YouTube Cinema Mode

Improves the YouTube experience by maximizing video player real-estate and fixing some common annoyances.

As of 2015-06-13. See the latest version.

Author
Anon 2
Ratings
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Version
0.1.4
Created
2015-06-13
Updated
2015-06-13
License
MIT
Applies to

Improves the YouTube experience by maximizing video player real-estate and fixing some common annoyances.

  • Maximizes player to fit the entire viewport area.
  • Auto-hides the top bar on watch pages for maximum space utilization (will only display when mouse hovers over the top of the page).
  • Auto-pauses other playing videos (in any tab) when playback is started/resumed (supports both watch pages and channel pages, but not embedded videos at the moment).
  • Disables SPF (Structured Page Fragments, AKA red loading bar).
  • Auto-expands video description.

Supports the HTML5 player only. Tested on both the latest Firefox and Chrome (using latest Greasemonkey/Tampermonkey with ad blocking enabled). Works with both the old (black/red) player and the newer, transparent one, which can be enabled here (recommended).