YouTube Player for Twitch

About

What's New?
- Added History section
- Setting to default Twitch to highest setting available
- Performance Improvements

Does your favorite stream multi-stream to both Twitch and YouTube?
This Chrome extension lets you overlay any YouTube livestream on top of a Twitch channel player, keeping the Twitch chat and interface intact. Perfect for when your favorite streamer switches platforms or when you want the superior YouTube video quality with Twitch's superior chat experience.

The code is open-source: https://github.com/vrnrn/youtube-player-for-twitch

✨ Features

📺 Watch YouTube on Twitch
Replace the Twitch video player with a YouTube livestream
Keeps Twitch chat, badges, and channel points visible and interactive
Autopauses and mutes the underlying Twitch player
Supports 4K/60fps YouTube playback

🔍 Auto-Find Stream
Smart Search: Automatically finds the YouTube stream for the current Twitch channel
Fuzzy Matching: Intelligent matching works even if channel names differ slightly.
Live Filter: Only suggests actual active livestreams

⚡ Auto-Sync
Jump to Live: One-click button to seek to the absolute live edge
Smart Catch-up: Speeds up playback (2x) briefly to close the latency gap
Auto-Sync: Optional setting to automatically re-sync every 10 minutes

💾 Smart Persistence
Auto-Restore: Remembers your active YouTube stream if you reload the page
Navigation Aware: Handles switching between channels intelligently—keeps the stream when reloading, but resets when you click a different Twitch channel
Per-Channel Memory: Remembers the last YouTube URL you watched for every Twitch channel
Recent History: Keeps track of the last 5 YouTube streams you've watched, allowing for quick access.

📺 Twitch Improvements
Force Highest Quality: Optional setting to automatically enforce "Source" (maximum) quality on the underlying Twitch stream to ensure a crisp viewing experience.