BigTube - Better Youtube Theater Mode & More
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CRX ID
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Status
- Extension status: Featured
- Live on Store
Description from extension meta
Full-sized theater mode, miniplayer on scroll, Popout player for all video sites.
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Description from store
Maximise your browser real estate by fully expanding your youtube video player (without going fullscreen).
Updates (Feb '24)
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- Supports Youtube new grid layout
Improvements (Dec 23)
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- Allow hiding of miniplayer
More fixes (Aug '23)
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- Update css
Fixes (Aug '23)
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- Update css
New Features (Jul '23)
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- Miniplayer on scroll - now you can read comments while still watching the video
Fixes (Jun '23)
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- Update css to support Youtube's new styling (thanks @pinakipb2)
Features (Oct '22)
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- Improve performance of bigtube
- Shortcut for Picture-in-Picture now set to Alt+P (Windows) or Option+P (Mac)
- Migration to manifest v3 for extensions
Latest reviews
- Luke Smith
- Works great! youre a life saver
- Zachariah Franklin
- I've used this for a very long time. It has suddenly stopped working and I don't know how to get support.
- Pranav Iyer
- Works perfectly. Thank you!
- Jerry Pham
- good
- Jorge Ratti
- It doesn't work anymore... :'( (ENG): It is an excellent extension and I loved it, it fulfills its function quite well unlike others, of course it is missing some things such as translating it into several languages such as Spanish on its buttons and polishing them because it is noticeable that sometimes they do not work or not They react to the cursor, and you also need a UI on your icon, an options panel when you click the extension icon (or in the options bar of the video player) and your own website where it is possible to configure options and features but what matters most is the extension itself. There are times when the Mini Video Player Progress Bar from the bottom to the right edge disappears for no reason and doesn't let me change the time of the video even with the cursor over it. When I press the 'I' key or the 'Miniature Player' button and I scroll down the video with the Mousewheel, there is an error that causes the entire screen and video control buttons to start twitching with a weird black screen due to some uncorrected error ( perhaps if it were compatible with the miniature Video Player already integrated into YouTube this would not happen), they should add a button in the mini video player that works similar to the Picture-In-Picture to be able to move the video and drag it anywhere of the page with the mouse (Up and down, to the edges and to the sides) just by clicking and moving the mouse with the pointer still positioned on the button and the size of the page, or by holding down the button with the mouse and dragging it , also allowing you to hide the video according to the position of the Mini Video Player. + be able to modify its size, enlarging or minimizing with the mouse on the edges of the video, this function will also allow you to adapt to the size of the Shorts or vertical Videos (with or without black borders by choice) and make the video with rounded corners. I promise that if you improve the extension by adding these features and fix these bugs, I will give you three more ★ ★ ★ if you do it.
- Frank F
- Good extension but I would add the option to hide the search bar and only show it on hover
- Billy
- Works for making it take up all the available height but leaves black bars on the side that aren't there in full screen
- Ryan
- way better than default
- Farhan Rejwan (Shashin)
- works great!
- Nafi Sadman Khan
- Very good software for smaller screen size and laptops
- John Weiss
- Not full height
- Random Legend
- The title says it's "better youtube theater mode" but in fact it should be called "perfect youtube theater mode" and should simply be the default for youtube in general.
- Kok Seng Chiew
- The author is a genius for making this. Lemme tell his boss to give him a promotion!
- Justin Ting
- I agree with the last guy. An option to hide the search bar/auto-deploy would be nice.
- Daniel Vespa
- excelente, ahora si el video cubre todo el espacio de la ventana
- Dumitru Daniel
- Almost perfect, would be super nice if the search bar above would also auto hide.
- Dumitru Daniel
- Almost perfect, would be super nice if the search bar above would also auto hide.
- Horace Torys
- Author updated quickly after Aug. 2023 YouTube change, works great.
- Horace Torys
- Author updated quickly after Aug. 2023 YouTube change, works great.
- Joshua Gwynn
- New CSS update has it overlaying weird with the channel name and right hand side recommended bar.
- Joshua Gwynn
- New CSS update has it overlaying weird with the channel name and right hand side recommended bar.
- Quasar Raines
- Awesome extension! Unfortunately, it stopped working recently for some reason. I really hope this is temporary because there are no comparable alternatives. Other extensions create additional unnecessary buttons and lock the player, so you won't be able to scroll the screen to read the comments while watching a video, for example. This extension takes advantage of YouTube's functionality without creating additional stuff and makes it work in a way that would be beneficial to most people. UPD: Thanks for the fix!
- Quasar Raines
- Awesome extension! Unfortunately, it stopped working recently for some reason. I really hope this is temporary because there are no comparable alternatives. Other extensions create additional unnecessary buttons and lock the player, so you won't be able to scroll the screen to read the comments while watching a video, for example. This extension takes advantage of YouTube's functionality without creating additional stuff and makes it work in a way that would be beneficial to most people. UPD: Thanks for the fix!
- David
- It's the best one and the developer is responsive with updates. Absolutely love it and kudos to the developer for the design/programming chops
- David
- It's the best one and the developer is responsive with updates. Absolutely love it and kudos to the developer for the design/programming chops
- nsverb
- thanx for the great extension! works great (for those who had it broken in the last couple days IT IS FIXED! just force update the extension and restart the browser. helped me)
- nsverb
- thanx for the great extension! works great (for those who had it broken in the last couple days IT IS FIXED! just force update the extension and restart the browser. helped me)
- Jackson Yap
- very helpful
- Jackson Yap
- very helpful
- Justin Pulliam
- Best version of the improved YT theater extension, and quick updates when CSS or other changes from YT break them.
- Justin Pulliam
- Best version of the improved YT theater extension, and quick updates when CSS or other changes from YT break them.
- Tom
- It's top tier, I wanted this functionality one day and behold some genius had already made it, and it works great (except when YT changes their CSS again). Top tier extension and the developer is a blessing thank you for all your work.
- Tom
- It's top tier, I wanted this functionality one day and behold some genius had already made it, and it works great (except when YT changes their CSS again). Top tier extension and the developer is a blessing thank you for all your work.
- satyanand shreyash
- It worked perfect for so long and now its changed back to the original theatre mode I tried reinstalling and it doesnt help
- satyanand shreyash
- It worked perfect for so long and now its changed back to the original theatre mode I tried reinstalling and it doesnt help
- Clement Chia
- This is amazing!!!
- Rachel Tan
- What i needed in my life! Thank God for this extension!
- Rachel Tan
- What i needed in my life! Thank God for this extension!
- illu k
- man why cant you make the pop out player have the same amount of functions as the scroll down one, with next video etc
- illu k
- man why cant you make the pop out player have the same amount of functions as the scroll down one, with next video etc
- Kenneth Sng
- Life-changing. Now I can watch YouTube video while listening to work calls. Highly recommend.
- Johanan Lau
- Works great.
- Johanan Lau
- Works great.
- Pool Apaza
- Ty, now is working
- Pool Apaza
- Ty, now is working
- 칠리새우
- good good!! very good!!!!
- 칠리새우
- good good!! very good!!!!
- Aleksander Abrashin
- For the past few days, the extension has stopped stretching videos. Before that everything was great. Hope you can fix the problem.
- Aleksander Abrashin
- For the past few days, the extension has stopped stretching videos. Before that everything was great. Hope you can fix the problem.
- Adrian J
- It doesn't work anymore