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Video Maximizer - Zoom to Fill

by trophygeek

v3.0.120 Updated Feb 16, 2026 572KiB
CWS
10K
Users
★ 4.79
177 reviews
#4918
of 187.5K
entertainment
#70 of 3.6K
Highly rated

Description

VIDEO MAXIMIZER: FILL YOUR BROWSER WINDOW, NOT YOUR SCREEN. Video Maximizer is a free, open-source tool that expands videos to fill your entire browser window. It provides a true "Theater Mode" for almost any site, hiding comments and sidebars so only the video, its playback controls, and captions are visible. It is the perfect solution for multitasking in other tabs or for users with large monitors who find standard "full-screen" mode too overwhelming. KEY FEATURES • Windowed Full-Screen: Hides everything except the video, fitting it perfectly to your browser window. • High Compatibility: Supports video playback controls and Closed Captions (CC) on most websites. • Resizable Viewing: Simply resize your browser window to make the video larger or smaller. • 100% Private: Operates locally on your device with no tracking. It always asks for permission before running on a new site. • Speed Control: Adjust playback speed on many popular streaming platforms. SAFE AND FREE • Open Source: Ad-free and completely free since 2013! NEED HELP? If you find a bug, please report it on GitHub. Source Code & Issues: https://github.com/trophygeek/universalvideomaximizer
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Reviews (6 cached)

★☆☆☆☆2022-11-07
Victoria Besarab

November 2022, not working, afeter re-install it works but after 20 min session no longer responsive. Checked info on gitHub, and now going to test Universal Video Maximizer BETA v3 https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/universal-video-maximizer/implccjhhblakjgebfhbafehkjjhklai?hl=en&authuser=0

★☆☆☆☆2021-07-13
Kenneth

does not work at all dont waste your time

★☆☆☆☆2018-08-19
Stuart Davies

doesn't do anything = waste of time

★★☆☆☆2023-06-29
Nil Desperandum

Is this a joke? When you use regular fullscreen mode on YouTube, you can still scroll. With this, you can't. You actually lose functionality with no significant benefit.

★★☆☆☆2017-06-19
Samuel Cochran

Does not work with embedded youtube videos. I expected the escape key to return to non-fullscreen. I expected to be in the same scroll position when returning from fullscreen.

★★☆☆☆2014-01-11
Matt Youngblut

This software was buggy and difficult to use

Permissions (3)

Permissions

activeTab Can access the current tab when you click the extension scripting Can inject scripts into web pages storage Can store data locally in your browser

Details

Version 3.0.120
Updated Feb 16, 2026
Size 572KiB
First Seen Mar 30, 2026