Reviews for Alternate Player for Twitch.tv
Alternate Player for Twitch.tv by Alexander Choporov (CoolCmd)
Review by Bryan Montiel
Rated 3 out of 5
by Bryan Montiel, 2 years agoNeeds an urgent update to be compatible with 7TV v3.0+ and be compatible to follow the streamer inside the extension, without the need to load twitch
813 reviews
- Rated 4 out of 5by ampersanded, 15 hours agopros: no ads or random pauses, instant playback, customizable/tons of options, off-load chat, pretty seamless integration.
cons: delay is longer than the default viewer, no replacement for the sidebar showing who is live/following, 2k/encrypted streams weren't working but idk if they patched it, can't get 7TV/emotes working but I could just be stupid.
alt player is good for lurking/watching but the delay & difficulty getting emotes may ruin it for active chatters. very good for clippers/editors since it has playback. im not really sure if drops/gift subs work but i assume they do if you have chat enabled. - Rated 2 out of 5by Firefox user 14034966, 2 days agoSince it doesn't retain the list of channels one follows next to the player, it is very annoying and strange to deal with. So I'd have to lie to give it a good rating. I want to give 1 star, but give it 2, since it can hide Twitch ads - although there are other means to achieve that. And it provides replay, or more precisely access to the live VOD. This was also possible on Twitch in the past by clicking on a link within an instant clip from a stream that's still live. I think this functionality would also be better as a separate addon, instead of using this strange, inconvenient player. What's also annoying is that the dark mode of the chat always gets reversed when one hides the chat.
P.S.: Since I can't answer to the developer's answer... Whatever he means by "instant replay", if there is anything else than "Rewatch this broadcast" where it opens a VOD link at a specified amount earlier, it's impossible to find anyway. Probably he has just another definition of a "VOD link", obviously it's still live but works just as a VOD when it's no longer live. But this is not even a criticism as such.Developer response
posted a day agoNo, instant replay is not VOD link. It works even on channels without VOD. - Rated 2 out of 5by Firefox user 18747101, 4 days agoDoesn't work with encrypted streams, so it can't get a better rating until this is fixed.
- Rated 5 out of 5by ryan, 5 days ago
- Rated 4 out of 5by Firefox user 17141016, 6 days agowould be 5* if it still preserved the follower list on the left
- Rated 5 out of 5by StellerRJ, 10 days ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by jimmy313, 11 days agoReally useful extension, the player loads a loads and performs a lot better than regular twitch player, unfortunately with the added 1440p quality streams that use that option have stopped working entirely if you use the extension.
- Rated 5 out of 5by Kandz, 11 days ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by Andy, 12 days ago
- Rated 4 out of 5by Eray, 14 days ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by Angry_By_Default, 18 days agohey guys, here from chrome. i finally decided to change only cose of this extension xD
- Rated 5 out of 5by SirThinkALot, 19 days ago
- Rated 4 out of 5by TTR, 19 days ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by daviscs, 19 days ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by Firefox user 19105526, a month ago
- Rated 4 out of 5by Vadim, a month agoАлександр, добавьте пожалуйста возможность смотреть зашифрованные трансляции, их становится все больше и больше. Спасибо.
- Rated 1 out of 5by AL, a month ago"This broadcast is encrypted. The Alternate Player for Twitch.tv extension does not support encrypted broadcasts." 50% of streams are broken for this reason.
- Rated 5 out of 5by Nicky, a month ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by dlax, a month ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by maka, a month agoI love this extension, it makes watching twitch a much better and smoother experience. There are some drawbacks but the upsides are so great. I hope the developer keeps updating it.
- Rated 5 out of 5by xKostiKx, a month ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by Firefox user 12770481, a month agoGreat player that blocks pefectly annoying ads on twitch. Thank you Dev !
Edit: Now, that some channels on twitch broadcast in 2K, these streams no longer can be ad-blocked.
Message: "This broadcast is encrypted. The Alternate Player for Twitch.tv extension does not support encrypted broadcasts. Click the “Back” button to return to the previous page."
Hopefully the dev will have a look at it. - Rated 4 out of 5by AJ, a month agoDoesn't save chat dark mode when using BTTV, otherwise works great
- Rated 3 out of 5by th, a month agoApp was 5/5, but now it no longer works with broadcast that stream in 1440p60 (will update rating if that changes)