https://github.com/necauqua/chronotube

Automatically updates current YouTube or Twitch video URL with the timecode of the playing video
https://github.com/necauqua/chronotube

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Automatically updates current YouTube or Twitch video URL with the timecode of the playing video

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/necauqua/chronotube
• Owner: necauqua
• License: mit
• Created: 2020-02-05T20:36:32.000Z (over 6 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2023-07-18T22:46:04.000Z (almost 3 years ago)
• Last Synced: 2024-12-28T14:30:02.444Z (over 1 year ago)
• Topics: timecode, twitch, url, youtube
• Language: JavaScript
• Homepage:
• Size: 1.15 MB
• Stars: 3
• Watchers: 3
• Forks: 0
• Open Issues: 2
• Metadata Files:
  • Readme: readme.markdown
  • Changelog: changelog.markdown
  • License: LICENSE

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# Chronotube

[![mozilla add-on page](https://img.shields.io/amo/v/chronotube)](https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/chronotube/)

[![mozilla add-on page reviews](https://img.shields.io/amo/stars/chronotube.svg)](https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/chronotube/reviews/)

[![mozilla add-on page](https://img.shields.io/amo/users/chronotube)](https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/chronotube/)

This addon synces the playing YouTube or Twitch video with the URL, changing the timestamp URL parameter on the fly while the video plays. Does not clutter the history.

![addon demo gif](demo.gif)

This is very useful as now you will never lose the spot where you were watching, and eases a litte bookmarking or sharing videos with specific timecodes.

This addon evolved from my userscript just so that it would be synced across any of my devices where I happen to use Firefox (or even Chrome, since this is a web-extension apparently), and also fix the history clutter issue, which is a long-lived Firefox [bug](https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=753264).

## Settings

You can configure how the timecode parameter looks like - at YouTube by default it looks like `4535s` and on Twitch it looks like `1h15m35s`, hovewer both sites support both formats so now this is configurable.

Also, there is an offset setting.

I used to store not the exact second in the URL, but the one behind it, so that I definitely won't miss a couple of frames when reloading the page, for example.

This offset of -1 was moved to the config so that you can set it to 0 to disable it, to -5 or -whatever to have some time to recall what's happening in the video, or even to some positive value if you wanted to for whatever reason.

## Contributing

There is a little system in place that eases adding support for other platforms - see `src/platforms.js` file.

You may submit a pull request where you add your desired platform there.

## Building

You need to have git, npm and node installed, then you can clone this repo and run `npm install` and then `npm run build`.

The extension zip file will land in the dist folder.

## License

Licensed under MIT except the icon, it was made by Freepik from www.flaticon.com