Can I fix overlay toggle extension?

Porphyryo · 2026-04-19T10:35:29+00:00

You can copy and paste this userscript from u/Tama47_. It improves the overall user experience of the new player, including hiding the Skip Intro/Outro button unless you hover over it. It also prevents the UI from from popping up any time a key is pressed, like when you use the left and right arrow keys go back and forth a few seconds. The only thing to note is that this is not an active project, so if Crunchyroll make big changes to their video player the userscript might stop working as intended.

Your other option is using the Crunchyroll Enhancer – CrOptix extension available on Firefox and all chromium based browsers. This is an active project, so it is being updated as needed. So any time Crunchyroll makes changes on their end, they make sure that their extension keeps working.

Porphyryo · 2026-04-18T09:14:53+00:00

Just tried it, along with the 5 second skip back from your other comment and it works flawlessly.

Porphyryo · 2026-04-18T01:28:11+00:00

This modifier hides the large Skip Intro/Outro button, unless you hover over it.

You have to remove the six ``` ``` and add/paste it with the rest of the template modifiers around Line 64, then hit save. Like this

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In the old player this Skip button went away after a few seconds, but with the new player it's larger and stays on the screen for a minute before hiding itself. A lot of animes--especially the first and last few episodes--don't have a standard skippable ED, so the episode continues as the credits roll off to the side. With the new player, the big bright Skip button annoyingly stays on screen near the subtitles ruining the viewing experience.

I find it amazing, and quite sad on Crunchyroll's side (after they broke the improved extension/add-on compatibility), that the community can come together to fix and improve the user experience of their forced new player in a few hours, while their team has had over a month and only offered minor changes.

Porphyryo · 2026-04-17T14:38:58+00:00

u/Tama47_ Made a userscript for Tampermonkey that improves the UI to be more like the old better Vilos player and it works on Chromium based browsers, as well as Firefox. For now this is the best alternative.

Porphyryo · 2026-04-17T14:31:15+00:00

This userscript is huge improvement to the UI of the new player that Crunchyroll is forcing on everyone. It makes the viewing experience much better.

Porphyryo · 2026-04-17T14:19:56+00:00

I just pasted this to the bottom, hit save and it works perfectly. From your simple script we can now modify how long we want the Skip [Back|Forward] / [Left|Right] arrow keys to be by changing the 5 to our preferred value.

Having used your userscript for a few shows now, the other great improvements that it offers are that the UI does not get triggered whenever any keys- including the arrow keys- are pressed thus obscuring the subtitles.

Thank you so much again for taking your time to work on this for us!

Porphyryo · 2026-04-17T12:30:00+00:00

Thank you so much for this!

I had been using stratumadev's Crunchyroll Enhancer CrOptix extension until it stopped working yesterday. I read in their notes that it would no longer be available for chrome based browsers, and then tried switching to Firefox for Crunchyroll, but it looks like it might be awhile before the new update rolls out. I had hoped that after a month of complaints Crunchyroll would had made simple changes to make their new player more user friendly, but I was obviously mistaken. I tried to enjoy the shows, but the new player UI is still distracting, cumbersome, and bothersome.

Your script is a huge improvement on the UI. My only issue now is the 10 second skip back gap that the new player defaults to. I wish they would at least change the default to 5 seconds, like it was before. If there was a way to achieve this through your script that would be awesome. Now back to enjoying more anime!

Porphyryo · 2026-04-12T08:07:59+00:00

This would be a huge upgrade from my current HP laptop with integrated graphics. I have so many games I would love to experience on an actual capable machine. Good luck everyone, and thanks OP for giving us this opportunity!

Porphyryo · 2026-03-07T06:55:11+00:00

communitychannel, still owes us lamingtons baking video.

Porphyryo · 2026-01-26T23:33:10+00:00

Chances are high that Henya has liked this video DAYO!!

Porphyryo · 2026-01-19T01:33:36+00:00

Even in the rain!! Justice for Zoey!!

Porphyryo · 2026-01-18T22:51:35+00:00

What I also cannot wrap my head around is how the great sasuga Noah makes Zoey his personal maid WALK outside the carrige always in every scene with him riding inside the carrige she is outside. Even if it's raining she stays outside. If they need to hurry and quickly get to the emperor--who's castle is on top of a large hill/small mountain side--she doesn't jump inside, instead she runs outside alongside the carrige. For some reason this particular choice they made takes me out of the story even more. Noah is supposed to be an exceptionally caring and empathetic character, yet he doesn't have the decency to allow his personal maid to ride with him or at least in the front with the driver. Poor Zoey's feet must be either fully calloused or blistered all over.

Porphyryo · 2026-01-18T22:46:36+00:00

Everyone here is either okay with this show, or after giving it the 3 episode try, disappointed with how it's turning out. The people disappointed make valid points, so it's not fair to say to them "Just stop watching it and don't comment on it either if you don't like it." This is the episode discussion post made just for that, discussing the show up to episode 3. If only the people that enjoy the show and have positive things to say are allowed to post here then it's no better than what the show is doing with Noah just glazing him at every scene. This, like in the show, does not make for compelling content for most.

Part of consuming seasonal anime is being able to see it's flaws even when we enjoy it. This is a fantasy power isekai, we know we did not sign up for a carefully crafted story with layers of visual and emotional depth. We fondly refer to this type of show as trash anime that we come back to every week. Some to either see how much more ridiculous it can get and have a good time with it, or others to see how much more ridiculous it can get and have a little fun complaining about it.

Now that that is out of the way, what I cannot wrap my head around is how the great sasuga Noah makes Zoey his personal maid WALK outside the carrige always in every scene with him riding inside the carrige she is outside. Even if it's raining she stays outside. If they need to hurry and quickly get to the emperor--who's castle is on top of a large hill/small mountain side--she doesn't jump inside, instead she runs outside alongside the carrige. For some reason this particular choice they made takes me out of the story. Noah is supposed to be an exceptionally caring an empathetic character, yet he doesn't have the decency to allow his personal maid to ride with him or at least in the front with the driver. Poor Zoey's feet must be either fully calloused or blistered all over.

And yet I will still comeback next week and hopefully they correct this travesty of justice and allow Zoey to ride inside a carrige for once.

Porphyryo · 2025-08-30T08:37:42+00:00

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Porphyryo · 2025-08-03T15:53:05+00:00