Media Key Sharer

Share media key control between Chrome and system media.

Media Key Sharer - Control Chrome and system media with your keyboard

Media Key Sharer is a Chrome extension that enables you to use your keyboard's media keys to control media playing on Chrome (YouTube videos etc.) as well as system controlled media (such as Spotify) from any application on your computer. It provides additional video control options and allows you to skip ads, toggle fullscreen mode, swap videos and tabs, and fast forward videos using media keys.

Extension stats

By: aleccoates.dev

Users: 193

Rating: 3.80

Version: 1.2.0 (Last updated: 2020-06-05)

Creation date: 2020-06-03

Permissions:

<all_urls>

Size: 31.16K

Email: al*****@gmail.com

Full description: See detailed description

Ranking

# 57,680 ▲ 337

Other rankings

#2418 in Accessibility ▲ 55 #32 in media keyword 14 ▲ #263 in pause keyword 14 ▼ 22 #281 in skip ads keyword 61 ▼ 7

Other platforms

Not available on Android

Not available on Firefox

Not available on Edge

User reviews

Finally working one. Thank you.

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Jionni, 2021-08-03

Latency on youtube ~1s I'm mad. Doesn't work with local files. Actually breaks media keys on some websites

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Vitaly Turovsky, 2021-02-27

Finally I can use my Mac's media keys to play/pause TuneIn.com!

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Robert Orzanna, 2021-01-01

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Extension safety

Risk impact

Media Key Sharer requires a few sensitive permissions. Exercise caution before installing.

Risk impact analysis details

Critical Allows access to all websites, posing a significant security risk as it can monitor and modify data from any visited site.
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Risk likelihood

We don't have sufficient data to confidently determine the risk likelihood of Media Key Sharer. Use it at your own risk.

Risk likelihood analysis details

High This extension has low user count. Unpopular extensions may not be stable or safe.
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