Mouse & Video

Mouse & Video

This extension allows you to seek, switch to fullscreen, change volume, brightness, playback speed and move any html5 video to a popup window by using the mouse wheel.

What is Mouse & Video?
Mouse & Video is a Firefox add-on that allows you to control HTML5 videos using your mouse wheel. You can easily seek, switch to fullscreen, change volume, brightness, playback speed, and even move videos to a popup window.
Merlin
Stats
Users: 165 ▼ -2
Rating: 4.91 (32)
Version: 2.7 (Last updated: 2020-07-02)
Creation date: 2017-09-10
Weekly download count: 9
Firefox on Android: No
Risk impact: High risk impact
Risk likelihood: Low risk likelihood
Manifest version: 2
Permissions:
  • <all_urls>
  • storage
  • tabs
Size: 73.19K
URLs: Website
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Summary

The video player will be divided like in the image above. These divisions are hidden. Scroll up or down on these areas to control the player.

  • You can change the brightness by holding the 'Shift' key and scrolling up or down anywhere within the video player.

  • To reset the playback speed, quickly scroll up and down or vice versa in the 'SPEED' area.

To be able to switch the video to fullscreen you have to follow the steps below:

Type 'about:config' in the address bar. Click 'I accept the risk' Type 'full-screen-api.allow-trusted-requests-only' and change its value to false

How to use the popup feature:

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User reviews
Great App, probably deserves 5*, but... One feature that I would find amazing would be an optional popup showing the new speed/volume when changed by mouse wheel.
by Clint, 2024-04-13

Magic, love!
by milen, 2023-09-12
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Safety
Risk impact

Mouse & Video is risky to use as it requires a number of sensitive permissions that can potentially harm your browser and steal your data. Exercise caution when installing this add-on. Review carefully before installing. We recommend that you only install Mouse & Video if you trust the publisher.

Risk likelihood

Mouse & Video has earned a fairly good reputation and likely can be trusted.

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