YoutubeMonolyse

Create's a button in the settings menu on a youtube video page that disables/enables stereo/mono audio.

You will need to install an extension such as Tampermonkey, Greasemonkey or Violentmonkey to install this script.

You will need to install an extension such as Tampermonkey to install this script.

You will need to install an extension such as Tampermonkey or Violentmonkey to install this script.

You will need to install an extension such as Tampermonkey or Userscripts to install this script.

You will need to install an extension such as Tampermonkey to install this script.

You will need to install a user script manager extension to install this script.

(I already have a user script manager, let me install it!)

You will need to install an extension such as Stylus to install this style.

You will need to install an extension such as Stylus to install this style.

You will need to install an extension such as Stylus to install this style.

You will need to install a user style manager extension to install this style.

You will need to install a user style manager extension to install this style.

You will need to install a user style manager extension to install this style.

(I already have a user style manager, let me install it!)

// ==UserScript==
// @name         YoutubeMonolyse
// @namespace    mailto:[email protected]
// @version      0.3.1
// @description  Create's a button in the settings menu on a youtube video page that disables/enables stereo/mono audio.
// @author       Christopher M. Lovell
// @include      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v*
// @grant        none
// @run-at document-end
// ==/UserScript==

var buttonSrc = '<div id="ytmid-toggle-btn"class="ytp-menuitem" role="menuitem" tabindex="0">' +
'    <div class="ytp-menuitem-label">Toggle Mono</div>' +
'    <div class="ytp-menuitem-content">' +
'        <button class="ytp-button"><span id="ytmid-toggle-span" class="ytp-menu-label-secondary">Stereo</span></button>' +
'    </div>' +
'</div>';

var context = new AudioContext();
    var videos = document.getElementsByTagName("video");
    var audioElement;

var isMono = false;
var btnSettingSvg;
var insertBtnParent;
var text;

window.toggleMono = () => {
  if(audioElement == null)
  {
      audioElement = context.createMediaElementSource(videos[0]);
  }

  context.destination.channelCount = isMono? 2 : 1;
  audioElement.connect(context.destination);
  isMono = !isMono;
  return isMono;
}
window.initialiseTMYoutubeMonolyse = () =>{
    console.log("Initialising -- YoutubeMonolyse by Christopher Lovell")
    btnSettingSvg = document.querySelector("#movie_player > div.ytp-chrome-bottom > div.ytp-chrome-controls > div.ytp-right-controls > button.ytp-button.ytp-settings-button");
    // Youtube's setting menu by default has no elements in it, so we open it up then instantly close it using dispatchEvents.
    btnSettingSvg.dispatchEvent(new MouseEvent('click'));
    btnSettingSvg.dispatchEvent(new MouseEvent('click'));
    insertBtnParent = document.querySelector("#ytp-id-18 > div > div");
    window.initButtons();
}
window.initButtons = () => {
    console.log("Initialising Buttons")
    insertBtnParent.insertAdjacentHTML('beforeend',buttonSrc);
    var button = document.querySelector("#ytmid-toggle-btn");
    console.log(button.innerHTML);
    text = button.querySelector("#ytmid-toggle-span");
    console.log(text.innerHTML);

    button.onclick = function(){
        console.log("Setting audio to mono!");
        window.toggleMono();
        text.innerHTML = isMono ? "Mono" : "Stereo";
    };

}
window.initialiseTMYoutubeMonolyse();

// VERSION HISTORY
// 0.1 Initial release
// 0.2 Fixed bug with video that don't have an enable annotation options
// 0.3 Fixed issue with mono option not showing up on non-hd videos