# MediaPlayer - Video and Audio Player

> A powerful media player built on top of the video.js project with HTTP Live Streaming (HSL), speed control, and playlist support

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/the-media-player](https://chrome-stats.com/d/the-media-player)

## Overview

- **ID:** `the-media-player`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** InBasic
- **Category:** photos-music-videos,other
- **Daily users:** 3,559
- **Weekly downloads:** 66
- **Rating:** 3.91 / 5 (32 ratings)
- **Version:** 0.2.0
- **Last updated:** 2021-05-22
- **First published:** 2017-10-29
- **Size:** 3.23 MB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-09
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/the-media-player/)
- **Website:** [https://add0n.com/the-media-player.html](https://add0n.com/the-media-player.html)

## Description

**MediaPlayer - Video and Audio Player** is a versatile Chrome extension designed to deliver a seamless media playback experience directly in your browser. Built on the robust video.js framework, this player supports local and online media files with features such as HTTP Live Streaming (HLS), adjustable playback speed, and comprehensive playlist management.

Users can easily drag and drop video and audio files, including subtitle files in SRT or VTT formats, making subtitle integration effortless. The player offers a full-width progress bar, wave surfer visual for audio files, and media boosting capabilities. Keyboard shortcuts enhance usability, allowing quick toggling of fullscreen, play/pause, volume adjustment, and seeking.

Additional functionalities include global media key support even when the player is not focused, mouse wheel volume control, and session persistence with track position memory. MediaPlayer supports live streaming (m3u8), folder drops with recursive media search, and a refined user interface for enhanced playlist interaction, making it a comprehensive tool for media consumption within Chrome.

## Rankings

- #1,476 — Overall
- #225 — Other extensions
- #244 — Photos, Music & Videos
- #4 — video player
- #7 — player
- #22 — media

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `storage`
- `contextMenus`
- `notifications`

## Safety

- **Risk impact:** Low risk impact
- **Risk likelihood:** Low risk likelihood

### Analysis details

- Enables sending notifications which can be spammed but have minimal direct security impact.
- This extension has low user count. Unpopular extensions may not be stable or safe.

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## Review summary

Users find the MediaPlayer add-on generally functional and useful for playing audio files with support for drag and drop. However, common issues include an unhelpful playlist display showing 'Untitled video' without track details or rearrangement, problems with video playback showing only black screens, and a missing auto-repeat feature which users desire for continuous play.

### Pros

- Generally works well for most media formats
- Simple and useful for playing audio files
- Supports drag and drop of media URLs

### Cons

- Playlist shows tracks as 'Untitled video' with no titles or ability to rearrange
- Video playback issues where only audio plays but screen remains black
- Lack of an auto-repeat or continuous play feature

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