This Firefox extension is a must-have for YouTube superusers

Enhancer for YouTube is a must-have extension for anyone who wants to have full control over how videos play in their browser.

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I will show you how to use Enhancer for YouTube in Firefoxbut the program is available for most web browsersWith this extension you can configure and control the following elements:

• Issue
• Video player controls (such as repeat, volume increase, info card options, cinema mode, pop-up player, playback speed, filters and more)
• Where to place the controls
• Playback quality
• Volume
• Self-reproduction
• Video Codecs
• Mini player
• Popup player size
• Appearance
• And more

Let’s say you need to periodically change settings for YouTube videos. This extension lets you set defaults for those settings and gives you options to manage aspects you didn’t know you could control.

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Since using Enhancer for YouTube, my video watching experience has improved exponentially.

Let me show you how to install and use this extension.

Installing Enhancer for YouTube

What you will need: The only thing you will need for this task is a running instance of Firefox. Of course, you can also install this extension on other browsers. Let’s start with the Firefox installation.

Enhancer Settings for YouTube

Click the Enhancer for YouTube icon in the toolbar to open the settings page. From this page, you can configure all aspects of the extension. I recommend selecting which controls you want to add or remove from the YouTube player control toolbar and the default playback quality for videos, playlists, and the pop-out player. You can select anything between 144p and 4320p 8K. I usually set the playback quality to 1440p HD or 2160p 4K (depending on the display you use).

All changes are saved immediately, so there is no need to click Save. Once you have made all the necessary changes, you can close the Settings window.

How to use Enhancer for YouTube

When you open a YouTube video, you’ll see a new toolbar below the video that includes all the controls you added from Settings. This toolbar gives you much more control over your videos than YouTube normally offers.

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A very useful feature is the Filters option. Once you’ve added that option to the default list of controls, click the button while watching a video and a small pop-up window will appear that allows you to control Gaussian blur, brightness, contrast, grayscale, hue rotation, color inversion, saturation, and sepia. These options are useful when you’re watching a video that doesn’t look right. You can modify the video to suit your screen and your eyes.

And that’s the essence of Enhancer for YouTube. No matter what browser you use, it’s your duty to install and use this extension if you watch YouTube videos frequently.