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Description from extension meta
Forces YouTube to open the player in the theater mode (full-width mode) even if you are logged out
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Description from store
This extension enables YouTube to default to theater mode for the player, even if you're not logged in. If you prefer the default mode, you can easily switch back by clicking the button in the player or using the "KeyT" shortcut. However, the next time you visit, the player will automatically be in theater mode again. The extension doesn't offer any configurable options; it functions seamlessly. It's important to note that the theater mode activated by the extension is authentic and not achieved through CSS or JS tricks; it uses YouTube's actual theater mode.
To use this feature in incognito mode, you must allow the extension to be active in this mode.
How does the extension work?
The extension employs two methods to ensure the player is in theater mode:
1. It sets the relevant cookie on each visit.
2. It triggers the necessary button press when the player loads.
For reporting any bugs, please use the discussion section found at:
https://webextension.org/listing/youtube-tools.html?theater
Latest reviews
- (2023-09-19) TroLL Master: Nice QoL extention. I hate switching to theater mode every time I reopen YouTube.
- (2023-02-16) Zelder: black screen in fullscreen mode. Need fix.
- (2022-09-17) Ênio Lucena Vaz: not working, dont waste your time with this garbage
- (2022-07-08) Hardik: That's exactly, I'm searching for❤ thank you so much
- (2022-02-25) Pixel Pirate: Exactly as described, videos load in theatre mode, no longer need to toggle via the player, top marks!
- (2022-01-24) Garvit Agrawal: Works perfectly!!
- (2021-10-31) JRobert111111: This extension is now working again after the October 2021 update. The prior update in September 2021 caused it not to work properly. Thank you for fixing this great extension!
- (2021-10-26) Richard Dickson: Works within YouTube, but doesn't work when opening YouTube links from other sites.
- (2021-10-03) Nick: stopped working
- (2021-10-03) Роман: Nice, but need add auto quality with my choice (example i use only 720p) :)
- (2021-09-20) Michael Nugraha: it's working :D
- (2021-08-19) petteri heilala: not workin
- (2021-08-19) JensB__: Does not work.
- (2021-08-06) PlayWithMeEdward: Used to work flawlessly but has recently stopped. Reinstalled the extension, no difference.
- (2021-08-01) Craig Dunham: Doesn't work at all.
- (2021-06-30) Vadiño Guerrero: Thanks a lot for this, it's just what I was looking for, gets the job done without changing anything else
- (2021-04-06) Snowcone Guy: Doesn't work in like forever.
- (2021-03-09) McHasib VEVO: Best of all. Now I don't have to click the Cinema mode every single time I open a new video.
- (2021-02-24) n ascentt: Seems to work very well.
- (2021-01-07) Mattias Nordenberg: Doesn't work anymore
- (2020-12-04) Clayton Oakley: It didn't work
- (2020-03-08) Lars Schweighaüser: I hate that Youtube auto disables theater mode constantly now but this extension works perfectly. I wish it wasn't necessary. 5 stars.
- (2020-02-26) Zak Baker: Recently stoped working completely
- (2020-01-21) EODChaosWo1f: Doesnt work anymore
- (2020-01-07) Ross Vassilev: Works.
- (2019-12-14) Salty5844: Works perfectly, always opens the video in theater mode.
- (2019-11-17) Willow Willowson: Doesn't work in incognito mode.
- (2019-11-12) Jiwoo Kim: Works very well before, but stopped working since recent chrome updates
- (2019-06-25) yep it works this one too. 25/june/2019
- (2019-01-29) Talwick: Great little extension - works just as described. My only wish is that it could be toggled on/off (perhaps by clicking the extension button and it greying out), as I don't always use it and have to go to the extensions window to disable it.
- (2019-01-27) Ammar: it suddenly stopped working.
- (2019-01-17) Dustin White: Works perfectly! Love it!
- (2019-01-17) Justin Daisy: sad that this had to be a extension but works great
- (2018-10-28) Louis Prince: Perfect!
- (2018-09-22) Alejandro Mesquita: Great!
- (2018-09-18) Neb Sun: Finally, this is what I was looking for. I wish Youtube just had an option for playing in large mode by default, but this extension did the trick for me.
- (2018-09-15) Comrade Winston: Doesn't work anymore.
- (2018-09-10) Matthew Bickley: Worked fine for ages, then I think one of the most recent Chrome version (68 I think) broke it's functionality sometimes. Sometimes it will load in theatre mode, but sometimes not. Any fix coming soon?
- (2018-08-22) Milk Tea: Doesn't work :(
- (2018-08-19) Nick Guglielmino: Doesn't work on youtube.
- (2018-08-18) Chris s: Works when page is refreshed, but not when first going onto that page.
- (2018-08-14) Aiden Geil: Doesn't work
- (2018-05-21) worked for me best extension ive seen so far so good if there was more stars i would rate ie at 100
- (2018-03-04) Gustavozera: Bem Interessante. Porém agora fiquei meio de olho, pois o "Gabriel Ninô" disse que ele pede para poder ter acesso ao Histórico.
- (2018-02-22) Jake Hart: Worked for me. The FAQ explains why this extension needs permission to "read browser history:" Why do these set of extensions need to have permission to view user's browser history? Please explain Well, the actual permission that I use is "storage". This permission is required to store internal preferences of these extensions. Unfortunately, the description that is shown to the user is somehow misleading. Note that you can always verify permissions that an extension is using by downloading the package and extract it into a local directory. Open "manifest.json" file to see the actual list of permissions. For these set of tools, there should be no data sending to an external server at all, neither there should be any access to local data. They only configure YouTube player before page load. That's it!
- (2018-02-13) Pedro Feitosa: Doesn't work at all.
- (2018-02-13) Gabriel Ninô: Doesn't work and requests access to my history, which shouldn't be needed.
- (2017-12-11) Jessica Anne: Does not work with my smart tv, turns the video screen black.
- (2017-06-06) Stefan Makus: does what it says and does it well with no slow down in the performance of videos due to it being used
- (2017-06-06) Bruno Borges: Does the job.