Youtube-Embed-Redirector-Extension

This project helps a workaround for YouTube viewers to redirect the YouTube default video view to the Embed view (Full Screen) on Browsers. This helps users avoid any distractions from YouTube suggestions or ads. This extension works as described only with YouTube Videos and Playlists & does not affect YouTube Shorts Videos.

Demo

Steps to activate the Extension

1. Pull this repository or Download files as a Zip file & unzip it.
2. Open the Browser's Extension Page. For Google Chrome - Please type in the URL bar - chrome://extensions.
3. Turn on the Developer Mode toggle button if turned off.
4. Click on the Load Unpacked Button.
5. Choose the directory where this git repository is downloaded or cloned.
6. Ignore any errors in the extension page.

Usage

1. Open the https://www.youtube.com/ and choose the video you want to play
2. The browser tab will redirect the YouTube watch page to the embed video format in full-screen view.

Additional Configuration

• Currently, there is an additional URL parameter - rel=0 added to the background.js script, which shows the video suggestions only from the current YouTube Channel during Play/Pause Mode & End of Video. Check out Youtube API documentation for additional configuration.

Check out my GitHub Repository - YouTube-Embed-Redirector-Extension