Better YouTube Shorts
Take back the controls on YouTube Shorts with playback, volume, progress bar 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, progress bar 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 (adjustable time)
- Mini timestamp and speed above the like button (can be scrolled on!)
- Fullscreen support with F key and double click
- Decrease and increase playback speed with keys U and O
- Click the speed button to revert to normal speed or toggle between different speeds
- Toggle to auto skip short when current one ends
- Control volume with the volume slider or with - and =, mute audio with M
- Customizable keybinds
- 🌐 Supports more than 10 languages!
Extra features:
- Start short from beginning with J
- Go to the next or previous frame of the video
- Set default playback rate when first opening shorts
- Auto skip short with likes below custom threshold (e.g. 500 likes)
- Auto open comment section on each short
- Hide overlay on shorts (title, channel, etc.)
- Go to the next frame or previous frame with . and , while paused
- View counter and upload date above video title
Fully open-source with MIT License: https://github.com/ynshung/better-yt-shorts
If you have any suggestions or feedback, please let us know here: https://github.com/ynshung/better-yt-shorts#issues--suggestion Extension Basic Information
| Name |  Better YouTube Shorts |
| ID | pehohlhkhbcfdneocgnfbnilppmfncdg |
| Official URL | https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/better-youtube-shorts/pehohlhkhbcfdneocgnfbnilppmfncdg |
| Description | Take back the controls on YouTube Shorts with playback, volume, progress bar and more! |
| File Size | 105 KB |
| Installation Count | 24,098 |
| Current Version | 3.7.0 |
| Last Updated | 2024-02-28 |
| Publish Date | 2023-08-26 |
| Rating | 4.72/5 Total 123 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 | de,en,fr,tr,es,it,pt-BR,pt-PT,iw,th,ar,ja,ko |
| manifest.json | |
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} | |
