Previews (For TTV & YT)

Live previews when hovering over streams on Twitch & YouTube | A bunch of quality of life improvements for TTV & YT/r/nPreviews (For TTV & YT) creates a live video or image preview when hovering over streams on Twitch & YouTube And offers a bunch of quality of life improvement features for both platforms.

Check the features list below for more quality of life improvement features.

* Refresh opened TTV & YT tabs after adding the extension.

Features:

* Twitch:
– Image or live video stream previews in the sidebar & directories.
– Preview resize & volume control.
– Clips Previews.
– Streaming: See your own live stream thumbnail as seen by viewers.
– Sidebar Favorite Channels List.
– Sidebar YouTube Channels List.
– Sidebar Facebook Gaming Channels List.
– Multi Stream & Multi Chat.
– Transparent / Dynamic Chat Overlay.
– Full Screen With Chat Mode.
– Auto Channel Points Clicker.
– Clip Downloader.
– Auto Refresh on player errors (#1000, #2000, #3000, #4000).
– Predictions Notifications when you don't know it's happening (for example if your chat is closed or you are not in the tab or browser).
– Predictions Sniper (will participate in predictions for you).
– Prevent Automatic Video Quality Change.
– Seek Streams Using Keyboard Arrow Keys.
– Fast-Forward Stream.
– Chrome-Cast -> Close Tab.
– Screenshot Stream.
– Record Stream.
– FlashBang Defender.
– Clear Chat Button.
– Incognito Chat.
– Native Picture In Picture in current stream (Browser's PIP feature).
– Custom Picture In Picture via the button under the view count in the sidebar.
– Auto Extend the sidebar to show all live streamers (when sidebar is open).
– Sidebar Stream Search: A purple search button at the top of the sidebar to find live streamers easily in the sidebar.
– Hide All Sidebar Sections Except The Followed Channels.
– Full Sidebar Channel Tooltips.
– Mute Auto-Playing Videos In Various Pages.
– Advanced Video Embeds.
– Hide TTV Extensions Overlays.
– Keyboard shortcuts for applicable features.
– Also supports inverted layout (when chat is on the left and streamers on the right).

* YouTube:
– Image or live video stream previews in the sidebar.
– Preview resize & volume control.
– Theater / Full Screen With Chat Mode.
– Multi Stream & Multi Chat.
– Transparent / Dynamic Chat Overlay.
– Screenshot Stream.
– Record Stream.
– FlashBang Defender.
– Player Playback Speed Controls.
– Go Directly To Live Streams From The Sidebar.
– Show Live Streamers' View-Count In The Sidebar.
– Native Picture In Picture in current stream (Browser's PIP feature).
– Custom Picture In Picture via the button on the channel card in the sidebar.
– Prevent Video Click-To-Pause / Play.
– Copy URL At Current Time Button.
– Auto Theater Mode.
– Auto Hide Chat.
– Keyboard shortcuts for applicable features.
– Also supports Right-To-Left (RTL) layout.

* To change any feature setting click the extension at the top bar to open the extension's options menu.


How to use:
1. Add the extension to your browser.
– If you already have a TTV or YT tab opened – refresh it.

2. Hover your mouse over a streamer on the sidebar / directories.
– A preview will appear next to the hovered stream.



Feature Notes:

** Stream Previews
– Live image and video previews when hovering over streams in the sidebar and directories.


** Streaming – see your own live stream thumbnail
– Shows your own stream's live thumbnail preview, as seen by viewers, when hovering over the logo at the top left.


** Multi Stream & Multi Chat
– You can add Multi-Stream and Multi-Chat on the fly to any page you're on directly from the sidebar or via the top search bar (if the Multi-Stream feature is enabled).
– There is also a button that is located next to the stream uptime under the stream.
– Clicking it will start Multi Stream on a new twitch.tv tab – so you can still enjoy the benefits of the sidebar and the search function at the top bar.
– In the new Multi-Stream tab, add a stream from the sidebar or search for a stream at the top search bar and click the Multi-Stream button in the results to add the stream.
– You can scroll the page, change background color & transparency, font color, weight, increase/decrease size, fullscreen, drag, resize and minimize the boxes (top bar and bottom right corner of the boxes).
– If the Auto Channel Points feature is enabled, it will collect points in the chat box.
– If you enable the 'Sidebar YouTube / Facebook Channels' features, you can also add their streams to the Multi-Stream and use it cross-platform.


** Full Screen With Chat
– The button will show next to the 'theater mode' or 'fullscreen' button in the player controls.
– Hovering over it will show two options: Full Screen with Custom chat overlay or Default Chat.
– The Custom chat will automatically position itself over the video to the right and stretch to screen height.
– You can resize, move it around, align to each side and change styles with the controls at the top of the chat box.
– The Custom chat's settings (position, size, colors, etc..) will be saved for the current page session.
– Exit the mode by clicking the button again or just by exiting fullscreen.


** Sidebar Favorite Channels
– A new Favorites list at the top of the sidebar (for your most favorite streamers).
– Add streams to your favorites list by clicking the Favorites button next to the bell under the stream.
– The list will show only the currently live streams in your favorites list.
– Note: the feature relies on the followed channels list, so it will auto-expand (show more) when the sidebar is opened. if it's closed, the list will still populate but will be partial.
– Note: it might take a few seconds for the list to show or update.


** Sidebar YouTube Channels
– A new list at the top of the Twitch sidebar to show your subscribed YT channels that are currently live.
– The list data will update every 15 minutes.
– Supported by the Custom Picture-In-Picture and Multi-Stream & Multi-Chat features so you can use the Multi-Stream cross-platform.
– You need to be logged in to YT on your browser (just go to youtube.com and login if you aren't already).


**Sidebar Facebook Gaming Channels
– A new list at the top of the Twitch sidebar to show your selected FB Gaming channels that are currently live.
– Enable the feature and click on the edit button to add FB Gaming streamers to the list.
– The list data will update every 15 minutes.
– Supported by the Custom Picture-In-Picture and Multi-Stream features so you can use the Multi-Stream cross-platform.
– You don't need to be logged in on facebook.
– It may take a few seconds for the list to update, depending on how many streamers you added.


** Auto Channel Points Clicker
– This feature automatically clicks the green channel points redeem button.
– It also works when chat is closed and when the tab or window is in the background.


** Clip Downloader
– The button will show in the player controls of clips.


** Sidebar Stream Search
– A purple search button on the top of the sidebar to find live streamers easily.
– Searches within the currently shown streamers so the sidebar will automatically extend to show all live streamers when you start searching.


** Sidebar Extend
– Auto extends the sidebar to show all live streamers (when sidebar is open).


** Hide All Sidebar Sections Except The Followed Channels
– Hides all the other sections in the sidebar except the followed channels.


** Mute Auto-Playing Videos In Various Pages
– Mutes the auto-playing video players in various pages.


** Native Picture In Picture
– The button will show next to the 'theater mode' button in the player controls.
– Clicking it will start the browser's Picture In Picture for the current stream.


** Custom Picture In Picture
– A small button will appear under the view count when you hover a streamer – click it and a persistent preview window will appear (you can add as many as you like).


** Auto Refresh On Player Error (#1000, #2000, #3000, #4000)
– Refreshes the player if an error occurs.


** Prevent Automatic Video Quality Change When In Background
– Prevents automatic video quality change when the player is in the background (when switching tabs / tasks).
– Prevents 99% of player errors (#1000, #2000).


** Seek Streams Using Keyboard Arrow Keys
– Seeks 5 seconds back or forward using the keyboard left/right arrow keys.
– Note: the buffer size varies between 0 seconds to two minutes.


** Fast-Forward Stream
– Useful if your stream is delayed.
– The button will show in the player controls next to the 'play/pause' button.
– Click it to fast-forward the stream to the latest point in the buffer.


** Chrome-Cast -> Close Tab
– The button will show in the player controls.
– Click it to start casting on a new tab and then close the new tab without stopping the Chrome-Cast.
– Everything is done automatically, you just need to select your casting device when prompted.
– Note: experimental feature, try again if it fails.


** Screenshot Stream
– The button will show in the player controls.
– You can capture multiple screenshots and then save only the ones you like.
– The screenshots are captured at the same resolution as the stream.


** Record Stream
– Click to start recording, click again to stop recording and save.
– Works great with the "Seek Using Keyboard Arrows" feature.


** FlashBang Defender
– For when it's late night and the streamer opens a white screen.
– Toggles a semi-transparent overlay on top of the stream.
– The button will show in the player controls.


** Clear Chat Button
– The button will show under the chat.
– Clears all the messages in chat.


** Predictions Notifications
– Predictions started and Predictions results notifications when you don't know it's happening (for example if your chat is closed or you are not in the tab or browser).


** Predictions Sniper
– The predictions sniper will participate in predictions for you.
– The sniper will choose the prediction option with the most amount of votes received at the time of entry (x seconds before prediction closes).
– If you have your chat open (no need), you will see the prediction menu for a split second when the sniper is entering a prediction.
– You can enable the 'Predictions notifications' feature if you want to know what's happening in real-time.
– If there is already a bet made on the prediction, the sniper will not add more points.
– To change Sniper settings for individual streams, click the Sniper settings button under the chat.
— Default Settings:
– Bet % – the percentage of channel points you want the sniper to bet.
– Max num of points – the maximum amount of points the sniper is allowed to vote with.
– Min vote margin % – a percentage representation of the minimum required vote margin between the two prediction options for the sniper to participate.
— For example: option A- 100 votes, option B- 115 votes, vote spread: A-46.51% B-53.49%, vote margin: 6.98% (53.49% – 46.51%). if the minimum vote margin is lower than 6.98%, the sniper will participate in the prediction.
– Seconds – the amount of seconds the sniper will make a prediction before the prediction closes (min 2s).
– Remember that this is a statistical tool and wins are not guaranteed.


** Advanced Video Embeds
– This applies to the Multi-Stream feature and on-the-fly video embeds (not previews).
– Bypasses purple screen.
– Adds enabled features to embeds (seek, fast-forward, auto-refresh, picture-in-picture, fullscreen with custom chat, cast -> close tab, flashbang defender, stream screenshot).
– Seeking using the keyboard arrow keys in these embeds will be in 1.5 seconds intervals instead of the normal 5 seconds to allow easier streams synchronization for Multi-Stream.
– Note: this feature will use more resources when using said embeds. if you notice performance issues you can turn this feature off.
– Note: if you're using a different extension that replaces the main player, you might still experience a purple screen.


** Go Directly To Live Streams From The Sidebar
– Goes to a channel's live stream directly from the sidebar instead of the channel's home directory.
– Only on live channels.


** Show Live Streamers' View-Count In The Sidebar
– Shows live streamers' view-count on their card in the sidebar.


** Player Playback Speed Controls
– Increase, Decrease and Reset the video playback speed.


** Prevent Video Click-To-Pause / Play
– Prevents the video from pausing / playing when clicking on it.


** Copy URL At Current Time Button
– Opens a small box with the URL to the video at the current time.
– Useful in live streams where this is not possible by default.


** Auto Hide Chat
– Automatically hides the chat when opening or transitioning between live streams.



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