individual movie pages, provides an option to randomly sort your library, enables 21:9 ultrawide fullscreen zoom for a cinema-like viewing experience, and offers an audio compression feature for enhanced audio clarity. Works automatically with app.plex.tv or localhost and can be enabled with other custom hosts or IPs. Enhance-O-Tron does not modify your library, it simply augments the web interface functionalities.

Extension stats

Users: 1,000+
Rating: 4.00 (16)
Version: 1.5.6 (Last updated: 2022-11-11)
Creation date: 2020-09-23
Risk impact: Low risk impact
Risk likelihood: Very low risk likelihood
Manifest version: 2
Permissions:
  • *://app.plex.tv/*
  • *://localhost/*
  • *://127.0.0.1/*
  • activeTab
Size: 241.66K

Other platforms

Enhance-O-Tron for Plex (v1.5.6)
4.80 (5) 181
Enhance-O-Tron for Plex (v1.5.6)
3.70 (3) 361
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Extension summary

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Enhance-O-Tron adds the following features to Plex*:

Trailers:

  • Open a movie library item and a link to the trailer will appear beneath the title

Random library sorting:

  • Click the dice icon to shuffle your library view

2.35:1 (aka 21:9 ultrawide) fullscreen zoom:

  • Click the 21:9 button in the bottom toolbar to view your widescreen films without black bars on ultrawide displays.

Audio Compressor:

  • Click the volume compressor icon in the bottom toolbar to enable dynamic range audio compression. This lowers the volume of loud sounds and amplifies quiet sounds. It's ideal for watching video at low volumes, adding clarity to voices and improving the overall richness of the sound.

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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 Chrome Web Store does not verify user reviews, so some user reviews may be inaccurate, spammy, or outdated.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
  • Effectively removes black bars on 21:9 and ultrawide monitors
  • Provides a solution for Plex's low audio issue
  • Adds functionality that Plex should have implemented natively
  • Well received for library shuffle feature
  • Many users express gratitude for the extension
Cons
  • Stopped working correctly for 21:9 monitors
  • Causes video stutter on ultrawide monitors
  • Certain features like shuffle no longer work
  • Some users request support for 16:9 aspect ratio
Most mentioned
  • Works as intended to get rid of black bars on 21:9/ultrawide monitors
  • Stopped working or causing stretching issues on 21:9
  • Thankfulness for the extension and its features
Recent reviews
Works as intended to get rid of black bars on 21:9 monitors.
by Kevin Bell, 2023-10-18

Stop working in plex on 21:9, now it is just streches video to the sides and it is leaving black bars on top and on the bottom : ( plex on 4.102.1
by Kamil Lamcza, 2023-03-01

Please add support 16:9
by Nazmul Hossain, 2022-11-10
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Extension safety

Risk impact

Enhance-O-Tron for Plex requires very minimum permissions.

Risk likelihood

Enhance-O-Tron for Plex has earned a good reputation and can be trusted.

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