Immerse yourself in YouTube™ videos with ambient light!

Latest Version

Version
2.38.10
Update
August 2, 2024
Size
947KiB
Developer
Category
Users
10,000+
Rating
4.80741 ★
Manifest Version
3
Web Store Status
Languages Support
English
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Permissions
Storage
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Ambient light for YouTube™ Extension

This extension will surround YouTube™ videos with ambient light inside your browser. No need for extra hardware like lightstrips or smart lights like ambilight, it's all in your browser!


Tip:

Are you using a widescreen or portrait monitor? Enable both the \"Remove black bars\" and \"Fill video to screen\" features to automatically fill your monitor with any video that has black bars.


Features:

1. Ambient light
- Blur
- Spread
- Fade in duration

2. Remove black & colored bars
- Remove bars
- Remove sidebars
- Also remove colored bars
- Fill video to screen

3. Filters
- Brightness
- Contrast
- Vibrance
- Saturation

4. Video
- Size (scale/zoom)
- Shadow

5. Video page content
- Shadows on elements
- Buttons, boxes and images opacity
- Hide elements in theater mode
- Translucent header

6. Quality
- Limit framerate (per second)
- Resolution

7. General
- Appearance (theme): Light, Default, Dark
- Enable only in view mode(s): small, theater, fullscreen
- Enable in Picture-in-picture mode
- Enabled/Disabled


Advanced features:
1. Ambient light
- Edge size
- Fade out start
- Fade out curve
- Debanding (noise/dithering)
- Flicker reduction
- Smooth motion (Frame blending)

2. Directions
- Top, right, bottom, left

3. Remove black & colored bars
- Bar detection offset
- Bar detection average
- Bar size (manual control)
- Sidebar size (manual control)
- Reset bars next video

4. Video
- Sync video with ambient light
- Debanding (noise/dithering)

5. Video page content
- Hide scrollbar

6. Quality
- Synchronization: Display framerate, Video framerate
- WebGL renderer (Uses less power)
- Save energy on static videos

7. Stats
- Framerate stats
- Frametime stats
- Resolution and drawtime stats
- Bar detection stats


Settings management features:
- Quickly import/export all settings to or from a file or cloud storage


Requirement:

A video card with a score of at least 1000 points in the PassMark G3D Mark benchmark is recommended.
Check your video card's score here: https://www.videocardbenchmark.net/gpu_list.php
With a score lower than 1000 the extension will still work but it is likely that the YouTube video page will be slow and/or stuttering.


Contribute:

You can view the source code and contribute to this open source project at https://github.com/WesselKroos/youtube-ambilight


Privacy & Security

This extension only runs on tabs that start with the url https://www.youtube.com. The extension will only activate the ambient light effect on YouTube's /watch page

The only requests being sent are crash reports. (But crash reports can be turned off.) No other requests are sent to any webserver, website or api. But in case a crash occurs the report is sent to Sentry.io and will always be deleted after 30 days. Because the only goal of these crash reports is to fix the crash. While doing so we also take into account your Do Not Track preference. For more information about Do Not Track visit https://allaboutdnt.com
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Source Manifest.json

{"update_url": "https://clients2.google.com/service/update2/crx", "manifest_version": 3, "name": "Ambient light for YouTube\u2122", "description": "Immerse yourself in YouTube\u2122 videos with ambient light!", "version": "2.38.10", "homepage_url": "https://github.com/WesselKroos/youtube-ambilight", "author": "Wessel Kroos", "icons": { "16": "images/icon-16.png", "32": "images/icon-32.png", "128": "images/icon-128.png" }, "minimum_chrome_version": "88", "browser_specific_settings": { "gecko": { "strict_min_version": "74.0" } }, "action": { "default_icon": { "16": "images/icon-16.png", "24": "images/icon-24.png", "32": "images/icon-32.png" }, "default_popup": "options.html" }, "background" : { "service_worker" : "scripts/background.js" }, "content_scripts": [ { "matches": ["https://www.youtube.com/*"], "exclude_matches": ["https://www.youtube.com/live_chat*", "https://www.youtube.com/embed/*"], "js": ["scripts/content.js"], "run_at": "document_start" }, { "matches": ["https://www.youtube.com/embed/*"], "js": ["scripts/content.js"], "all_frames": true, "run_at": "document_start" }, { "matches": ["https://www.youtube.com/live_chat*"], "exclude_matches": ["https://www.youtube.com/live_chat?is_popout=1*"], "css": [ "styles/live-chat.css" ], "all_frames": true, "run_at": "document_start" } ], "web_accessible_resources": [{ "resources": [ "styles/content.css", "scripts/injected.js", "images/noise-1.png", "images/noise-2.png", "images/noise-3.png", "images/donate.svg" ], "matches": ["https://www.youtube.com/*"] }], "options_ui": { "page": "options.html", "open_in_tab": false }, "permissions": [ "storage" ]}
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How to download and manually install Ambient light for YouTube™ extension for Chrome

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

Method 1: Download Ambient light for YouTube™ extension and manually install through Drag &Drop

If you ever need to manually install a Ambient light for YouTube™ 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 Ambient light for YouTube™ Extension by clicking the "Download CRX" button on the website.

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

This is another method to install Ambient light for YouTube™ 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 Ambient light for YouTube™ extension file

Select and download the Ambient light for YouTube™ 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 Ambient light for YouTube™ 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 Ambient light for YouTube™ 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 Ambient light for YouTube™ 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 Ambient light for YouTube™ extension in 2 ways. We hope this guide proves helpful.

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User reviews

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N. (ID: 0000005326119797) Voted 5 ★ - Updated 04/13/2024 This is my second must have extension on a browser after adblock. Not only is the ambient light much better than youtubes, but it also completely declutters youtube when watching with "hide everything in theatre mode" enabled. I can never go back to normal youtube. This extension needs much more exposure!

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Quang Dai (ID: 0000004908d408a1) Voted 5 ★ - Updated 11/09/2023 I felt awful for doubting this extension! Initially, I wondered why I needed this when YouTube already supports ambient mode natively. But oh my, with this extension and the customizations it brings, it takes the experience to a whole new level as long as you fine-tune it to your preferences. There are customizations beyond expectations that you can come up with. Respect to the person who created this!

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るミオ (ID: 000000926bc3dcce) Voted 5 ★ - Updated 10/26/2023 Amazing work

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Wim Kuiper (ID: 0000006e3f8257b8) Voted 5 ★ - Updated 10/14/2023 This is such an amazing extension! It really gives a pleasant YouTube viewing experience, with a handful of customisation options at hand. I've got one question though: will you implement ambient theme to YouTube shorts and the YouTube home website? Definitely recommend!

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Simon (ID: 000000243d7cd5fe) Voted 4 ★ - Updated 08/24/2023 Very cool plugin as a replacement for the cinema light from Youtube. However, for some time now I have had the problem that I always have black bars on the left and right in cinema mode. For a while I had the ambient light on the sides in cinema mode as it should be. Now there are only black bars there. But the plugin still works at the top and bottom. And then I have another problem, namely that not everything is hidden when I activate the "Hide everything" function. Only everything above the video is hidden, only below. I hope there will be another update.