Script to set the volume of <video> and <audio> elements to reduced value (defaults to 50%), with a menu item to change for the current page.
// ==UserScript==
// @name Set HTML5 media player volume
// @description Script to set the volume of <video> and <audio> elements to reduced value (defaults to 50%), with a menu item to change for the current page.
// @namespace JeffersonScher
// @author Jefferson "jscher2000" Scher
// @copyright Copyright 2017 Jefferson Scher
// @license BSD-3-clause
// @include *
// @version 0.6
// @grant GM_registerMenuCommand
// ==/UserScript==
var setvol_volumepct = 0.5; // Set volume to 50%
// == == == Detect added nodes / attach MutationObserver == == ==
if (document.body){
// Check existing videos
setvol_checkNode(document.body);
// Watch for changes that could be new videos
var setvol_MutOb = (window.MutationObserver) ? window.MutationObserver : window.WebKitMutationObserver;
if (setvol_MutOb){
var setvol_chgMon = new setvol_MutOb(function(mutationSet){
mutationSet.forEach(function(mutation){
for (var setvol_node_count=0; setvol_node_count<mutation.addedNodes.length; setvol_node_count++){
if (mutation.addedNodes[setvol_node_count].nodeType == 1){
setvol_checkNode(mutation.addedNodes[setvol_node_count]);
}
}
});
});
// attach setvol_chgMon to document.body
var setvol_opts = {childList: true, subtree: true};
setvol_chgMon.observe(document.body, setvol_opts);
}
}
function setvol_checkNode(el){
if (el.nodeName == "video" || el.nodeName == "audio") var vids = [el];
else var vids = el.querySelectorAll('video, audio');
if (vids.length > 0){
for (var j=0; j<vids.length; j++){
vids[j].volume = setvol_volumepct;
}
}
}
// This is not compatible with Greasemonkey 4, but should work in Tampermonkey and Violentmonkey
function chgVol(e){
var newvol = prompt('Enter value between 0.0 and 1.0 for 0% to 100%', setvol_volumepct);
if (!isNaN(parseFloat(newvol))){
var newnum = parseFloat(newvol);
if (newnum < 0) newnum = 0;
if (newnum > 1) newnum = 1;
setvol_volumepct = newnum;
setvol_checkNode(document.body);
}
}
GM_registerMenuCommand('Change volume for this page', chgVol);