Take back the controls on YouTube Shorts with playback, volume, progress bar and more!

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Version
3.7.2
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November 10, 2024
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106KiB
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3
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Better YouTube Shorts Extension

Notice: This extension is currently unmaintained, expect bugs and issues. If you are interested in maintaining this repository, please create an issue or submit changes via PR in GitHub or contact [email protected].


⏭️ Control your YouTube Shorts just like a normal YouTube video! Features include progress bar, seeking, playback speed, auto skip and more. You can also customize the keybinds to your liking!

List of features:
- Progress bar at the bottom with time and duration
- Seeking 5 seconds backward and forward with arrow keys (adjustable time)
- Mini timestamp and speed above the like button (can be scrolled on!)
- Fullscreen support with F key and double click
- Decrease and increase playback speed with keys U and O
- Click the speed button to revert to normal speed or toggle between different speeds
- Toggle to auto skip short when current one ends
- Control volume with the volume slider or with - and =, mute audio with M
- Customizable keybinds
- 🌐 Supports more than 10 languages!

Extra features:
- Start short from beginning with J
- Go to the next or previous frame of the video
- Set default playback rate when first opening shorts
- Auto skip short with likes below custom threshold (e.g. 500 likes)
- Auto open comment section on each short
- Hide overlay on shorts (title, channel, etc.)
- Go to the next frame or previous frame with . and , while paused
- View counter and upload date above video title

Fully open-source with MIT License: https://github.com/ynshung/better-yt-shorts

If you have any suggestions or feedback, please let us know here: https://github.com/ynshung/better-yt-shorts#issues--suggestion
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Source Manifest.json

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How to download and manually install Better YouTube Shorts extension for Chrome

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

Method 1: Download Better YouTube Shorts extension and manually install through Drag &Drop

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

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

This is another method to install Better YouTube Shorts 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 Better YouTube Shorts extension file

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

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User reviews

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黃柏榮 (ID: 0000000c8f351eaf) Voted 3 ★ - Updated 11/02/2024 超棒的short改善程式 但是沒更新了 改用Video Speed Controller

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N7NobodyCats (ID: 0000001631524f35) Voted 2 ★ - Updated 06/11/2024 extension no longer works, like it works, if you refresh the page, but the volume slider, and skip back and forth with arrow keys dont work, im holding the keys, and tapping them, volume wont go up or down and i cant scrub back and forth with the keys i have to do it manually with the mouse. EDIT: idk if the shorts are being broken from this extension or something else, but whenever i try to use arrow keys to go to the next short, it gets stuck, and then next short plays audio, but the picture is stuck on the previous short i was watching, and this has been happening more and more frequently to the point it happens to about 1 in 4-5 videos. also, arrow keys sometimes dont even work, heck even the manual arrows added by youtube on the side dont work. its like the extension refuses to accept the arrow keys and breaks the manual buttons youtube already provides.

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Thaddeus Warner (ID: 00000077df376939) Voted 5 ★ - Updated 04/15/2024 Thanks for this. Works great. EDIT 04/14/24: Progress bar no longer appears. Hopefully a fix is on the way. Arrow keys still work to seek.

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Hayden (ID: 0000000a92066a0c) Voted 5 ★ - Updated 11/12/2023 Just what I needed. For some reason youtube is stupid enough to add the progress bar and skipping forward and back to mobile but not pc.

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Joe Hrivnak (ID: 000000f362e542fc) Voted 5 ★ - Updated 11/01/2023 Fantastic... why didn't Google do this?