RETRO YOUTUBE FILTER: Watch Youtube in Black and White

This extension lets you watch YouTube videos in retro (Black and White) mode.

Installation

Chrome

https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/retro-youtube-filter/mmjbbchdcjpenhfpmfokboacigfgmaib

Firefox

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/retro-youtube-filter/

Reload the Youtube page if already active to see it in action

Debugging / Local Installation

Firefox

For some reason, this extension does not work in Firefox when using Manifest v3, for that reason, we have a separate Manifest v2 for Firefox

• Clone or download this repository
• Copy everything from manifest_ff.json into manifest.json
• Go to about:debugging (type in the address bar)
• Click This Firefox > Load Temporary Add-On
• Browse to the extension folder and select manifest.json
• Click Reload after making any code changes
• Reload the Youtube page if already active to see it in action

Chrome

• Clone or download this repository
• Go to chrome://extensions (type in the address bar)
• Click "Load Unpacked" and select the extension folder
• Reload the Youtube page if already active to see it in action

Functionality

This extension finds the video player and adds a black and white filter to it, simple as that.

The extension is supported by Chrome and Firefox. Safari support is untested.

Security & Privacy

This extension only has access to https://www.youtube.com/* and only accesses the page DOM.

It does not access your Youtube cookies or other personal data in any way.

Community

Feel free to open issues or submit PRs.

To-Do

Test the extension in Safari and submit to Apple's extension store

Safari should support Web Extensions so without any code changes, the same code should work in Safari, too.