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TTV AdEraser aims to remove livestream ads as well as add some useful features to our favourite streaming site.
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TTV AdEraser aims to remove livestream ads from twitch.tv by replacing the original stream player with a customized embed player. But that's not all the extension does. This project also adds further quality of life features to the twitch player and ui so that you can enjoy your favourite streams the best way possible. I am trying to add more features to the set as frequently as possible and would like to encourage you to leave your ideas in the comments or on GitHub. If you find any bugs or things that don't quite work the way you expect them to please let me know by creating a new issue on GitHub.
v.1.2 aims to remove the "purple screen" that twitch now shows on all embedded streams instead of ads. This version also includes bug fixes and some small new features.
v.1.1 of the extension lets you view ads in a mini player on the bottom left corner of the page. That way you can support your favourite streams while not being bothered to watch ads full screen.
For the full changelog visit my GitHub.
You can find the source code for this extension right here if you want to know how it works: https://github.com/LeonHeidelbach/ttv_adEraser.
Latest reviews
- (2023-08-13) Owen Ganson: Blocks the stream lol
- (2022-12-29) ツDevidra: Still ads, streams don't load properly
- (2022-12-04) Transopticon: the only thing it does show is the ads - completely breaks the player
- (2022-08-19) 64fanatic (64fanatic): no longer works error #2000
- (2022-08-18) Marciel Paz: inútil
- (2022-07-07) Trix ssbm: it works thats all i have to say all the features work
- (2022-06-30) Hex: DONT GET - DOESNT WORK It will put the ads in the mini player as it should, but then you can't watch your stream it just shows a video icon and loading.
- (2022-06-30) Álex Mitchell: Não funciona mais. 30/06/2022.
- (2022-05-22) Mesheyo: PLS UPDAte
- (2022-05-06) Chris Bergen: The theatre mode is altered in a way that I am not a fan of. However, it does remove ads and purple screen. The audio compressor is also a cool feature as that helps with some streams that have shit audio (e.g. reruns of older shows). Fix theatre mode.
- (2022-05-06) Larry Fenn: It works that is all I can say.
- (2022-04-05) Sage Uyeda: Worked for a bit, but then the twitch purple screen came up, waited like ~3 secs and it'll go back to the stream. But then it just kept reloading the stream, making it unwatchable. This reload happened like every 10 secs of watching. Don't know if it's a bug or something but I hope it gets fixed.
- (2022-03-30) Nikolas Hale: does not work https://i.imgur.com/mq9wrHI.png
- (2022-03-10) Logan: Can be a little buggy sometimes and does not always block ads but it does a better job than 90% of all the other ad blockers out there for twitch. Thanks for making it man I hate those 10000 twitch ads every 2 minutes more than you'll ever know.
- (2021-07-10) Ken: Works great as of right now. Only complaint is that I cannot copy any text on the page by highlighting it with my cursor. This is a problem with the extension and does not get fixed unless i disable the extension.
- (2021-07-04) x3nit: Stream won't start now.
- (2021-07-03) arianwen27: Does exactly what it says it will do
- (2021-06-14) Shion Sinx: It does block ads midstream, but when you first open them, during the preroll ads, the stream doesnt loads so you have a blank screen for 30s~. It ads an audio compressor button near the already existing one, which is useless. Often it 'breaks', as in it unloads the custom player and opens the regular one (easy to notice due to the lack of a second audio compressor button and other changes listed below). It makes so when you click the player it pauses/unpauses the stream (standard is doing that when you press space while the stream is selected), it doesnt exits Theatre mode when you press ESC and when hovering the stream only the menu buttons appear at the bottom, the stream information (current viewers, category and title) do not appear at the top. EDIT: its actually worse, wow. It keeps BOTH players at the same time and the 'right' one is a few seconds behind. Looks like it just keeps alternating when it runs ads so you see the one that isnt, but sometimes it bugs and you can hear both audios or the position breaks and you see both (and they get off the area where the player should be).
- (2021-05-16) Val Ellis: Doesn't work, why is it still on the store
- (2021-05-09) Prove: This is the extension you're looking for. Blocks ads and has an option to put them in a smaller player, actually sick. This man deserves a coffee for all the time he's saved me from ads. Make sure to turn off audio compression by scrolling down in the player settings.
- (2021-04-16) Works But Very Choppy
- (2021-04-10) FatDidz: It's pretty buggy now, but works slightly better than a lot of other things out there. I'd use this more if the creators would update it.
- (2021-04-03) xavierxbad: Removes adds and adds audio compensator to streams 👍
- (2021-03-13) Evan: Good but it doubles videos if you are subbed to the channel. Could you add a detector that disables the adblock for channels you are subscribed to since you get ablock for free
- (2021-03-06) Mike T: This thing is kinda janky, but seems to block ads. The only thing I can verify this thing does that makes the Twitch experience worse is, when ads are about to play, it cuts to the purple screen of death then cuts back to the stream pretty quick but the stream quality is lowered and the audio is muted. I want to verify if any of my buffering issues are due to this, but I'm not about to watch a single Twitch ad in order to find out. If you don't care about the chat features, then I'd suggest looking into streamlink+vlc.
- (2021-02-23) Elijah Otto: Works sometimes. Doesn't let you highlight text on twitch
- (2021-02-17) Lopper: It has a bug where if you try to watch vods the chat will be completely desynced from the video until you disable the extension.
- (2021-02-16) Tin Can: Does not function, causes Twitch video player to load infinitely until the extension is disabled or removed entirely.
- (2021-02-14) Edward Prentice: Seems to work out the box.
- (2021-02-11) Mario Aguirre: Doesnt work anymore :/
- (2021-01-29) Kristoff Seisler: Doesn't work just keeps loading forever without ever starting
- (2021-01-28) Jonas Bauduin: Works sometimes, most times streams are crashing, or loading forever. There is a lot of delaying and refreshing happening. Sometimes you still see the purple screen. It's an okay solution I guess. It used to work way better
- (2021-01-27) Tyler Daly: Its fine, Doesn't work half the time in 2021, will just cycle forever.
- (2021-01-27) Vert Startail: Was amazing till 1/26/21. Now it only plays audio. Best AdBlock I've found for twitch when functional.
- (2021-01-26) joe smonth: Was working fine up untill earlier today 1/26/21, seems like Twitch killed it :( Hopefully will be an update, and in the meantime will use alt player, which works fine now, I just liked using this one better because of less delay.
- (2021-01-23) Danny: Doesn't work as of 1/23/2021
- (2021-01-22) badlydrawnface: It is great, however it isn't possible to copy text from chat and when an ad pops, it mutes the stream.
- (2021-01-21) Jadeite Wren: > Stream overlays like crowd control don't show up while enabled > Constantly refreshes profiles and creator dashboards randomly while enabled. Overall good- twitch just kind of keeps making ways to get around ad blocks. As of this review the ads are iffy. Purple screen shows but not for too long at least?
- (2021-01-21) Marcos Ferreira: Não funciona, fica aparecendo uma animação de "carregando" infinita!
- (2021-01-20) Friendly Cactus: Blocks ads as indented, however, there seems to be a function that stops me from being able to highlight messages in chat to copy and paste. I'm not sure what is causing this but whenever I have it enabled I can't highlight messages and whenever I disable it I am able to once again. Great extension and once I am able to highlight messages in chat to copy and paste again I will rate 5 stars.
- (2021-01-19) Clang 20: Was Working But not anymore infinite Loading Screen
- (2021-01-15) Corey No: it functions as intended
- (2021-01-15) Eric Whang: Doesn't work at all.
- (2021-01-10) Luke: Layout is messed up for me when in theater mode
- (2021-01-09) MrAnimefan231: works great by doing picture picture ads? and ads are not that main focus and also muted? could be wrong on this. if this is your app thanks :L)
- (2021-01-07) Fearless: Doesnt work for me, everytime theres an AD it just loads the stream forever (With a purple loading circle)
- (2021-01-05) Derek Greene: It works, in theory, but every single UI change makes Twitch worse.
- (2021-01-05) Reece Fox: Does a great job at removing ads but on some streams either the page keeps refreshing or the video player is in a constant loading loop.
- (2021-01-04) Sam ?: blocks midroll ads so 5/5, still kinda glitchy thou. I can't copy and paste from chat with this extension and I think clip taking is broken :(
- (2021-01-03) Sam ?: godsend. blocks ads (and purple screen) as of 1/3/2021. disable your other stuff before using, restart chrome/twitch sometimes glitches, stream previews blocked by purple screen, hiccups every 5 minutes due to half-second of purple screen.
Latest issues
- (2022-07-23, v:1.2) Hs: Availability on Firefox?
Hello! Is there a possibility that this can be ported over or have a version for Firefox? If not, are there any alternatives there you could recommend? - (2022-05-03, v:1.2) Nick Boyens: Default keybinds
Why on Earth are there keybinds enabled by default? Space pauses/unpauses the stream?! Why?! I can't type in chat anymore PLEASE FIX THIS - (2022-03-19, v:1.2) I'm Ray: typing in twitch chat causes use of hotkeys
When typing in twitch chat, it uses some of the keys as keyboard shortcuts for the stream. For example, when Im typing in chat and use the spacebar, it pauses the stream and unpauses it when I use it again. If I type a word with "m" in it, it mutes it. I found when I turned off TTV aderaser, it fixes it, so it lies within the chrome add on I assume. - (2022-02-10, v:1.2) Kim: Live streaming paused often
Mute button mistakenly considered as pause button by it, so the live streaming get paused often - (2021-10-15, v:1.2) Musouka: Doesn't work any longer. Update?
Hi. Your extension doesn't seem to work any longer. When it is enabled we just get a grey background and the video stream never loads. Any chance for an update to fix this? - (2021-05-29, v:1.2) Jonny Parker-Yourga: Why can this extension view browsing history?
Doesn't seem like that is needed to block ads. - (2021-05-19, v:1.2) Matthew Pula: Reload loop
As of today twitch goes on a reload-loop until I fully disable the add-in in Chrome. - (2021-04-21, v:1.2) MrAnimefan231: when ads play(or purple bs screen pops up.
when the purple screen of doom appears. your app shows it, however it then gets temporary turned off? i think? then twitch goes back to its normal site. if you can find a way to block the purple bs and prevent the change to normal twitch please do. - (2021-04-17, v:1.2) Kiwi357: Twitch Extensions not working
Hello, I am experiencing issues with some Twitch extensions. For example, there is a Destiny 2 extension that allows you to see the current streamers armor and weapons. However it doesn't show up when using the TTV AdEraser extension. I've noticed that it mentions this "Destiny 2 Official Extension can only be expanded at larger sizes. Video must be at least 800 pixels wide". When I disable TTV AdEraser, the issues goes away. What does this mean? How can I view this extension. - (2021-04-01, v:1.2) Rookie89: Question about audio compressor
i'm loving your chrome extension, i wanted to know how your audio compressor works, it just boosts up the volume? Or it does something more complicated? It's just a question out of my curiosity. Thank you :) - (2021-03-23, v:1.2) Stephanie Cooper: Not loading video
Not sure what the issue is but for some reason some channels just won't load the stream. Even after the ad finishes, normal and full refresh too. - (2021-02-26, v:1.2) J O: Can't view streams from members of my household with this add-on enabled.
Exact problem in the title. Also agree with others that the additional features of this app really hinder it, because everyone already has FrankerFaceZ and BetterTTV. All I need is the purple screen fix. - (2021-02-05, v:1.2) 엔엔: refreshes infinitely
It refreshes infinitely when you enter a particular streamer's streaming. I didn't activate it in the TTV AdEraser option, but only enabled TTV AdEraser in Manage Extensions - (2021-01-27, v:1.2) Z: doesnt load video but can hear audio
recently it has a constantly spinning loading wheel where the video never appears, the chat functions, and the audio functions, but no video. doesnt work on any stream :( - (2021-01-13, v:1.2) Matt Burnham: chat box loses keyboard focus
chat box loses keyboard focus whenever it does the ad skip reset dance, getting the focus back (or to stay) would be nice - (2021-01-11, v:1.2) Acenis: reruns
only audio works with reruns on twitch, screen is black with purple loading circle. - (2021-01-03, v:1.2) Cpt Obvious1994: Extra Features
There really needs to be an option to only get the adblocking feature of this extension. I have BTTV and FFZ for everything else. With all the extra stuff from this extension, loading is massively slowed down, and there's a huge delay on the stream. You can't even get rid of the delay. This extension gets rid of the "reset player" button from FFZ and replaces it with its own, but the reload button from this extension does not catch you up to live. Any delay you have when pressing the reload button stays after the player reloads. It also takes forever to reload the player, while the one from BTTV/FFZ could reload in an instant. All the extra stuff from this extension is unnecessary and it should honestly focus purely on being an adblocker, since that's what it's called and that's why people are downloading it. - (2020-12-30, v:1.2) Omid Zandieh: performance
Hey, Can you provide the option to remove some of the additional features? the performance impact of the addon is pretty big. - (2020-12-19, v:1.0) Graedon McRorie: getting ads again
hey there, I added your extension yesterday and got absolutely no ads. Today I am getting ads again, I wonder if twitch figured out a work around with your extension? Just thought I'd let you know