https://github.com/angeloanan/youtube-tv-browser

⏯ | A lightweight browser extension that enables YouTube for TV in your browser
https://github.com/angeloanan/youtube-tv-browser

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⏯ | A lightweight browser extension that enables YouTube for TV in your browser

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/angeloanan/youtube-tv-browser
• Owner: angeloanan
• License: mit
• Created: 2020-07-29T23:52:09.000Z (over 4 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2024-08-06T01:53:26.000Z (9 months ago)
• Last Synced: 2024-12-10T14:21:53.741Z (5 months ago)
• Topics: browser-extension, chrome-extension, chrome-extensions, extension-chrome, firefox-addon, firefox-extension, firefox-extensions
• Homepage:
• Size: 1.55 MB
• Stars: 47
• Watchers: 5
• Forks: 3
• Open Issues: 2
• Metadata Files:
  • Readme: README.md
  • License: LICENSE

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README

        
# youtube-tv-chrome

> ⏯ | A Lightweight Browser extension that enables the YouTube for TV page

## Installation

[Download the Extension here](https://github.com/angeloanan/youtube-tv-browser/releases)

  Chrome installation guide (Click to expand)

  0. Download the extension from the [Releases page](https://github.com/angeloanan/youtube-tv-browser/releases) or clone the repository

  1. Navigate to [chrome://extensions](chrome://extensions)

  2. Toggle the **Developer mode** toggle to the ON position

  3. Click on the **Load unpacked** button

  4. Navigate to the downloaded folder and select it

  Firefox installation guide (Click to expand)

  Due to complications with Firefox extensions, [at the moment (until Firefox approves my extension)](https://github.com/angeloanan/youtube-tv-browser/issues/6) you can only install the extension on either Firefox Developer Edition, Firefox Nightly, or Firefox ESR.

  1. Clone or [Download](https://github.com/angeloanan/youtube-tv-browser/archive/refs/heads/master.zip) the repository & extract it

  2. Navigate to [about:addons](about:addons)

  3. Drag the `src` folder inside the repository to the **Add-ons** window

## Usage

Simply navigate to https://youtube.com/tv and enjoy your videos.

No, seriously, I've designed this extension to be an "*install-and-forget*" extension.

## Demo

![Demo](./.github/demo.gif)\

*Do you seriously need it?*

## How does this work

This extension modifies the User Agent of the request to look like its coming from an actual TV (In this case, a [2023 Samsung TV running Tizen 7.0](https://developer.samsung.com/smarttv/develop/guides/fundamentals/retrieving-platform-information.html)). It modifies the HTTP request headers