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Enhancer for YouTube is a must-have extension for anyone who wants complete control over how videos play in their browser.
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We’ll show you how to use Enhancer for YouTube in Firefox, but the program is available for most web browsers. The extension allows you to configure and control the following elements:
Theme Video player controls (loop, volume boost, info card options, cinema mode, popup player, play speed, filters, etc.)
Where to Place Controls
Playback Quality
Volume
auto play
Video Codec
Mini Player
Popup Player Size
exterior
more
If you regularly need to change settings for YouTube videos, this extension allows you to set defaults for those settings, giving you the option to manage things you never knew you had control over.
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Since I started using Enhancer for YouTube, my video viewing experience has improved dramatically.
Here’s how to install and use this extension.
Installing Enhancer for YouTube
What you need: All you need for this task is a running instance of Firefox. Of course, you can install this extension on other browsers too. Let’s install Firefox.
On the Enhancer for YouTube page, click the “Add to Firefox” button. You will be prompted to OK the installation. Click OK and the extension will be added.
Enhancer for YouTube is one of the most recommended Firefox extensions.
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For easy access to Enhancer for YouTube settings, click the puzzle piece icon on the Firefox toolbar, click the gear icon in the Enhancer for YouTube listing, and then click Pin to Toolbar.
You don’t have to pin the extension, but this action makes the settings page easier to access.
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YouTube Enhancer Settings
Click on the Enhancer for YouTube icon in the toolbar to open the settings page. From this page you can configure every aspect of the extension. YouTube Player Controls I recommend choosing which controls you want to add/remove from the toolbar, as well as the default playback quality for videos, playlists and the popup player. You can choose from 144p to 4320p 8K. I tend to set my playback quality to 1440p HD or 2160p 4K (depending on the display I’m using).
There are more options available on YouTube than you probably imagined.
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All changes are saved immediately, so there is no need to click Save. Once you have made all the changes you want, you can close the Settings window.
Using Enhancer for YouTube
When you open a YouTube video, you’ll notice a new toolbar below the video. This toolbar contains:[่จญๅฎ]It contains all the controls you’ve added from the toolbar, which gives you much more control over your video than YouTube typically gives you.
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One useful feature is the filter option. Once you add that option to the default list of controls, when you’re watching a video, you can click the button and a little popup will appear with controls for Gaussian Blur, Brightness, Contrast, Grayscale, Hue Rotation, Color Inversion, Saturation and Sepia. These options are handy when watching videos that don’t look great – they allow you to tweak the video to suit your display and your eyes.
Fine-tuning the filters can greatly improve your viewing experience.
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That’s the gist of Enhancer for YouTube: no matter what browser you use, if you watch YouTube videos often, you should install and use this extension.