Alternate Player for Twitch.tv
Alternate Player for Twitch.tv
Enhance your Twitch experience with the Alternate Player add-on for Firefox, designed for live broadcast streaming. Enjoy features like reduced buffering, instant replay with speed control, and an ad-free viewing experience (not including embedded ads). Customize your chat display, switch to audio-only mode for music, and change player interface colors to match your style.
This powerful extension also minimizes RAM usage and allows integration with VLC or Media Player Classic for a seamless viewing experience. Although it isn’t an official Twitch app, it enriches your interaction on the platform. Perfect for serious streamers and casual viewers alike, this add-on can transform how you enjoy Twitch broadcasts!
- storage
- cookies
- webRequest
- webRequestBlocking
- clipboardWrite
- *://*.twitch.tv/*
- *://*.twitchcdn.net/*
- *://*.ttvnw.net/*
- *://*.jtvnw.net/*
- *://*.live-video.net/* See more
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User reviews
- Reliably blocks ads
- The instant replay feature is appreciated
- The 'Audio only' mode reduces bandwidth usage
- Functions well for Twitch, when regular browser fails
- Enhances the viewing experience by making it more personalized
- Chat does not display correctly
- Dark mode settings for chat do not save
- Incompatibility with third-party emote extensions like FFZ and BTTV
- Breaks integration with frankerfacez
- Occasional resolution regressions to 480p during ad breaks
- Issues with chat display
- Dark mode setting not saving
- Incompatibility with other enhanced Twitch emote add-ons
- Functionality of blocking ads is acknowledged
- Preference for standard player size instead of fullscreen
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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 impact analysis details
- Critical Grants access to browser tabs, which can be used to track user browsing habits and history, presenting a privacy concern.
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Risk likelihood
Alternate Player for Twitch.tv has earned a fairly good reputation and likely can be trusted.
Risk likelihood analysis details
- High This extension has low user count. Unpopular extensions may not be stable or safe.
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