Links to reduced-quality YouTube music videos are replaced with links to the high-quality versions unlocked at tubeacca.com.

Latest Version

Version
6
Update
April 7, 2017
Size
7.85KiB
Developer
tubeacca.com
Category
Users
8
Rating
4 ★
Manifest Version
2
Web Store Status
Languages Support
English (United States)
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Permissions
Http://*/*
Https://*/*
Storage
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Tubeacca Extension

The Tubeacca website makes it easy for those who publish YouTube music videos to create and upload to YouTube versions of their videos with lower quality audio and video. These reduced-quality versions are made public, while the original high-quality versions are made unlisted (unsearchable). For each video, publishers set a list of eligibilities that give people access to the high-quality version. An eligibility may be a subscription to a music streaming service, possession of an iTunes track associated with the video, or a code distributed with physical media or at events. The aim is to give people an incentive to buy music.

The descriptions of reduced-quality videos have a link to a page where an eligibility can be verified. Once verified, the user is given access to the high-quality version by having it added to a playlist in their YouTube channel.

This extension makes it easier to access your high-quality video entitlements:

1. Links to the public reduced-quality versions in YouTube search results are replaced with links to the high-quality versions, so a normal click-through will bring up the high-quality version.

2. An \"RQ\" link is added to high-quality video-view pages, and a \"HQ\" link is added to reduced-quality video-view pages, making it easy to switch between them to see comments, etc.

3. Links to the reduced-quality versions around the Web are replaced with links to the high-quality versions.

4. Embeds of reduced-quality versions around the Web have an \"HQ\" link superimposed (the HQ versions may not be embeddable).
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Source Manifest.json

{"update_url": "https://clients2.google.com/service/update2/crx", "manifest_version": 2, "name": "Tubeacca", "version": "6", "description": "Links to reduced-quality YouTube music videos are replaced with links to the high-quality versions unlocked at tubeacca.com.", "icons": {"128": "logo_128x128.png"}, "permissions": [ "http://*/*", "https://*/*", "storage" ], "content_scripts": [ { "matches": ["http://*/*", "https://*/*"], "js": ["get_map.js"], "run_at": "document_start" }, { "matches": ["http://*/*", "https://*/*"], "exclude_matches": ["https://www.youtube.com/*", "https://tubeacca.com/*", "http://tubeacca.com/*"], "js": ["off_youtube.js"], "run_at": "document_end" }, { "matches": ["https://www.youtube.com/*"], "js": ["youtube.js"], "run_at": "document_end" }, { "matches": ["https://tubeacca.com/*", "http://tubeacca.com/*"], "js": ["tubeacca.js"], "run_at": "document_start" } ]}
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How to download and manually install Tubeacca extension for Chrome

Looking for a way to install Tubeacca extensions for Chrome, you can search for them in the Chrome Web Store, clicking the "Add to Chrome" button, and following the straightforward process.

However, you may need to install Tubeacca extensions manually, this article outlines two simple methods to effortlessly install Tubeacca extensions, whether they come as unpacked folders in compressed formats like .zip or as .crx files.

Method 1: Download Tubeacca extension and manually install through Drag &Drop

If you ever need to manually install a Tubeacca extension for Chrome, don't worry, it's a simple process. Just follow these easy steps, and you will have your extension ready to use in no time.

Step 1: Download the Tubeacca Extension by clicking the "Download CRX" button on the website.

Look for the Tubeacca extension you wish to install. Go to the website and download the Tubeacca extension package, which is usually a .CRX file and comes in a zipped file. Here ".crx" file is the format for Tubeacca extension that contains all the data.

Step 2: Extract &Arrange Files

Once the file is downloaded, extract that file into its own folder. Similarly, give that extension files a permanent home. In other words, keep it in a folder that you don't accidentally delete it because these files will be needed to make that extension work.

Step 3: Go to the Chrome Extensions Page

Open Google Chrome and in the address bar, type chrome://extensions; it will open the Google Chrome extensions page. Make sure that "My extensions" is selected in the sidebar.

Step 4: Drag and Drop the Extension

Now, go to the folder where you extracted the Tubeacca extension and drag &drop the extension file from there anywhere onto the extension page within Google Chrome.

Step 5: Complete the Installation

Once you drag and drop the extension file, follow the steps that Google Chrome takes you through. Similarly, if the extension file is of .crx file format, you will be required to review the permissions and then add the extension.

Now, you can manage that added extension as you would like to with any other Chrome extension that you added through Chrome Webstore. Its icon will also appear in the Google Chrome Menu on the right side of the address bar once you activate it.

Method 2: Download Tubeacca extension for Chrome and install in Developer Mode

This is another method to install Tubeacca extension manually, but the twist is that here, you install by enabling the developer mode option provided in Google Chrome. This mode is commonly used for testing extensions or running unpublished tools.

Step 1: Download the Tubeacca extension file

Select and download the Tubeacca extension by clicking the 'Download CRX' button on the website.

Step 2: Extract the downloaded contents

Convert the file to a ZIP file if it is in CRX format then extract the Tubeacca extension zip file or folder that you downloaded. Make sure you extract it using the same folder name and keep it safely in another folder, so you don't delete it by mistake. The extracted folder will be needed to keep your Tubeacca extension running.

Step 3: Open Chrome Extension Setting Page

In the address bar of Google Chrome, type chrome://extensions and open the Chrome Extension Page.

Step 4: Enable Developer Mode

After opening the Chrome Extension page, look at the top right side, and you will find the toggle option of "Developer mode."Simply enable that developer mode option.

Step 5: Load the Unpacked Extension

Once you enable the developer mode option, you will see the menu of Load Unpacked, Pack Extensions and Update. From that, select the option "Load unpacked."

Step 6: Select the Extension Folder

Once the pop-up opens upon clicking Load unpacked, select the Tubeacca extension directory and click on the "Select Folder "button.

Step 7: Confirm and Install

After you select an extension folder of a Google Chrome extension you're installing manually, confirm its installation for the final time and let the installation complete.

Conclusion

Here we've made a step-by-step guide on How to manually install Tubeacca extension in 2 ways. We hope this guide proves helpful.

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