Have a private moment with your favourite video.

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2.2.0.0
Update
May 30, 2024
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190KiB
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Manifest Version
3
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YouTube Only Video Extension

⚠ Epilepsy warning: This extension contains a mode in which your screen's background color changes its color quickly. A warning message is shown when it is going to be activated. If you're a person who suffers from photosensitive epilepsy, I recommend you to not use this mode. ⚠

Sometimes you just want to remove every HTML element from the YouTube page and be alone with the video you're watching. Indeed, it happens a lot.

The extension is activated when its icon is clicked from a tab where a YouTube video is being played. Once clicked, full screen mode is activated and the current window will only show the YouTube video's frame; a pop-up that contains a color palette will appear too (second screenshot). This provides different ways to select the color for the page's background. Also, It can activate a mode where the color will be set to the video's current predominant one dynamically. These functions are shown in the linked video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gUc8nfeJWoU.

This extension doesn't emulate an Ambilight technology. If you're looking for something like this, I recommend you the following extension, that provides really professional and pretty results: YouTube Ambilight, by Wezelkrozum (https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/youtube-ambilight/paponcgjfojgemddooebbgniglhkajkj).

FYI: Extensions are not activated automatically when they are installed. This extension, like many others you have tried probably, starts working on all the corresponding tabs at the right moment it is installed, but this is not the default behaviour. Take in mind that if you install an extension sometime and it doesn't work on the tabs you have already open, you may need to refresh those tabs with F5 key or by clicking on the reload button located in the browser's top left corner.

Code: https://github.com/jmt-chromeextensions/YouTubeOnlyVideo

These tools make the extension work:
—jBox, https://stephanwagner.me/jBox/demo/draggable-popup-windows (https://github.com/StephanWagner/jBox)
—Spectrum, https://seballot.github.io/spectrum (https://github.com/seballot/spectrum)
—Color Thief, https://lokeshdhakar.com/projects/color-thief (https://github.com/lokesh/color-thief)
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Source Manifest.json

{"update_url": "https://clients2.google.com/service/update2/crx", "manifest_version": 3, "name": "YouTube Only Video", "short_name": "YouTubeOnlyVideo", "version": "2.2.0.0", "description": "Have a private moment with your favourite video.", "icons": { "16": "extension_icons/youtubeonlyvideo-16.png", "32": "extension_icons/youtubeonlyvideo-32.png", "48": "extension_icons/youtubeonlyvideo-48.png", "128": "extension_icons/youtubeonlyvideo-128.png" }, "action": { "default_title": "\ud83d\udd34 \u25b6 \u26ab" }, "background": { "service_worker": "background_scripts/initialize_extension.js" }, "content_scripts": [ { "matches": [ "https://*.youtube.com/*" ], "css": [ "tools/jbox/jBox.all.css", "tools/spectrum/spectrum.css" ], "js": [ "jquery/jquery-3.4.1.min.js", "jquery/jquery-ui.min.js", "tools/jbox/jBox.all.min.js", "tools/spectrum/spectrum.js", "tools/color-thief/color-thief.min.js", "icons/buttons_icons.js", "content_scripts/youtube_only_video.js" ] } ], "web_accessible_resources": [ { "resources": [ "background_scripts/initialize_extension.js", "background_scripts/ext_button_clicked.js" ], "matches": ["https://*.youtube.com/*"] } ], "permissions": [ "scripting", "storage", "tabs" ], "host_permissions": [ "https://*.youtube.com/*" ]}
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How to download and manually install YouTube Only Video extension for Chrome

Looking for a way to install YouTube Only Video 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 YouTube Only Video extensions manually, this article outlines two simple methods to effortlessly install YouTube Only Video extensions, whether they come as unpacked folders in compressed formats like .zip or as .crx files.

Method 1: Download YouTube Only Video extension and manually install through Drag &Drop

If you ever need to manually install a YouTube Only Video 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 YouTube Only Video Extension by clicking the "Download CRX" button on the website.

Look for the YouTube Only Video extension you wish to install. Go to the website and download the YouTube Only Video extension package, which is usually a .CRX file and comes in a zipped file. Here ".crx" file is the format for YouTube Only Video 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 YouTube Only Video 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 YouTube Only Video extension for Chrome and install in Developer Mode

This is another method to install YouTube Only Video 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 YouTube Only Video extension file

Select and download the YouTube Only Video 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 YouTube Only Video 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 YouTube Only Video 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 YouTube Only Video 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 YouTube Only Video extension in 2 ways. We hope this guide proves helpful.

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