Alternate Player for Twitch.tv

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Alternate player of live broadcasts for Twitch.tv website.

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Description from store Advantages of the player: • Less stops during playback: if necessary, the player settings can be tuned to your Internet connection. • Instant replay of the last minutes of the live broadcast, optionally with increased/reduced speed or frame-by-frame. • Hides Twitch ads. Ads that streamer embeds directly into the stream will be shown. • “Audio only” mode. Ideal for music listening. • The extension automatically opens chests with bonus points in chat. • You can set the size and location of the chat, even while in full-screen mode. • In chat (for example, attached to the bottom or top side of the window) there is room for much more messages and emotes. • You can completely disable the chat: it will not consume computer resources, and you will not be in the chatters list. • Allows you to select the device for audio output (if more than one device is available): speakers, headphones, TV, etc. • Changes volume by mouse wheel. • You can colorize the player interface to your liking. • Takes up less RAM. • Rapid start-up of the player. This is especially noticeable on slower computers. • Allows you to disable stretching the small video to the player size. • Allows you to continue viewing the broadcast in another player, for example Media Player Classic, VLC Media Player, or MX Player. • Large number of useful (and not so) settings. • Supports Chrome 49, Windows XP and OS X 10.6. The extension during installation requires the following permissions: • Read and change your data on a number of websites where Twitch stores its video. The list of websites may expand over time. • Manage your apps, extensions, and themes. Actually the extension just reads the list of installed extensions. This is necessary in order to load into the chat only those extensions that you have installed yourself in your browser. Only BetterTTV and FrankerFaceZ browser extensions can work in chat. Also read the Privacy Policy (link on this page) for further details. The player can playback only live broadcasts and does not affect playback of videos. I do not recommend using the extension without a mouse, because touch screen support is incomplete. The extension does not work in some browsers, such as Chromium, which does not support H.264 and AAC. If you have problems with the extension, first read the help. To do this, in the player right click the view area, then in the menu click “Help”. If you still have questions, then in the same menu click "Send Feedback". If you cannot start the player, send an e-mail to the extension developer. The e-mail address is located somewhere on this page. This extension is not an official Twitch application. The extension was created by independent developer, who is not affiliated with Twitch Interactive, Inc company in any way. The extension inserts part of the Twitch.tv website — chat — into extension player. The extension is also available for Microsoft Edge and Mozilla Firefox browsers.

Latest reviews

(2025-07-16) Alexandre D.: Solved my problems with twitch.
(2025-07-14) Dreadnought O.o: Was a great thing, but it was killed by bad men :(
(2025-07-13) digglerdudeuk: After installing the latest Chrome update it won't allow me to turn this back on. Sad times, one of my favourite extensions.
(2025-07-13) Nevokan: still works on brave browser
(2025-07-12) Myra Dennis: Thank you for the many years of adblock RIP <3
(2025-07-12) Sugar Varghese-Johannes: Thank you, RIP <3
(2025-07-12) Steve C: RIP
(2025-07-12) Tnargav: Seems like we have reached that point. You can't even turn it back on again anymore unless someone knows a way.
(2025-07-12) Jo Cam: Thank you for all the hard work, made twitch bearable. <3
(2025-07-12) CL Throwaway: rip
(2025-07-11) jalisa: rest in piece.. </3
(2025-07-11) Koen Spahr: Just got nuked by chrome :( Likely moving to a new browser cause of this. Rip APFT you worked so well for years o7
(2025-07-11) Kevin Palmgreen: And it's dead. Google disabled it and won't let me reenable. Was fun while it lasted. Rip.
(2025-07-11) Justin Furnas: Google just killed its functionality, but I'm leaving it 5 stars because of how well it has worked for me for the past couple years.
(2025-07-11) Matt Buccheri: I no longer have the option to manually turn on after Google shut if off. Is this fully dead now?
(2025-07-11) Sergejs Hamjonoks: Too bad clowns from google keep trying to remove it.
(2025-07-09) Velocty Business: Skips the ads on twitch perfectly but I wish it saved the chat mode. Everything you open a new stream it will open up in light mode instead of dark mode even if you enabled it in the chat settings and no extensions will automatically make it dark mode.
(2025-07-01) Lievre: Used to be amazing but hasnt worked for a while now
(2025-06-28) Jeffen: issue with some streams being encrypted or 1440p?
(2025-06-28) Figma Psy: Been working fine until today. Everytime an ad plays, I get a loading screen.
(2025-06-27) Theagames10: All streams watched with this extension keep freezing and loading whenever a midroll ad tries to run, rendering the stream unwatchable.
(2025-06-26) Daley Holder (Clydesdale): Even though it was updated recently (as of 6-17-2025), it still has that dreaded "This extension is no longer available because it doesn't follow best practices for Chrome extensions" notification on the Chrome Web Store. Still, the best extension for watching Twitch streams.
(2025-06-26) NoodleLegs J: No longer works comes up with this stream is encrypted 6-26-25
(2025-06-24) D4KiR: Chat Darkmode and other settings resets everytime
(2025-06-21) Nikolai Nazem: Need 7TV support
(2025-06-20) user1: Great player. Uses way less memory than the native twitch player. Unfortunately doesn't work with the new streams in 4k.
(2025-06-19) PK Xen: WE ARE SO BACK
(2025-06-18) Ans Brandon: Hi ! Your addon is great and was working perfectly. Unfortunately there's currently an issue with 2K streaming. It seems to need an update to fix it. Other than that, thanks for the great work !
(2025-06-15) MYTHICAL CURT: one of the best extensions there is
(2025-06-15) PlayerEmers: dark mode chat setting still broken after the recent update, can't save the setting (so you need to set dark mode everytime you open a stream) everything else is fine
(2025-06-15) Smol Dragon: needs to be updated for the new twitch update but still works for most streams
(2025-06-09) David: "This broadcast is encrypted. The Alternate Player for Twitch.tv extension does not support encrypted broadcasts. Click the “Back” button to return to the previous page. Watch this broadcast on Twitch.tv website" pls update. goated plugin btw
(2025-06-08) Alge Kizyte: This is one of the most useful Twitch extensions, especially for users with low-end PCs or laptops. Its player optimization and low memory usage offer excellent performance. However, as others have mentioned, a problem has appeared since the 1440p update. On streams broadcasting in 1440p, the extension now shows the following error message: "This broadcast is encrypted. The Alternate Player for Twitch.tv extension does not support encrypted broadcasts. Click the “Back” button to return to the previous page. Watch this broadcast on Twitch.tv website" Also, it would be amazing if the player could be used for VODs too!
(2025-06-03) Jakob Flodin: Great extension thank you. ! Though it doesn't seem to save the "Dark mode" option whilst opening a new stream? Is there a way to fix this?
(2025-06-03) Aaron M.: When I open more than one stream at a time I get this message "A change in your login status on Twitch.tv website has been detected. Reload the page to continue." Reloaded all the tabs fixes it but still kinda annoying regardless.
(2025-05-31) Claudiu Gheorghe: Any chance we will have this player for vods? Works great for normal streams, low memory usage makes it great.
(2025-05-31) 밋지819 Umji: The extension now shows some streams are "encrypted". Might be because of the 1440p update. Hoping there would be a fix soon.
(2025-05-30) Graham: Does'nt work on some sites now. All i get is this message. - This broadcast is encrypted. The Alternate Player for Twitch.tv extension does not support encrypted broadcasts. Click the “Back” button to return to the previous page. Watch this broadcast on Twitch.tv website
(2025-05-19) Kyler: This is the only working twitch ad block extension, don't bother looking for others cause you will struggle to find actual working ones like this.
(2025-05-08) Daniil Kolesnikov: I love this but pls update
(2025-05-02) Joshua Gerant: Please update. Cant use it on Chrome, and the firefox version has stuttering issues recently
(2025-04-27) david b: At this point, it's time to move on unless someone decides to update the extension. It's been great overall, but now that the update broke it, and there seems to be no update in site, I think it's time to move to other extensions that give you any functionality you're looking for from this one. 2025 update: Seems to be working quite well again. Running on Brave since chrome wants to break everything. Only issues I have is that every time I run a stream in the alt player, it defaults the chat to light mode instead of dark like I'd like to have it. Not sure what is getting reset to keep that from remember my preferences.
(2025-04-27) david b: At this point, it's time to move on unless someone decides to update the extension. It's been great overall, but now that the update broke it, and there seems to be no update in site, I think it's time to move to other extensions that give you any functionality you're looking for from this one. 2025 update: Seems to be working quite well again. Running on Brave since chrome wants to break everything. Only issues I have is that every time I run a stream in the alt player, it defaults the chat to light mode instead of dark like I'd like to have it. Not sure what is getting reset to keep that from remember my preferences.
(2025-04-23) Bohdan Kostiurenko: Hello, I’m having an issue where when I watch someone’s stream using this player and click "Create Clip," a new window opens. For the first second or so, the search bar shows text similar to what appears when I actually create a clip. But then, the text in the search bar changes to just "https://www.twitch.tv/..." (where "..." is any channel), and in the end, this new window simply opens the Twitch player without the extension enabled. Instead, it should open the clip creation window. Windows 7 Pro x64.
(2025-04-18) LJ: Solid extension, has been a must have for me with the rewind and detailed player settings.
(2025-04-11) Krow Mitxel: I would give this extension a 5-Star Review. The problem is that Twitch.TV has updated their API, meaning that I cannot use the clip feature with ease like I have used to. Don't get me wrong, I can view it just fine. As a clipper on Twitch.TV, I would like to have my convenient clip feature back. Sometimes the extension doesn't allow me to submit clips right away. I don't know when this extension would be updated. Hopefully, it would be updated soon, and the extension would work much better on Twitch.TV than what it does NOW.
(2025-04-08) Huaxuan Yang: I'm not installing this to block ads. I'm installing this because it is tragedy how insanely poorly optimized the default Twitch layout is. Web developers should be held to a higher standard :(.
(2025-03-25) Stephen Bastas: Still works. Just tell google to let it run and do not try to update the extension. BONUS: It doesn't lower resolution when you focus away.
(2025-03-25) Genryu Sensei (Kijo Sensei): Still working. You just have to click on keep this extension and reenable it. Couldn't watch Twitch without this extension. It's vital. If it does stop working, or is removed on Chrome, just use Firefox instead. Firefox is a better browser anyway.
(2025-03-21) Fraser B: Still works on Brave. You get the little low-res video that plays on the side during ads but scaled up to full-screen. Much better than obnoxious repetitive corporate advertising.

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