Category: browser

A new month, and a new way gets your video experience even better. Now in the Turn Off the Lights Browser extension v3.4.11.0 you can speed up or slow down the HTML5 videos. Such as on YouTube, vimeo, Dailymotion etc.

HTML5 video playback

When you add the toolbar for video playback control, you see the following speeds: -2 -1.5 -1.25 -1 -0.75 -0.5 -0.25 0 +0.25 +0.5 +0.75 +1 +1.25 +1.5 +2

Default is this feature disabled. But when you enable the HTML5 video playback from the Turn Off the Lights Options page. The new toolbar is only visible when you move your mouse inside the video content. This is designed to get you best video experience and you can see the video action again in slooowww motttioonnn. Or just to speed up the Baywatch “SlowMo Marathon” video in Los Angeles.

In addition to change manually the speed of that video player. There is also an option to set the default speed for all the HTML5 videos in the Options page.

We appreciate all the user feedback very much. It is thanks to you, that makes this online experience more better and comfortable. If you like this feature, please don’t forget to share this news with your friends. Rate this extension to 5 stars. And if you can make a donation we appreciate it very much.

Zoom on the video player. That is the most highly requested feature you and other users want in the next Turn Off the Lights Browser extension version. As we said before, that Turn Off the Lights is the ultimate video tool, and that extends this promise.

You can find this new feature in the Turn Off the Lights Browser extension v3.4.3.0 and higher. Also, we have improved a few other things such as the compatibility with YouTube’s new layout and the action command to automatically dims the web page.

Zoom on video

How to zoom in a video player? To activate this feature enable the checkbox “Zoom on Video” feature in the Turn Off the Lights Options page > Advanced Options > Video Toolbar.

Then when you open a website with an HTML5 video player inside, move your mouse inside this video content. You see rights that it adds right a new panel. With one click you can zoom in, zoom out, rotate to left, rotate to right, move to the left, move to the right of the video content. And also on this panel, there is a reset button to get everything back to the default scale and position.

While you are in the Video Zoom Edit mode, the video player controls are automatically hidden. However, you can pause/play the video also in this zoom mode with this play/pause extra button. And when you are done, click on the green button to exit this zoom mode.

Automatically dims the web page

One of the first feature in this extension got also an update, now you can choose when to dims the page. This on the play, pause or stop button from that HTML5 video player.

Thank you all for your feedback and reviews. However, we still need your support. If you like this feature, please don’t forget to share this news with your friends. Rate this extension to 5 stars. And if you can make a donation we appreciate it very much.