Better YouTube Shorts
Take back the controls on YouTube Shorts with playback, volume, timestamp controls and more.
What is Better YouTube Shorts?
Better YouTube Shorts is a Chrome extension developed by Young Shung, and its main feature is "Take back the controls on YouTube Shorts with playback, volume, timestamp controls and more.".
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Download Better YouTube Shorts Extension CRX File
Download Better YouTube Shorts extension files in crx format, manually install Chrome extensions in the browser, or share the crx files with friends to easily install Chrome extensions.
Extension Usage Instructions
Control your YouTube shorts just like a normal YouTube video! Features include progress bar, seeking, playback speed, auto skip and more. You can also customize the keybinds to your liking!
List of Features:
- Progress bar at the bottom with time and duration
- Seeking 5 seconds backward and forward with arrow keys
- Auto skip short when current one ends
- Auto skip short with likes below custom threshold (e.g. 500 likes)
- Auto open comment section on each short
- Decrease and increase playback speed with keys U and O
- Revert to normal speed with I or by clicking the speed button
- Control volume with the volume slider or with - and =, mute audio with M
- Mini timestamp and speed above the like button (can be scrolled on!)
- Navigate to previous or next short without animation with W and S
- Go to the next frame or previous frame with . and , while paused
- Customizable keybinds
Fully open-source with MIT License: https://github.com/ynshung/better-yt-shorts Extension Basic Information
| Name |  Better YouTube Shorts |
| ID | icnidlkdlledahfgejnagmhgaeijokcp |
| Official URL | https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/better-youtube-shorts/icnidlkdlledahfgejnagmhgaeijokcp |
| Description | Take back the controls on YouTube Shorts with playback, volume, timestamp controls and more. |
| File Size | 27.83 KB |
| Installation Count | 16,533 |
| Current Version | 2.7.2 |
| Last Updated | 2023-08-06 |
| Publish Date | 2022-06-06 |
| Rating | 4.59/5 Total 99 Ratings |
| Developer | Young Shung |
| [email protected] | |
| Payment Type | free |
| Extension Website | https://github.com/ynshung/better-yt-shorts |
| Help Page URL | https://github.com/ynshung/better-yt-shorts/issues |
| Supported Languages | en |
| manifest.json | |
{
"update_url": "https:\/\/clients2.google.com\/service\/update2\/crx",
"name": "Better YouTube Shorts",
"description": "Take back the controls on YouTube Shorts with playback, volume, timestamp controls and more.",
"version": "2.7.2",
"manifest_version": 3,
"permissions": [
"storage"
],
"action": {
"default_popup": "popup.html"
},
"background": {
"service_worker": "background.js"
},
"content_scripts": [
{
"matches": [
"https:\/\/*.youtube.com\/*"
],
"js": [
"content-script.js"
],
"css": [
"styles.css"
]
}
],
"icons": {
"16": "icons\/byts16.png",
"32": "icons\/byts32.png",
"48": "icons\/byts48.png",
"128": "icons\/byts128.png"
}
} | |
