Alternate Player for Twitch.tv

Alternate player of live broadcasts for Twitch.tv website.

Alternate Player for Twitch.tv - Enhance Your Twitch Experience

Alternate Player for Twitch.tv is an advanced Edge add-on designed to optimize the live streaming experience on Twitch.tv website. It reduces playback stops, hides selective ads, and offers various customization options such as 'Audio only' mode, adjustable chat size and location, and automatic opening of bonus point chests. The add-on also allows for advanced audio control, interface color customization, and utilizes less RAM. It facilitates the switch to alternate players like VLC or MX Player. Greets to its rapid startup, it's ideal for slower computers.
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Add-on stats

Users: 16,325
115
Rating: 3.70
(63)
Version: 2024.7.3 (Last updated: 2024-07-03)
Creation date: 2022-02-02
Risk impact: Very high risk impact
Risk likelihood:
Moderate risk likelihood
Manifest version: 2
Permissions:
  • storage
  • cookies
  • webRequest
  • webRequestBlocking
  • management
  • system.memory
  • system.cpu
  • *://*.twitch.tv/*
  • *://*.twitchcdn.net/*
  • *://*.ttvnw.net/*
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Size: 170.31K

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Add-on summary

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Alternate player of live broadcasts for Twitch.tv website.

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.

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User reviews

These summaries are automatically generated weekly using AI based on recent user reviews. Edge Add-on Store does not verify user reviews, so some user reviews may be inaccurate, spammy, or outdated.
Pros
  • Improved Twitch experience with thoughtful design.
  • Drastically reduces memory usage and improves buffering.
  • Blocks ads successfully for many users.
  • Offers customization options and a better player than Twitch's default.
  • Allows for audio-only mode, reducing resource usage.
Cons
  • No longer functioning as intended for Drops and Rewards progress.
  • Issues with running multiple streams in different tabs, resulting in crashes or errors.
  • Recent updates have led to ad interruptions instead of blocking them.
  • Unstable performance, causing red-screen errors on some channels.
  • Does not automatically switch for raids or show the left panel.
Most mentioned
  • Not working as of June 2023.
  • Issues with ads not being blocked anymore.
  • Crashes when opening more than one Twitch stream.
  • Improved memory usage but limited to one instance in Edge.
  • Problems with functionality of Drops and Rewards.
User reviews
Thoughtful design and an improved Twitch experience. I really like it.
by Brian, 2024-10-12
after making observations - + 2 hours after install: + can drastically reduce memory usage, amazing - doesn't make Drops & Rewards progress run
by iLv, 2024-10-01
Ne fonctionne pas sur mon navigateur edge, pourquoi ?
by Pablo, 2024-04-17
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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 is probably trust-worthy. Prefer other publishers if available. Exercise caution when installing this add-on.

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