Hide Youtube Player When Paused

Automatically hide the player when video is paused and mouse not hovering, as if the video is playing

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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.

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// ==UserScript==
// @name         Hide Youtube Player When Paused
// @namespace    PlanetXX2
// @version      2024-11-13.1
// @description  Automatically hide the player when video is paused and mouse not hovering, as if the video is playing
// @license      MIT
// @author       PlanetXX2
// @match        https://*.youtube.com/*
// @icon         https://www.google.com/s2/favicons?sz=64&domain=youtube.com
// @grant        none
// ==/UserScript==

(function () {
    'use strict';

    let player = null;
    let playerParent = null;
    let isListening = false;
    let waitForReadyInterval = null;
    let lastState = "paused"; // paused, playing

    const eventListenerMouseOver = () => {
        setTimeout(() => {
            player.classList.remove("ytp-autohide");
        }, 50);
    }
    const eventListenerMouseLeave = () => {
        setTimeout(() => {
            player.classList.add("ytp-autohide");
        }, 50);
    }

    function playerStateChanged() {
        if (player.classList.contains("paused-mode") && !isListening) {
            isListening = true;
            playerParent.addEventListener("mouseover", eventListenerMouseOver);
            playerParent.addEventListener("mouseleave", eventListenerMouseLeave);
        } else if (isListening) {
            isListening = false;
            playerParent.removeEventListener("mouseover", eventListenerMouseOver);
            playerParent.removeEventListener("mouseleave", eventListenerMouseLeave);
        }
    }

    function playerReady() {
        let ob = new MutationObserver(() => {
            if (player.classList.contains("paused-mode")) {
                if (lastState === "playing") {
                    lastState = "paused";
                    playerStateChanged();
                }
            } else {
                if (lastState === "paused") {
                    lastState = "playing";
                    playerStateChanged();
                }
            }
        });
        ob.observe(player, {
            attributes: true,
            attributeFilter: ["class"]
        });
    }

    // Wait for the player to be ready
    function waitForReady() {
        waitForReadyInterval = setInterval(function () {
            player = document.getElementById("movie_player");
            if (player) {
                console.log(player)
                playerParent = player.parentElement;

                clearInterval(waitForReadyInterval);
                playerReady();
                console.log("Player ready");
            }
        }, 500);
    }

    // reset the state when page navigate
    window.navigation.addEventListener("navigate", (e) => {
        console.log("BBB",e)
        console.log("AAA", window.location.pathname);
        playerParent && playerParent.removeEventListener("mouseover", eventListenerMouseOver);
        playerParent && playerParent.removeEventListener("mouseleave", eventListenerMouseLeave);
        player = null;
        playerParent = null;
        isListening = false;
        lastState = "paused";
        clearInterval(waitForReadyInterval)

        if(e.destination.url.includes("/watch") || e.destination.url.includes("/live")){
            waitForReady();
        }
    });

    if(window.location.pathname.includes("/watch") || window.location.pathname.includes("/live")){
        waitForReady();
    }

})();