v5.0.0

Other

• Migrate to Manifest v3
• Updated to Material UI v5 (and React 18)

v4.4.1

Bug Fixes

• Fix "Automatically Open on Video Pages" functionality in Chromium browsers
• Only request optional cookies permission in Firefox (for multi-account containers support)
• Remove default keyboard shortcuts for the following commands in Chromium browsers
  • "Open popout player and close the current window/tab"
  • "Open popout player without closing the current window/tab"

v4.4.0

New Features

• Added functionality for rotating videos in the Popout Player

v4.3.0

New Features

• Added support for YouTube shorts (closes #387)

Version 4.2.0

New Features

• Added new option to re-use any existing popout player window(s)/tab(s) instead of always opening a new one (closes #379)
• Added new option to automatically open the popout player when navigating to any video page (re #367)

Version 4.1.0

New Features

• Add new option and corresponding logic to maximize the Popout Player window (closes #354)

Bug Fixes

• Ensure the Referer header is set for Chrome 72+ (closes #356)
• Add workaround for opening the Watch Later playlist in the Popout Player (closes #359)

Other

• Improve appearance of multi-account container hyperlink (in Advanced Options on Firefox)

Version 4.0.0

New Features

• Added ability to customize the position of the popout player window (closes #344)
• Added functionality to remember the popout player window size and position (closes #285)
• Added ability to open the popout player in a background window/tab
• Added context menus for opening the popout player to all YouTube video and playlist links (closes #286)
• Added support for multi-account containers (Firefox only) (closes #104)
• Added separate hotkeys for opening the popout player with and without closing the original window/tab (closes #343)
• Added ability to use the "youtube-nocookie.com" domain for the popout player
• Works in Microsoft Edge (the newer chromium-based versions)
• Technical: Updated from legacy AngularJS to React for Options page (closes #348)

Version 4.0.0 Beta 1

Version 4.0.0 Beta 1 (July 31, 2021)

Installation steps are are at the bottom of this post.

New Features

• Added ability to customize the position of the popout player window (#344)
• Added functionality to remember the popout player window size and position (#285)
• Added ability to open the popout player in a background window/tab
• Added context menus for opening the popout player to all YouTube video and playlist links (#286)
• Added support for multi-account containers (Firefox only) (#104)
• Added separate hotkeys for opening the popout player with and without closing the original window/tab (#343)
• Added ability to use the "youtube-nocookie.com" domain for the popout player
• Works in Microsoft Edge (the newer chromium-based versions)
• Technical: Updated from legacy AngularJS to React for Options page

Bug Fixes

• No fixed bugs at this time

Known Issues

• No known issues at this time

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Alpha/Beta Version Installation Steps

Chrome

1. Download the youtube-popout-player.v4.0.0.chrome.zip file from the list below to your computer
2. Extract the youtube-popout-player.v4.0.0.chrome.zip file to a folder on your computer
3. Open the extensions page (chrome://extensions) and enable "Developer mode" using the toggle switch in the top right corner
4. Click the "Load unpacked" button in the top left corner
5. Select the folder where you extracted the youtube-popout-player.v4.0.0.chrome.zip file

Edge

1. Download the youtube-popout-player.v4.0.0.edge.zip file from the list below to your computer
2. Extract the youtube-popout-player.v4.0.0.edge.zip file to a folder on your computer
3. Open the extensions page (edge://extensions/) and enable "Developer mode" using the toggle switch in the top right corner
4. Click the "Load unpacked" button in the top left corner
5. Select the folder where you extracted the youtube-popout-player.v4.0.0.edge.zip file

Firefox

Prerequisites: To install unsigned add-ons in Firefox, you must use Firefox Developer Edition and you must disable the xpinstall.signatures.required preference in about:config (more information here).

1. Download the youtube-popout-player.v4.0.0.firefox.xpi.zip file from the list below to your computer
2. Open the Extensions page page (about:addons) in Firefox Developer Edition
3. Click the gear icon (:gear:) in the top right corner above the list of installed extensions to open a menu
4. Choose the "Install Add-on From File..." option from the menu
5. Select the downloaded youtube-popout-player.v4.0.0.firefox.xpi.zip file from your computer

Version 3.1.1

Bug Fixes

• Fixed the context menu when right-clicking on YouTube videos

Version 3.1.0

New Features

• Tabbed Layout for Options Page (closes #58)
• Auto Save Options (closes #54)

Updates

• Request tabs Permission Only When Needed (closes #55)