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FYTE /Fast YouTube Embedded/ Player

Hugely improves load speed of pages with lots of embedded Youtube videos by instantly showing clickable and immediately accessible placeholders, then the thumbnails are loaded in background. Optionally a fast simple HTML5 direct playback (720p max) can be selected if available for the video.

These are versions of this script where the code was updated. Show all versions.

  • v2.15.1 21/01/2025

    fix formatting of duration
  • v2.15.0 27/12/2024

    stop iframes via location + native cover fit
  • v2.14.0 26/11/2024

    improve reliability: don't use expando as some sites break it
  • v2.13.2 11/06/2024

    fix autoplay, exclude pikabu.ru
  • v2.13.1 26/05/2024

    speed up hasChildWindow
  • v2.13.0 26/05/2024

    fix video card in google search
  • v2.12.19 12/05/2024

    lazy db init, idle if no frames, fix cover url
  • v2.12.18 22/03/2024

    fix indexedDB auto clean-up
  • v2.12.17 10/10/2023

    switch from localStorage to indexedDB to improve page load performance
  • v2.12.16 19/08/2023
    • fix errors for trustedTypes and YTlistener
    • custom rules in GM storage (use your userscript manager editor for storage)
    • minify cache data
    • reveal iframe earlier on error
  • v2.12.15 27/06/2022

    tampermonkey compat
  • v2.12.14 26/06/2022

    typo
  • v2.12.13 26/06/2022

    fix object embeds
  • v2.12.12 10/03/2022

    google search fullcard video fix
  • v2.12.11 07/10/2021

    video card in google search
  • v2.12.10 22/07/2021

    use watch page since get_video_info is gone
  • v2.12.9 12/07/2021

    show reason when non-playable
  • v2.12.8 18/06/2021

    fix get_video_info
  • v2.12.7 18/01/2021 reset paddings/margins
  • v2.12.6 20/12/2020 fix video card on google.com
  • v2.12.5 09/07/2020 fix fullscreen button
  • v2.12.4 16/06/2020 fix google search video card
  • v2.12.3 08/05/2020 only override fullscreen button if frame is reachable
  • v2.12.2 04/05/2020 src may be null
  • v2.12.1 27/04/2020 restore the missing comma in known titles; use onvolumechange
  • v2.12.0 19/04/2020 rewrite to ES2017 + don't exit full screen upon seeking in timeline + show timestamp in storyboard
  • v2.11.0 25/03/2020 typo
  • v2.11.0 24/03/2020 support invidio.us player
  • v2.10.1 21/02/2020 skip already deleted nodes
  • v2.10.0 30/01/2020 various fixes
  • v2.9.18 19/12/2019 preserve CSS transform
  • v2.9.17 12/08/2019 decode youtube signature
  • v2.9.16 12/08/2019 fix video info parser
  • v2.9.15 27/07/2019 skip nodes with position:fixed and "YouTube on Hover Preview"
  • v2.9.14 27/07/2019 only recreate the YT fullscreen button if there's a parent FYTE instance (which may not be the case if the user excluded the site manually)
  • v2.9.13 18/06/2019 correctly pause/unpause on click in Chrome
  • v2.9.12 24/03/2019 force-enable the fullscreen button
  • v2.9.11 05/01/2019 don't recheck frames/objects take 2
  • v2.9.10 05/01/2019 don't recheck frames/objects
  • v2.9.8 27/11/2018 allow fullscreen and autoplay in new Chrome
  • v2.9.7 20/10/2018
  • v2.9.6 20/10/2018
  • v2.9.5 16/10/2018
  • v2.9.4 08/12/2017
  • v2.9.3 07/12/2017 fix videos on play.google.com
  • v2.9.2 19/11/2017 fix resizing of a pinned player
  • v2.9.1 18/11/2017 intercept videos on reddit comment pages
  • v2.9.0.5 22/09/2017 strip "v=" in invalid links like "/embed/v="
  • v2.9.0.4 26/08/2017 also process data-src attributes
  • v2.9.0.3 25/08/2017 reset CSS transform
  • v2.9.0.2 19/08/2017 fix fullscreen
  • v2.9.0.1 17/08/2017 workaround for chrome cssText property bug
  • v2.9.0 14/08/2017
  • v2.8.9 12/08/2017
  • v2.8.8 24/07/2017 process videos on developers.google.com
  • v2.8.7 12/07/2017 don't add span element for duration if it's unknown
  • v2.8.6 11/07/2017 autocleanup cache; show fps
  • v2.8.5 07/06/2017 clarify video quality option via tooltip
  • v2.8.4 06/06/2017 Add default video quality option
  • v2.8.3 27/05/2017 prevent double activation of iframe player
  • v2.8.2 23/05/2017
  • v2.8.1 22/05/2017
  • v2.8.0 08/04/2017 fix https://greatest.deepsurf.us/en/forum/discussion/21433/
  • v2.7.9 31/01/2017 Fix occasional double-fetching of storyboard thumbnails
  • v2.7.8 31/01/2017 Handle CSS columns to calc the dimensions
  • v2.7.7 07/12/2016 Expand the parent-eating rule to check paddingTop on the parent element itself like https://jakearchibald.com/2016/fun-hacks-faster-content/
  • v2.7.6 24/10/2016 fix theverge videos
  • v2.7.5 17/10/2016 Skip playlist embeds
  • v2.7.4 03/10/2016 exclude some google+ iframes used in youtube's notifications
  • v2.7.3 07/09/2016 Don't try to process non-youtube videos, don't get unneeded info for autoplayed videos
  • v2.7.1 12/08/2016 Fix the first click-to-pin in iframe mode
  • v2.7.0 08/08/2016 edit description
  • v2.6.9 07/08/2016 Don't start dragndrop off the control bar
  • v2.6.8 07/08/2016 Chrome hack to restore autofullscreened iframes
  • v2.6.7 07/08/2016 Delayed cover image display for autoplayed videos
  • v2.6.6 07/08/2016 Keep centering when sizemode=original
  • v2.6.5 07/08/2016 typo
  • v2.6.4 07/08/2016 Cache titles and other info
  • v2.6.3 07/08/2016 Middle-click starts fullscreen playback
  • v2.6.2 06/08/2016 Don't animate background when autoplaying
  • v2.6.1 04/08/2016 Process more OBJECT embeds
  • v2.6.0 04/08/2016 Fix: clicking the title should open a youtube page
  • v2.5.9 03/08/2016 Fix stacking on the bottom, don't stack on self.
  • v2.5.8 03/08/2016 Drag'n'drop zone may be the original placeholder. Add 9gag.
  • v2.5.7 02/08/2016 Add drag'n'drop pinning, make 'pinnable' On, Hide, Off. Show shadow under corner-pinned videos.
  • v2.5.6 01/08/2016 Add transparent corner pins option. TL nanodedup
  • v2.5.5 31/07/2016 Corner pins fade-in/out on hover. Inject styles only if processed videos are present.
  • v2.5.4 31/07/2016 Actually use the 'pinnable' option
  • v2.5.3 31/07/2016 Move pinned directly played videos on top
  • v2.5.2 31/07/2016 Improve the description
  • v2.5.1 31/07/2016 Corner pinning. Fixup: properly cleanup adopted CSS in FF.
  • v2.5.0 31/07/2016 Correctly set title link width. Fix on-resize timer, speedup the adjustment. Parse video size more reliably. Add storyboard element only when data is obtained. Display storyboard thumb to the left of mouse cursor
  • v2.4.9 30/07/2016 Keep display:inline as display:inline-block. Reuse image preloader. Storyboard fixup when part index = 0
  • v2.4.8 30/07/2016 Storyboard click jumps to corresponding time. Spinner fixups. Correctly override existing url params.
  • v2.4.7 29/07/2016 Fix storyboard preview. Show spinner while loading storyboard pic under cursor.
  • v2.4.6 29/07/2016 Show full length storyboard (seekbar preview)
  • v2.4.5 28/07/2016 Compatibility with pre-47 Firefox
  • v2.4.4 28/07/2016 Don't intercept Youtube Link Title
  • v2.4.3 27/07/2016 Fix youtu.be links, add reddit videos. Don't adopt original margin. FF rounding bug fix. Constrain min-width and min-height. Fix embedly's youtube.com%2Fembed.
  • v2.4.2 26/07/2016 Prioritize per-site rules. Work around FF's buggy getElementsByTagName, getComputedStyle. Move our rules to the end of HEAD to increase CSS specificity
  • v2.4.1 26/07/2016 fixup for 'prevent parent clipping'
  • v2.4.0 25/07/2016 Per-site rules (pikabu.ru added). Embed the icon as data url. Code cosmetics.
  • v2.3.9 25/07/2016 Consume parents of retardedly positioned videos. Fade-in black background color from transparent.
  • v2.3.8 25/07/2016 fixup: check googvid.length
  • v2.3.7 25/07/2016 Speedup page loading: reduce time spent in MutationObserver 5x times
  • v2.3.5 24/07/2016 Process autoplay=1 videos
  • v2.3.4 24/07/2016 Add translations: Russian
  • v2.3.3 23/07/2016 Original size mode: never remove parent elements
  • v2.3.2 22/07/2016 Keep parent element if it has a class name or id; strip 'overflow:hidden' from parent chain
  • v2.3.1 22/07/2016 Remove +0.49
  • v2.3.0 21/07/2016 Don't round width and height to integer
  • v2.2.8 21/07/2016 fixup
  • v2.2.7 21/07/2016 Fixed: fresh install
  • v2.2.6 21/07/2016 Process disqus comments, force fullscreen when inside nested iframes
  • v2.2.5 20/07/2016 Inaccessible video background #888
  • v2.2.4 20/07/2016 Gray out inaccessible video placeholders
  • v2.2.3 20/07/2016 Replace 'watch?v=' with 'embed/' when loading iframe player
  • v2.2.2 20/07/2016 Missing ;
  • v2.2.1 19/07/2016 fixup: getComputedStyle is implemented differently in Chrome and Firefox
  • v2.2.0 19/07/2016 Keep some attributes of custom positioned videos
  • v2.1.9 19/07/2016 Fixup of option buttons click
  • v2.1.8 19/07/2016 fixup for google results top video
  • v2.1.7 19/07/2016 Don't force custom size to a multiple of 10
  • v2.1.6 18/07/2016 Google results: process top video match
  • v2.1.5 18/07/2016 Make video player size equal to the FYTE container, so it's autostretched when container size changes
  • v2.1.4 17/07/2016 Adjust height to keep proportions when desired player width is constrained by page layout
  • v2.1.3 15/07/2016 Limit storyboard thumbnail height to 33%
  • v2.1.2 15/07/2016 Force visibility of Play button
  • v2.1.1 15/07/2016 fixup: infinite loop
  • v2.1 15/07/2016 Storyboard thumbnails. Faster title fetching. Fix 'Original' size mode
  • v2.0.2 11/07/2016 fixup: FF options size selector
  • v2.0.1 11/07/2016 fixup: allow click-to-play before video info is fetched
  • v2.0 11/07/2016 Custom size options. Use !important for all CSS. Raise CSS specificity for video/iframe by inlining the styles
  • v1.5.5 10/07/2016 fixed some issues with 4:3 embeds, [x]resize now keeps the clicked video's center at a relatively same window position
  • v1.5.4 09/07/2016 Use the actual aspect ratio of video to display the thumbnails, add "Safe" option, autoresize videos when browser window size changes
  • v1.5 30/06/2016 Show video title and duration on thumbnails
  • v1.4.4 11/03/2016 Replace entire OBJECT element
  • v1.4.3 04/02/2016 Adjust thumbnail size on DOMContentLoaded
  • v1.4.2 18/01/2016 fixup tooltip text
  • v1.4.1 18/01/2016 fixup: remove "debugger" call
  • v1.4 18/01/2016 Fix options behavior. Autopause other videos when a new video starts to play.
  • v1.3.3 18/01/2016 Support @connect-src
  • v1.3.2 19/12/2015 Rename
  • v1.3.1 19/12/2015 No preemptive fade-out on HTML5 video
  • v1.3 19/12/2015 Fix playback on new Youtube videos + fade-out
  • v1.2.3 10/11/2015 don't process non-video embeddings like that on last.fm
  • v1.2.2 10/11/2015 fix positioning via !important
  • v1.2.1 08/11/2015 increase specificity
  • v1.2 24/10/2015 +option Play directly
  • v1.1.2 12/10/2015 update to setMutationHandler
  • v1.1.1 25/08/2015
  • v1.1.0 13/05/2015 fixup
  • v1.0.9 13/05/2015 override site's padding and margin for thumbnail elements
  • v1.0.8 12/05/2015 Remember volume, show option [x] resize to fit
  • v1.0.7 29/04/2015 explicitly set the fonts of the links
  • v1.0.6 27/04/2015 process old flash EMBEDs too
  • v1.0.5 27/04/2015 fixup
  • v1.0.4 27/04/2015 HTML5 mode: show a title on hover with a link to watch on youtube
  • v1.0.3 24/04/2015 don't break frames with autoplay=1
  • v1.0.2 17/04/2015 Add '?' to iframe src if needed
  • v1.0.1 17/04/2015 HTML5 player: better stream selection, should play hd720 by default
  • v1.0 16/04/2015