Alternate Player for Twitch.tv

Alternate player of live broadcasts for Twitch.tv website.
What is Alternate Player for Twitch.tv?
'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.
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Add-on stats

Version: 2024.7.3 (Last updated: 2024-07-07)
Creation date: 2016-06-06
Weekly download count: 868
Firefox on Android: No
Risk impact: Very high risk impact
Risk likelihood: Low 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

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# 426 ▲ 1
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Alternate Player for Twitch.tv (v2024.6.14)
4.22 (1,504) 100,000
Alternate Player for Twitch.tv (v2024.7.3)
3.70 (64) 17,388
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Add-on summary

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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 of Twitch.
  • Allows the use of other add-ons like uBlock.
  • Player loads faster than the default Twitch player.
  • Customizable themes for chat.
Cons
  • Chat theme resets to light mode and settings are not saved.
  • Video quality drops during ads despite ad blocking.
  • No support for picture-in-picture function.
  • Issues with chat freezing and emotes not showing.
  • Some features and configurations don't work consistently.
Most mentioned
  • Chat theme issues (resetting, freezing)
  • Ad blocking effectiveness
  • Lack of picture-in-picture support
  • Video quality concerns (lowering during ads)
  • Customization options for the interface
Recent reviews
Why the whole look of twitch has to change to use the alternate player? I only want the video player to be different? Why does the whole page is gone? Where are my followed channels? Where can i browse anything? Where is twitch? This is bad
by Firefox user 18694224, 2024-11-20
by Firefox user 18692895, 2024-11-20
Excellent extension, highly recommend. Only bug I've noticed is that when a streamer raids, the chat will update to the new stream, but the video doesn't update and there's no link to click to manually visit the raided stream. If fixing the video bug isn't possible after a raid, maybe just add a link to the stream to the chat window. I know normally there is a link above the video, and the chat is a frame, but ... yeah, only bug I've found with it. Otherwise absolutely 5 stars, no question.
by LSTA, 2024-11-18
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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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