Alternate Player for Twitch.tv

Alternate player of live broadcasts for Twitch.tv website.

Alternate Player for Twitch.tv - Ad-Free Firefox Add-on

'Alternate Player for Twitch.tv' is a Firefox add-on that improves the streaming experience on Twitch. This extension offers features like decreasing interruptions during playback, rapid player start-up, 'audio only' mode for music listening, viewing in different media player, and more. It can also hide Twitch ads and allows user customisation of the chat and the player interface. Also, it ensures less usage of computer RAM.

Add-on stats

Version: 2024.7.3 (Last updated: 2024-07-07)
Creation date: 2016-06-06
Weekly download count: 1,131
Firefox on Android: No
Risk impact: Very high risk impact
Risk likelihood:
Manifest version: 2
Permissions:
  • storage
  • cookies
  • webRequest
  • webRequestBlocking
  • clipboardWrite
  • *://*.twitch.tv/*
  • *://*.twitchcdn.net/*
  • *://*.ttvnw.net/*
  • *://*.jtvnw.net/*
  • *://*.live-video.net/*
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Size: 175.24K

Other platforms

Alternate Player for Twitch.tv (v2024.6.14)
4.22 (1,515) 100,000
Not available on Android
Alternate Player for Twitch.tv (v2024.7.3)
3.70 (63) 17,073
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Add-on summary

Advantages of the player:

• Less stops during playback: if necessary, the player settings can be tuned to your Internet connection.

• Instant replay of the last minutes of the live broadcast, optionally with increased/reduced speed or frame-by-frame.

• Hides Twitch ads. Ads that streamer embeds directly into the stream will be shown.

• “Audio only” mode. Ideal for music listening.

• The extension automatically opens chests with bonus points in chat.

• You can set the size and location of the chat, even while in full-screen mode.

• In chat (for example, attached to the bottom or top side of the window) there is room for much more messages and emotes.

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User reviews

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
  • Effectively blocks ads on Twitch
  • Lightweight and improves performance
  • Fast loading compared to the default Twitch player
  • Allows the use of other addons like uBlock
  • Enhancements to video playback experience
Cons
  • Video quality can drop to 144p
  • Incompatibility with Picture-in-Picture mode
  • Chat display settings reset frequently
  • No access to followed channels list
  • Issues with chat freezing and emote displays
Most mentioned
  • Ad-blocking functionality
  • Chat issues (freezing and themes resetting)
  • Video quality drops
  • Incompatibility with Picture-in-Picture
  • Limited functionality when streamers are raiding
User reviews
Doesn't work with two tabs

useless garbage, the only reason to use this is to hide ads, but when it hides the ads it changes viedo quality to like 240p, wtf is this
by whateverffs, 2024-12-20

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Add-on safety

Risk impact

Alternate Player for Twitch.tv requires a lot of sensitive permissions. Exercise caution before installing.

Risk likelihood

Alternate Player for Twitch.tv has earned a fairly good reputation and likely can be trusted.

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