Reviews for Volume Control [Boost volume]
Volume Control [Boost volume] by Chaython
Review by TigerNightmare
Rated 3 out of 5
by TigerNightmare, 3 years agoWhen it works, it works well, it's simple and effective. However, it completely breaks audio on a lot of sites such as IMDB, where there is no sound, or Prime Video, which shows an error message if you try to watch anything. The only way around it is a four step process where I have to right click the icon, click 'Manage Extension', click the toggle to disable, then click back to the tab I was in. And then when I finish watching whatever video, I have to click back to the extension management tab and re-enable it.
It would be nice if there was an easy way to disable the extension in 1-2 clicks, or right click it and blacklist the entire site in the current tab so that it automatically disables itself, it would be much less of a hassle. Ideally, it would just work on all sites, but I'd settle for workarounds.
EDIT: Found another problem where it really breaks Bing functionality. I can't access the menu, video result previews don't play, and only the first 8 thumbnails load in, while everything else is a black rectangle. Image searches show a similar problem where no thumbnails below the top results load in. If I make my window larger, more results show, but as soon as I page down, broken.
It would be nice if there was an easy way to disable the extension in 1-2 clicks, or right click it and blacklist the entire site in the current tab so that it automatically disables itself, it would be much less of a hassle. Ideally, it would just work on all sites, but I'd settle for workarounds.
EDIT: Found another problem where it really breaks Bing functionality. I can't access the menu, video result previews don't play, and only the first 8 thumbnails load in, while everything else is a black rectangle. Image searches show a similar problem where no thumbnails below the top results load in. If I make my window larger, more results show, but as soon as I page down, broken.
Developer response
posted 3 years agoDefault behavior extension should only run on the tab when clicked. https://i.ibb.co/L9zdQsY/image.png if it's not working as expected remove permissions under about:addons.
This behavior works better on MS:Edge.
Prime video is also working fine for me. https://i.ibb.co/sjMP70Y/image.png
I'm not experiencing any issues with bing.com, the videos seem to be mostly youtube videos and they load as normal. Do you have other extensions installed? Also because MS love proprietary nonsense. I recommend using User Agent Switcher to make all MS junk to use Edge's UA.
Further changes to allow per URL stuff, and caching sites requires more permissions. This was originally meant to be low permission, and the smallest footprint volume control plugin.
Please contact me in the Github repository via the issues tab.
This behavior works better on MS:Edge.
Prime video is also working fine for me. https://i.ibb.co/sjMP70Y/image.png
I'm not experiencing any issues with bing.com, the videos seem to be mostly youtube videos and they load as normal. Do you have other extensions installed? Also because MS love proprietary nonsense. I recommend using User Agent Switcher to make all MS junk to use Edge's UA.
Further changes to allow per URL stuff, and caching sites requires more permissions. This was originally meant to be low permission, and the smallest footprint volume control plugin.
Please contact me in the Github repository via the issues tab.
192 reviews
- Rated 2 out of 5by Firefox user 20020925, 20 hours agoSometimes on youtube the video is muted. Needs to refresh to unmute. Usually happens when a video is autoplayed and I am not on the video tab.
- Rated 5 out of 5by Andre, 6 days agoSometimes it works independently from any volume on the website in question and sometimes it 'takes over' that website's volume tab if that makes sense.. Like if you already have another volume tab extension (like the one for bandcamp) it glitches...
Edit: I changed my rating to 5 stars bcs it's working great now!Developer response
posted 5 days agoYou can blacklist the site in settings / click the active button off and refresh the tab.
Of course, two extensions using the same API w/ permission to the same site/tab would fight one another. - Rated 1 out of 5by Firefox user 20007803, 8 days ago
Developer response
posted 8 days agoI cant control site policy, If you see another one that works there lmk ill try to replicate their process.- Rated 5 out of 5by coffeejay123, 10 days agothe latest version 6.5 has a bug when you skip ahead in a video it will mute the audio. i've rolled back to version 6.1 for now but just letting you know...
- Rated 1 out of 5by val, 17 days agoit worked very well for the first few months, but recently the audio has began bugging.
im not sure how to explain it well, but it kind of sounds like those annoying "earrape" (for lack of a better word) audios people use to troll with. ill listen to a video from bed and the audio will be fine, it goes quiet for a moment and then starts blasting like that, and i have to get up to fix it.
it usually fixes if i just pause the video and unpause it, but its been getting worse where it happens a lot more often than usual, (sometimes every ~5 mins) doesnt stop after one pause, etc. and its gotten very annoying.
the extension is nearly perfect but this one thing just completely ruins it.Developer response
posted 8 days agoI added a ton of patches, 6.6 is still pending update approval from FireFox, but if you go to the support page you can sideload and test.
I never experienced the issue you mentioned yourself, but any possible flaws have been fixed in 6.6 - Rated 5 out of 5by Ajinkya, a month agoworks. best feature it remembers last settings for audio boost per website.
- Rated 5 out of 5by burak, a month agoThanks to its ability to have both mono/stereo control and volume boost, my two plug-in needs were reduced to one. Also it works perfect.
- Rated 1 out of 5by Firefox user 19939033, 2 months agoTwitch audio breaks while the extension is active. Also doesn't work on most websites.
Developer response
posted 17 days agoThis is a limitation of the site, the script should no longer have audio blocking but it will only let you lower volume on sites with strict CSP. CSP blocks extensions from manipulating the site/audio. - Rated 5 out of 5by EvillNooB, 2 months agoworks on websites where the videos can change (like course lessons on udemy, where you stay on the same page, but the next video loads in)
another plugin worked only on the first video, but this one keeps working 👍👍 - Rated 5 out of 5by TheDangerousDucky, 2 months ago
- Rated 1 out of 5by mudkipkid1, 2 months agoThis addon still disables streaming sites like amazon prime and crunchyroll from playing videos. annoying...
Developer response
posted 17 days agoIt shouldnt after the last patch, and the solution was theres been a toggle to disable it on unsupported sites for over a year now. Here in Canada it does work on amazon prime for me. TBF FIrefox has fallen far behind and I use my extension on Edge. - Rated 1 out of 5by Firefox user 19911397, 2 months ago
Developer response
posted 2 months agoWhy don't you be useful and provide feedback. The only bs is your attitude.- Rated 5 out of 5by Firefox user 19019657, 2 months ago
- Rated 1 out of 5by Firefox user 19904593, 2 months ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by Nikitamce, 2 months agoI learned about this extension from an Asmongold video—he uses it to adjust the volume of online videos and enable mono audio output. That's why I recommend giving this extension
- Rated 5 out of 5by Firefox user 16751724, 2 months agomakes videos on x mute. -dev fixed it. works great.
Developer response
posted 2 months agoThe mute should be fixed its a CSP issue; [x blocked the script and so when it tried to access it audio breaks, but thats why there's a blacklist.] - Rated 2 out of 5by spschol, 3 months agoOn sites where it works the extension is very helpful. However there are several sites where I have had to disable this extension to play video at all, including Hulu and Peacock.
Developer response
posted 2 months agoThe mute should be fixed, but I still cant manipulate the volume up; its a CSP issue; [the site blocked the script and so when it tried to access it audio breaks, but thats why there's a blacklist.] - Rated 1 out of 5by Firefox user 19330871, 3 months agoI get some videos in other tabs without audio.
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posted 2 months agoThe mute should be fixed, but I still cant manipulate the volume up; its a CSP issue; [the site blocked the script and so when it tried to access it audio breaks, but thats why there's a blacklist.] - Rated 4 out of 5by Jigo, 3 months ago
- Rated 1 out of 5by Firefox user 19820541, 3 months agoMutes audio on some sites I wanted to use it on. Works perfectly on sites where I don't need it. Great.
Developer response
posted 2 months agoThe mute should be fixed, but I still cant manipulate the volume up; its a CSP issue; [the site blocked the script and so when it tried to access it audio breaks, but thats why there's a blacklist.] - Rated 1 out of 5by Mel, 3 months agoWarning, this prevents my Amazon Prime videos from playing at all. Maybe caused by some lack of DRM code.
Developer response
posted 2 months agoThe mute should be fixed, but I still cant manipulate the volume up; its a CSP issue; [the site blocked the script and so when it tried to access it audio breaks, but thats why there's a blacklist.] - Rated 5 out of 5by Mavaddat Javid, 3 months ago