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Chrome extension that provides additional functionality for video players played in the web

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Video experience enhancer (Chrome Extension)

This project is a Chrome extension that provides additional functionality for video players played in the web.

Installation

You can install the latest published release from the Chrome web store

Usage

Once the extension is installed, you can use it by following these steps:

  1. Open the Chrome browser.
  2. Open a video in one of the supported websites.
  3. Click on the extension icon in the toolbar to check the supported functionality.
  4. Try any of the functionality provided.

Supported functionality

Default keyboard shortcuts (can be edited in the extension):

Default keyboard shortcut Functionality Supported Websites
Ctrl + Arrow Up Increase video playback rate by 0.5 All http & https urls
Ctrl + Arrow Down Decrease video playback rate by 0.5 All http & https urls
Alt + Shift + D Download video coursera.org
C Show/Hide English subtitles coursera.org
F Enter/Exit full-screen mode coursera.org
Space Play/Pause video coursera.org
Arrow Left Seek video backward 5 seconds coursera.org
Arrow Right Seek video forward 5 seconds coursera.org

Extra functionality:

  • A button inside the popup to enable/disable the extension globally instantly accross all devices without need to refresh any pages.
  • Ability to edit keyboard shortcuts instantly accross all devices without need to refresh any pages.

For adding more functionality or websites, please submit feature requests.

Contributing

If you're interested in contributing to the development of this project, we have guidelines outlined in the CONTRIBUTING.md file. We welcome your contributions and appreciate your support!

Feature Requests

If you have any feature requests or ideas for improving the extension, please file an issue on GitHub.