Ambient light for YouTube™

Ambient light for YouTube™

Immerse yourself in YouTube™ videos with ambient light!

What is Ambient light for YouTube™?
Ambient light for YouTube™ is a Firefox add-on that surrounds YouTube™ videos with ambient light inside your browser. It enhances your video experience by creating a immersive environment without the need for extra hardware or smart lights. The add-on offers features like blur, spread, fade, remove black bars, filters, video resizing, and more. With advanced options, it provides additional customization and synchronization with ambient light. Check your video card's score, contribute to the open-source project, and enjoy a seamless and enhanced video experience on YouTube™.
Merlin
Stats
Users: 760 ▲ 13
Rating: 4.97 (29)
Version: 2.38.1 (Last updated: 2023-12-03)
Creation date: 2020-01-12
Weekly download count: 35
Firefox on Android: No
Risk impact: Moderate risk impact
Risk likelihood: Moderate risk likelihood
Manifest version: 2
Permissions:
  • storage
Size: 963.64K
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Merlin
Summary

This extension will surround YouTube™ videos with ambient light inside your browser. No need for extra hardware like lightstrips or smart lights like ambilight, it's all in your browser!

Tip:

Are you using a widescreen or portrait monitor? Enable both the "Remove black bars" and "Fill video to screen" features to automatically fill your monitor with any video that has black bars.

Features:

  1. Ambient light
  • Blur
  • Spread
  • Fade in duration
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User reviews
User reviews summary
These summaries are automatically generated weekly using AI based on recent user reviews. Firefox Browser Add-ons does not verify user reviews, so some user reviews may be inaccurate, spammy, or outdated.
Pros
  • Helps prevent burn-in on OLED monitors by using the entire screen
  • Works great in theater mode and non-full screen modes
  • Provides customization options and additional functionality
  • Performs efficiently with less resource consumption
  • Beautiful ambient effect and aesthetically pleasing
Cons
  • Issues with full screen playback, causing freezes
  • Unintuitive settings that require some learning
  • Bug causing flickering and video disappearance when hovering the mouse cursor
  • Fade in duration option resets with every new tab
Most mentioned
  • Prevents burn-in on ultrawide and OLED monitors
  • Ambient effect fills in black bars on videos
  • Customizable settings and options
  • Issues with full screen mode and user interface bugs
  • Improves upon YouTube's own ambient mode
Recent reviews


App works great in theater and other non-full screen modes, however in full screen the playback seems to freeze until i scroll down. Not sure if I have the extension set up incorrectly or not. If it worked in full screen it would be 5 stars for me.
by palico4628, 2024-03-01
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Safety
Risk impact

Ambient light for YouTube™ may not be safe to use and it requires some risky permissions. Exercise caution when installing this add-on. Review carefully before installing.

Risk likelihood

Ambient light for YouTube™ is probably trust-worthy. Prefer other publishers if available. Exercise caution when installing this add-on.

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