YouTube MPRIS Fix

A browser fix addressing MPRIS metadata bugs on YouTube and YouTube Music

Tested on:

• Google Chrome
• Chromium
• Brave
• Vivaldi
• Microsoft Edge
• Opera
• Firefox
• Librewolf
• Zen

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The Problem

YouTube is a Single-Page Application (SPA) that loads new videos dynamically without a full page refresh. Because of this, MPRIS often does not detect video changes and metadata updates. This also fixes firefox based browser position incrementing when paused.

Our Solution's Approach

Seeking updates MPRIS.

On first frame loaded or PlaybackState 'play' we forcibly seek to the current position.

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Installation:

Firefox

Firefox Add-Ons: YouTube MPRIS

Chromium

1. Clone or download this repository.

2. Open browser and go to chrome://extensions (or yourbrowser://extensions).

3. Toggle "Developer mode" on.

4. Click "Load unpacked".

5. Select the extension directory (the folder that contains manifest.json).

6. The extension should appear in the extensions list; reload the extension if you make alterations.

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