A YouTube player that stays out of your way
The seekbar no longer pops up when you tap Space, seek with ← →, or change volume — just like VLC. Plus a force 16:9 mode with a custom vertical-stretch slider for non-16:9 videos.
The seekbar stays hidden on keyboard shortcuts
Click the player below to focus it, then press Space, ← →, ↑ ↓. Toggle between YouTube Default and Enhancer ON to feel the difference.
Stretch any video to 16:9
A default Fill 16:9 mode that auto-removes black bars, plus a Custom Fill slider (1.00x – 2.50x) to manually dial in the vertical stretch.
Everything ported from the Hotstar enhancer
The full keymap
All shortcuts are intercepted in the capture phase and executed directly on the <video> element — so YouTube's own "show controls" logic never fires.
Up and running in 30 seconds
Chromium manual install (developer mode)
How the VLC magic works
You can contribute
This extension is free and open source. If it saves you time while hunting keyframes or watching videos in detail, consider sending a tip. Any amount is hugely appreciated and keeps development going.
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