# VideoDetector

> Detects if a video is played in a tab and prepends the tab's title with a custom string.

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/videodetector](https://chrome-stats.com/d/videodetector)

## Overview

- **ID:** `videodetector`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** einKnie
- **Category:** appearance,tabs
- **Daily users:** 41
- **Weekly downloads:** 1
- **Version:** 1.5
- **Last updated:** 2022-09-18
- **First published:** 2020-04-03
- **Size:** 22 KB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-08
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/videodetector/)
- **Website:** [https://github.com/einKnie/video-detector](https://github.com/einKnie/video-detector)

## Description

VideoDetector is a Firefox add-on that monitors Firefox tabs on supported sites to detect video playback. It changes the tab title to include a custom string when a video starts playing. The add-on supports popular sites like YouTube, Vimeo, Netflix, and more.

## Rankings

- #17,654 — Overall
- #32 — string
- #39 — detect
- #177 — ai tech
- #221 — course

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `storage`
- `tabs`

### Content script matches

- `*.youtube.com`
- `*.vimeo.com`
- `*.netflix.com`
- `*.orf.at`
- `*.twitch.tv`

## Safety

- **Risk impact:** Very high risk impact
- **Risk likelihood:** Moderate risk likelihood

### Analysis details

- Grants access to browser tabs, which can be used to track user browsing habits and history, presenting a privacy concern.
- This extension has low user count. Unpopular extensions may not be stable or safe.

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/videodetector)