Alternate Player for Twitch.tv
Alternate player of live broadcasts for Twitch.tv website.
Alternate Player for Twitch.tv - Enhance Your Twitch Experience
Alternate Player for Twitch.tv is an advanced Edge add-on designed to optimize the live streaming experience on Twitch.tv website. It reduces playback stops, hides selective ads, and offers various customization options such as 'Audio only' mode, adjustable chat size and location, and automatic opening of bonus point chests. The add-on also allows for advanced audio control, interface color customization, and utilizes less RAM. It facilitates the switch to alternate players like VLC or MX Player. Greets to its rapid startup, it's ideal for slower computers.
Add-on stats
Manifest V2
Rating: 3.70 
(64)
Creation date: 2022-02-02
Permissions:
- storage
- cookies
- webRequest
- webRequestBlocking
- management
- system.memory
- system.cpu
- *://*.twitch.tv/*
- *://*.twitchcdn.net/*
- *://*.ttvnw.net/* See more
Size: 170.31K
URLs: Privacy policy
Full description: See detailed description
Ranking
Other platforms
Not available on Android
User reviews
These summaries are automatically generated weekly using AI based on recent user reviews.
Edge Add-on Store does not verify user reviews, so some user reviews may be inaccurate,
spammy, or outdated. Pros
- Thoughtful design and an improved Twitch experience
- Can drastically reduce memory usage
- Works well without buffering issues
- More efficient than Twitch's native player
- Customization options available
Cons
- Doesn't work with channel points or drops
- Crashes when opening multiple streams in tabs
- Ads still intermittently appear
- Doesn't automatically switch during raids
- Not functioning anymore for some users
Most mentioned
- Doesn't work with channel points or drops
- Crashes when opening more than one Twitch stream in different tabs
- Ads still show up intermittently
- Thoughtful design and improved experience
- Drastically reduces memory usage
User reviews
Doesn't work with channel points or drops!
by YIU-CHOY, 2025-02-08
Thoughtful design and an improved Twitch experience. I really like it.
by Brian, 2024-10-12
after making observations - + 2 hours after install:
+ can drastically reduce memory usage, amazing
- doesn't make Drops & Rewards progress run
by iLv, 2024-10-01
Add-on safety
Risk impact
Alternate Player for Twitch.tv requires a lot of sensitive permissions. Exercise caution before installing.
Risk impact analysis details
- Critical Grants access to browser tabs, which can be used to track user browsing habits and history, presenting a privacy concern.
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Risk likelihood
We don't have sufficient data to confidently determine the risk likelihood of Alternate Player for Twitch.tv. Use it at your own risk.
Risk likelihood analysis details
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