dayweedos / youtube-ambilight

This browser extension adds ambient light to YouTube videos

Immersive yourself in YouTube videos with ambient light!

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Ambient light for YouTube™

Installation

Go to the extensions site of your browser and add the extension:

Minimum requirements

Performance

A video card with a score of at least 1000 points in the PassMark Video Card Benchmark is recommended. Check your video card's score here:

https://www.videocardbenchmark.net/gpu_list.php

With a score lower than 1000 the extension will still work but it is likely that the YouTube video page will be slow and/or stuttering.

To troubleshoot performance problems or maximze the performance you can follow the checks and steps in the Troubleshoot guide

Browser versions

Browser	Version	Reason
Chromium	80	Optional chaining operator (?.)
Firefox	74	Optional chaining operator (?.)

Privacy & Security

Read the privacy policy

Report, request or contribute

Feel free to

• contribute to the project at /youtube-ambilight
• report bugs at /youtube-ambilight/issues
• request a feature at /youtube-ambilight/issues
• or ask a question at /youtube-ambilight/issues

Support me

Development

1. Install Node (LTS)
2. In the terminal/commandline enter npm install.
3. In the terminal/commandline enter npm run build. A /dist folder will be generated which contains all the generated files of the extension.
4. Add the extension to Chrome:
   1. In Chrome go to the url chrome://extensions/.
   2. Turn on the Developer mode toggle.
   3. Click Load unpacked and select the /dist folder.
   4. Ambient light for YouTube™ has been added to the list of extensions.
5. After you've modified a file in the /src folder follow these steps:
   1. In the terminal/commandline enter npm run build
   2. In Chrome go to the url chrome://extensions/ and click the refresh/update button in the card of the extension.