Reviews for FastStream Video Player
FastStream Video Player by Andrew S
Review by Waifu Connoisseur
Rated 5 out of 5
by Waifu Connoisseur, a year agoI was having trouble consistently streaming anime on my go-to anime website. The recent influx of traffic, along with the servers it used (on most websites) has said servers even more strained. Pretty much across the board on all anime streaming websites, it was looking bleak for me, and others were sharing this experience.
Tbh, I did not think this add-on would do much, but holt-moly it is a complete and utter game changer! Not only did it boost the buffering speed more than 10x over, it actually SHOWS the 'true' amount that has been buffered on the bar, like videos used to.
Years ago, buffering bars used to show the 'true' progress that had been made on the progress bar of whatever you were viewing (like a darker grey bar that proceeds past the, what is usually, red progress bar). However, as of recent years, this stopped functioning like it used to.
It would show the progress by about a minute, then halt, whether it was buffering further, or not.
This extention breathes new life into streaming, and I have no idea how it is not more popular. It shows the 'true' progress of the buffering on the 'play'/'progress' bar, and it is WAY faster.
A few tips I found out is that you can hide the progress bar so it isn't always there by triple-clicking the mouse on the window of what you are streaming. Another is that it is set to save & download what you are streaming into local storage. If you don't want storage being clogged up by numerous videos, turn this off in setting using the cog wheel in the player.
Finally, when you are wtahcing/streaming a video, this may seem obvious, but make sure to go into your extension list and turn on this extension, it'll be obvious when you do as the UI completely changes.
This is a full 5/5 stars from me, I legit made this account to review this add-on. Not only does it load videos uber-fast, but it has a vast amount of settings you can change, so it's exactly to your liking. I love all of the hot-key options. I have only just got this, so there are likely more wonderful additions to this add-on, but I simply haven't discovered them yet.
There is literally no reason not to get this as far as my logic goes, no more stagnant buffering on anime streaming websites, it's now a thing of the past. Of course, I'll update this review if anything changes.
The stagnant buffering was especially awful today, hence why I searched for something just like this.I saw "6x streaming speed" and took it with a grain of salt, but it exceeded my expectations. Truly a wonderful add-on. Kudos to the developers, and thank you for enhancing my straming experience online! :) 10/10!!! I must make a post and share this with others!
Tbh, I did not think this add-on would do much, but holt-moly it is a complete and utter game changer! Not only did it boost the buffering speed more than 10x over, it actually SHOWS the 'true' amount that has been buffered on the bar, like videos used to.
Years ago, buffering bars used to show the 'true' progress that had been made on the progress bar of whatever you were viewing (like a darker grey bar that proceeds past the, what is usually, red progress bar). However, as of recent years, this stopped functioning like it used to.
It would show the progress by about a minute, then halt, whether it was buffering further, or not.
This extention breathes new life into streaming, and I have no idea how it is not more popular. It shows the 'true' progress of the buffering on the 'play'/'progress' bar, and it is WAY faster.
A few tips I found out is that you can hide the progress bar so it isn't always there by triple-clicking the mouse on the window of what you are streaming. Another is that it is set to save & download what you are streaming into local storage. If you don't want storage being clogged up by numerous videos, turn this off in setting using the cog wheel in the player.
Finally, when you are wtahcing/streaming a video, this may seem obvious, but make sure to go into your extension list and turn on this extension, it'll be obvious when you do as the UI completely changes.
This is a full 5/5 stars from me, I legit made this account to review this add-on. Not only does it load videos uber-fast, but it has a vast amount of settings you can change, so it's exactly to your liking. I love all of the hot-key options. I have only just got this, so there are likely more wonderful additions to this add-on, but I simply haven't discovered them yet.
There is literally no reason not to get this as far as my logic goes, no more stagnant buffering on anime streaming websites, it's now a thing of the past. Of course, I'll update this review if anything changes.
The stagnant buffering was especially awful today, hence why I searched for something just like this.I saw "6x streaming speed" and took it with a grain of salt, but it exceeded my expectations. Truly a wonderful add-on. Kudos to the developers, and thank you for enhancing my straming experience online! :) 10/10!!! I must make a post and share this with others!
112 reviews
- Rated 1 out of 5by Firefox user 19534322, 5 days agoWarning. After having issues with the player filed a bug report. I did this as I wanted to aid the developer with fixing issues with the player as it is a free addon. However after jumping through hoops to assist Andrew, I have come to the conclusion that he is very incompetent, and lacking. This does not bode well for FastStream.
Developer response
posted 5 days agoDear Mr. Vorajee,
I sincerely apologize that you have had a negative experience with reporting your issue. However, as I have mentioned in your submitted bug report #413, your request for a fix is not possible because of the limitations of your browser/computer -- FastStream MUST evict the video buffer if your browser runs out of memory. When you seek backwards, the player will redownload the evicted parts as necessary. This is intended behavior. - Rated 2 out of 5by MrGoatsy, 9 days agoIt doesn't work with the addon Firefox Multi-Account Containers, the player loads underneath the default Youtube player.
- Rated 4 out of 5by Mephistopheles, 11 days agoSo far so good, my only real complaint is that it doesn't work well with another extension: Sponsorblock
- Rated 5 out of 5by Firefox user 13890132, 12 days ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by Firefox user 15962029, 13 days ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by kamotlagh Dev, 20 days agoIt's Worked on every site, and Increased video optimization and Browser player. Big Like
- Rated 1 out of 5by Drafer, a month ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by Jare, a month agoIt works as advertised. The videos I've been trying to watch buffered endlessly, but not anymore.
- Rated 5 out of 5by ace9012345, a month ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by FireFox-User-1, 2 months agoSeems very fast. Needs an option to deactivate ALL KEYBOARDS and set the preload per file.
- Rated 5 out of 5by Wyatt, 2 months agoFantastic and versatile extension!! I installed it mainly so I could continue watching videos while moving in/out of areas with slower wifi connection around my house. Not only has it worked perfectly for this purpose, it also offers an awesome array of accessibility features and customization options which anyone could benefit from. Highly recommend
- Rated 5 out of 5by bgaruzi, 2 months ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by AquaticBlaze, 2 months ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by CouldBeCool, 2 months ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by Firefox user 19195052, 3 months ago
- Rated 1 out of 5by fred, 3 months agoKinda works...It will preload a video on youtube...I use firefox with win 10 desktop..problem is if you open a youtube video in new tab the extension is disabled....you need to physically enable extension button in order for the extension to engage/turn on...by this time the youtube player has already started..then once thats done and the extension takes over the audio keeps playing even when you pause video...could have been what I needed...will keep looking for another way to force buffer.
- Rated 5 out of 5by Firefox user 13469712, 3 months ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by Firefox user 19138354, 3 months ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by Reeed, 4 months ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by Kresix, 4 months agoBeen using this add-on for a few months now and it's actually amazing. I downloaded it to stop random buffering that occurs when playing some videos, but I use the additional features on occasion too. Thank you for creating this gem <3
- Rated 4 out of 5by Craig, 5 months ago