FYTE /Fast YouTube Embedded/ Player

Hugely improves load speed of pages with lots of embedded Youtube videos by instantly showing clickable and immediately accessible placeholders, then the thumbnails are loaded in background. Optionally a fast simple HTML5 direct playback (720p max) can be selected if available for the video.

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  • v2.12.18 2024-03-22

    fix indexedDB auto clean-up

  • v2.12.17 2023-10-10

    switch from localStorage to indexedDB to improve page load performance

  • v2.12.16 2023-08-19
    • fix errors for trustedTypes and YTlistener
    • custom rules in GM storage (use your userscript manager editor for storage)
    • minify cache data
    • reveal iframe earlier on error
  • v2.12.15 2022-06-27

    tampermonkey compat

  • v2.12.14 2022-06-26

    typo

  • v2.12.13 2022-06-26

    fix object embeds

  • v2.12.12 2022-03-10

    google search fullcard video fix

  • v2.12.11 2021-10-07

    video card in google search

  • v2.12.10 2021-07-22

    use watch page since getvideoinfo is gone

  • v2.12.9 2021-07-12

    show reason when non-playable

  • v2.12.8 2021-06-18

    fix getvideoinfo

  • v2.12.7 2021-01-18 reset paddings/margins
  • v2.12.6 2020-12-20 fix video card on google.com
  • v2.12.5 2020-07-09 fix fullscreen button
  • v2.12.4 2020-06-16 fix google search video card
  • v2.12.3 2020-05-08 only override fullscreen button if frame is reachable
  • v2.12.2 2020-05-04 src may be null
  • v2.12.1 2020-04-27 restore the missing comma in known titles; use onvolumechange
  • v2.12.0 2020-04-19 rewrite to ES2017 + don't exit full screen upon seeking in timeline + show timestamp in storyboard
  • v2.11.0 2020-03-25 typo
  • v2.11.0 2020-03-24 support invidio.us player
  • v2.10.1 2020-02-21 skip already deleted nodes
  • v2.10.0 2020-01-30 various fixes
  • v2.9.18 2019-12-19 preserve CSS transform
  • v2.9.17 2019-08-12 decode youtube signature
  • v2.9.16 2019-08-12 fix video info parser
  • v2.9.15 2019-07-27 skip nodes with position:fixed and "YouTube on Hover Preview"
  • v2.9.14 2019-07-27 only recreate the YT fullscreen button if there's a parent FYTE instance (which may not be the case if the user excluded the site manually)
  • v2.9.13 2019-06-18 correctly pause/unpause on click in Chrome
  • v2.9.12 2019-03-24 force-enable the fullscreen button
  • v2.9.11 2019-01-05 don't recheck frames/objects take 2
  • v2.9.10 2019-01-05 don't recheck frames/objects
  • v2.9.8 2018-11-27 allow fullscreen and autoplay in new Chrome
  • v2.9.7 2018-10-20
  • v2.9.6 2018-10-20
  • v2.9.5 2018-10-16
  • v2.9.4 2017-12-08
  • v2.9.3 2017-12-07 fix videos on play.google.com
  • v2.9.2 2017-11-19 fix resizing of a pinned player
  • v2.9.1 2017-11-18 intercept videos on reddit comment pages
  • v2.9.0.5 2017-09-22 strip "v=" in invalid links like "/embed/v="
  • v2.9.0.4 2017-08-26 also process data-src attributes
  • v2.9.0.3 2017-08-25 reset CSS transform
  • v2.9.0.2 2017-08-19 fix fullscreen
  • v2.9.0.1 2017-08-17 workaround for chrome cssText property bug
  • v2.9.0 2017-08-14
  • v2.8.9 2017-08-12
  • v2.8.8 2017-07-24 process videos on developers.google.com
  • v2.8.7 2017-07-12 don't add span element for duration if it's unknown
  • v2.8.6 2017-07-11 autocleanup cache; show fps

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