Universal Media Controller

Name: Universal Media Controller
Rating: 5 (4 reviews)
Author: mostafa.afrouzi

Universal Media Controller - Smart Keyboard Shortcuts for Any Media

As of June 2026, Universal Media Controller has 99 users and a 5.00/5 rating from 4 reviews in the Productivity category.

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Users+25.3%

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5.00

4 reviews

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Version

0.2.0

Manifest V3

History

7 snapshots

Tracking since Apr 1, 2026.

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Date	Users	Rating	Reviews	Version
Apr 1, 2026	79	5.00	4	0.2.0
Apr 19, 2026	83	5.00	4	0.2.0
Apr 29, 2026	87	5.00	4	0.2.0
May 8, 2026	98	5.00	4	0.2.0
May 16, 2026	113	5.00	4	0.2.0
May 25, 2026	107	5.00	4	0.2.0
Jun 6, 2026	102	5.00	4	0.2.0
Now	99	5.00	4	0.2.0

Permissions & access

Permissions: storageactiveTab
Host access: <all_urls>

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About

🎮 Universal Media Controller brings YouTube-style keyboard shortcuts to any video or audio player on the web!

🌟 Key Features:
• Works on ANY website with video/audio content
• Familiar YouTube-style keyboard shortcuts
• Picture-in-Picture support
• Subtitle navigation
• Volume control
• Playback speed adjustment
• Quick navigation
• Visual feedback for actions

⌨️ Keyboard Shortcuts:
• K - Play/Pause
• J/L - Skip backward/forward 10s
• Left/Right arrows - Skip 5s
• </> - Decrease/Increase speed
• 0-9 - Jump to percentage
• M - Toggle mute
• F - Toggle fullscreen
• P - Picture-in-Picture mode
• +/- - Volume control
• [/] - Navigate subtitles

🔒 Privacy & Security:
• No data collection
• No external tracking
• Works offline
• Minimal permissions required
• Open source code

💡 Perfect for:
• Online courses and educational videos
• Movie and TV show streaming
• Podcast and audio content
• Language learning with subtitles
• Multi-tasking with Picture-in-Picture

🚀 Regular updates and active development!

📝 Note: Some features may not work on websites that use custom video players or have strict security policies.

🔧 Having issues or suggestions? Visit our GitHub page for support and feature requests!

Release version 0.2.0# Changelog
[0.2.0] - 2025-01-25
Added
Custom keyboard shortcuts configuration via Options page
Shadow DOM support for better compatibility with modern websites
Functional blacklist feature to disable hotkeys on specific sites
Real-time hotkey updates when changing shortcuts in Options
Built-in notification system (replaced Toastr)
Improved media element detection with MutationObserver
Changed
BREAKING: Removed jQuery dependency - now 100% vanilla JavaScript
Modernized codebase with ES6+ features
Improved popup UI with better encoding (UTF-8) and cleaner design
Enhanced media detection performance using MutationObserver instead of polling
Updated build script to use tar for cross-platform compatibility
Fixed
Blacklist feature now works correctly
Popup toggle switch properly enables/disables extension
Build script error (npm run build now works on Windows)
Duplicate content issue in popup UI
Character encoding issues in popup
Removed
jQuery (replaced with vanilla JavaScript)
Toastr (replaced with custom notification system)
Dead code in background script (unused click handler)