Forwards YouTube links to the youtube.com/embed/* page, so there's just the video in your window and nothing else.
// ==UserScript==
// @name YouTube /embed/ forwarder
// @description Forwards YouTube links to the youtube.com/embed/* page, so there's just the video in your window and nothing else.
// @namespace https://greasyfork.org/en/users/1148791-vuccala
// @author Vuccala
// @icon https://archive.org/download/yt_icon/yt.png
// @match *://*.youtube.com/*
// @match *://*.youtu.be/*
// @run-at document-start
// @version 0.8
// @grant none
// @license whatever
// ==/UserScript==
(function () {
const EMBED_BASE = 'https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/';
// Regex catches watch, embed, v/, shorts/, and ?list=
const ID_REGEX = /(?:[?&]v=|\/(?:embed\/|v\/|shorts\/))([^&?/]+)|(?:[?&]list=)([^&?/]+)/g;
function parseYouTubeUrl(url) {
const parsed = new URL(url);
const params = parsed.searchParams;
let videoId = null;
let playlistId = null;
// Handle youtu.be short links
if (parsed.hostname === 'youtu.be' && parsed.pathname.length > 1) {
videoId = parsed.pathname.slice(1);
}
let match;
while ((match = ID_REGEX.exec(url)) !== null) {
if (match[1]) videoId = match[1];
if (match[2]) playlistId = match[2];
}
// Extract playlist index
const index = params.has('index') ? parseInt(params.get('index'), 10) : null;
// Extract start time (from t= or start=)
let start = null;
if (params.has('t')) {
start = parseTime(params.get('t'));
} else if (params.has('start')) {
start = parseInt(params.get('start'), 10) || null;
}
if (!videoId) return null;
return playlistId
? { type: 'playlist', videoId, playlistId, index, start }
: { type: 'video', videoId, index, start };
}
function parseTime(t) {
// t can be like "90", "1m30s", "2h3m5s"
const timeRegex = /(?:(\d+)h)?(?:(\d+)m)?(?:(\d+)s?)?/;
const match = timeRegex.exec(t);
if (!match) return null;
const hours = parseInt(match[1] || 0, 10);
const minutes = parseInt(match[2] || 0, 10);
const seconds = parseInt(match[3] || 0, 10);
return hours * 3600 + minutes * 60 + seconds;
}
function createSpoofPage(embedUrl) {
const html = `
<html>
<head>
<meta http-equiv="refresh" content="0; url='${embedUrl}'" />
<meta name="referrer" content="origin" />
</head>
<body>
<p>Redirecting to YouTube embed...</p>
</body>
</html>
`;
const blob = new Blob([html], { type: 'text/html' });
return URL.createObjectURL(blob);
}
const currentUrl = window.location.href;
const ids = parseYouTubeUrl(currentUrl);
if (!ids) return;
let embedUrl;
if (ids.type === 'playlist') {
if (ids.index > 200) {
// Fallback: YouTube embed player won’t load >200, so just load the video
embedUrl = `${EMBED_BASE}${ids.videoId}?autoplay=1&list=${ids.playlistId}`;
} else {
// Preserve playlist and index when possible
embedUrl = `${EMBED_BASE}${ids.videoId}?list=${ids.playlistId}&autoplay=1`;
if (ids.index) embedUrl += `&index=${ids.index}`;
}
} else {
// Normal video
embedUrl = `${EMBED_BASE}${ids.videoId}?autoplay=1`;
}
// Add timestamp if available
if (ids.start) {
embedUrl += `&start=${ids.start}`;
}
if (embedUrl && embedUrl !== currentUrl) {
const spoofPage = createSpoofPage(embedUrl);
window.location.href = spoofPage;
}
})();