Resizes subtitles on Showmax videos

Latest Version

Version
1.0
Update
July 1, 2017
Size
96.68KiB
Developer
Category
Users
466
Rating
4 ★
Manifest Version
2
Web Store Status
Languages Support
English
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ShowmaxSubtitleResizer Extension

You love Showmax. You love videos. You love subtitles. You are blind. Subtitles are small. You want the subtitles to be bigger. You want to see them. You try ```ctrl++``. You are using Chrome on Linux. Showmax page get broken. Subtitles look like crap. You want subtitles to be nice. You sacrifice a goat. It didn't help. You want to scale only the subtitles. You notice that they are div over video. You tweak the CSS. You are happy. No goat is being sacrificed. Next day You want to watch another video. Subtitles are small. You are not happy. You sacrifice a goat. It didn't help. You need to repeat the work again. You look for solution. You find this extension. You install it. You are happy. Goat is happy. Goat is not sacrificed.

How it works

User is defining font-size and line-height for subtitles.
Extension is checking if Showmax video is currently playing and if so, then it applies the settings.
Subitles settings are automatically synced between Your devices (if You are logged in Chrome).

Extension is open-source:
https://github.com/bogumilbierc/ShowmaxSubtitleResizer
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Source Manifest.json

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