YouTube Player Enhancer

Name: YouTube Player Enhancer
Author: Skyro

Make YouTube Feel Rich, like VLC — seekbar stays hidden on Space/arrow/volume keys, force 16:9 with vertical stretch slider, customize subtitle style. Perfect for keyframe hunting & distraction-free viewing.

Overview

Firefox Add-ons Store

Daily users

Data as of 2026-07-29

Version:

1.0.0

Last updated: 2026-07-18

Features & Capabilities

Tired of the seekbar popping up every time you tap Space to pause, ←/→ to seek, or ↑/↓ to change volume? YouTube Player Enhancer fixes that — the controls stay hidden during keyboard shortcuts, just like VLC Media Player.

Perfect for keyframe hunting, frame-by-frame analysis, tutorials, reaction videos, and distraction-free viewing.

The progress bar, gradient overlays, and top chrome never appear when you use keyboard shortcuts. They show only when you move the mouse. A tiny OSD indicator (▶ / ⏸ / ↤ 10s / 🔊 80%) appears top-right with no background box — exactly like VLC's on-screen display.

Action	Default YouTube	With Enhancer
Space (play/pause)	Seekbar pops up	Hidden (tiny OSD only)
← / → (seek ±10s)	Seekbar + scrubber pop up	Hidden
↑ / ↓ (volume)	Seekbar + volume slider pop up	Hidden
Move mouse	Seekbar shows	Seekbar shows (3s, configurable)

For videos with black bars or non-16:9 aspect ratios:

Fill 16:9 — auto-stretch to remove all black bars (handles letterbox, pillarbox, encoded bars)
Custom Fill — manual vertical stretch slider (1.00x–2.50x, default 1.34x) with 5 presets

Override YouTube's caption styling (great when YouTube's native subtitle options won't change):

Background opacity (0–100%, default 0 = fully transparent)
Font color picker
Font family — 13 options: YouTube Noto, Roboto, Arial, Helvetica, Verdana, Tahoma, Trebuchet MS, Georgia, Times New Roman, Courier New, Consolas, Impact, Comic Sans MS

Thinner progress bar that fattens on hover, with a blue → violet gradient fill and round scrubber knob — cleaner than stock YouTube.

Key	Action
`Space`	Play / Pause (no overlay)
`←` `→`	Seek ∓10s (`Ctrl` for ∓30s)
`↑` `↓`	Volume ±5%
`<` `>`	Playback speed − / +
`F`	Fullscreen
`M`	Mute
`S`	In-player Enhancer settings
`?`	Shortcut help overlay
`Esc`	Close overlay

🖱 Auto-hide cursor while playing & idle
🖱 Double-click the player for fullscreen
⚙ In-player settings panel — press S to change aspect ratio, stretch & subtitles without leaving the video
🔄 SPA-aware — survives YouTube's page transitions
🚫 No tracking, no external servers, no data collection

This extension collects no data. No analytics, no telemetry, no external server calls. Your settings are stored locally via browser.storage.sync and synced only through Firefox's built-in sync feature — nothing leaves your browser.

Declared in the manifest: data_collection_permissions: { required: ["none"] }

Chromium edition (Chrome / Edge / Brave / Arc) — load unpacked
Microsoft Edge Add-ons store

Ported from the Disney+ Hotstar Player Enhancer. Not affiliated with YouTube, Google, or Disney.

User Growth & Download Statistics

Add-on

By:

Skyro

Daily users:

Version:

1.0.0 Last updated: 2026-07-18

Version code:

6357414

Creation date:

2026-07-15

Risk:

Permissions:

Host permissions:

*://*.youtube.com/*

Content scripts matches:

*.youtube.com

Size:

39.89KB

Email:

sk*****@outlook.com

URLs:

Website ,Privacy policy

Full description:

Source:

Firefox Add-ons Store

Data ingested on:

2026-07-29

Compare stats and ranking:

Ranking

# 65,463 ▲

Other rankings

#245 in player keyword 36 ▲

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Contact the developer

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Developed by:

Skyro

Firefox Add-ons Store

https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/youtube-player-enhancer/

Email:

sk*****@outlook.com

Website:

https://youtube-player-enhancer.netlify.app/

Is YouTube Player Enhancer Safe?

Risk impact

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YouTube Player Enhancer requires a few sensitive permissions. Exercise caution before installing.

Risk impact analysis details

Critical Request access to the following domains: youtube.com
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Risk likelihood

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YouTube Player Enhancer is recently added, and hasn't been around long enough for us to gather enough data to accurately assess its risk level.

Risk likelihood analysis details

High This extension was recently updated in the past month. New updates may not be stable or safe.
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