Twitch Ads Dodger

Automatically mutes Twitch ads and restores audio when done. Promotes live picture-by-picture preview to the main player.

Keep watching Twitch through supported ad breaks. Twitch Ads Dodger brings Twitch’s picture-by-picture live preview into the main player while an ad runs. When a usable preview is available, you can keep following the broadcast instead of watching the ad. When no preview is available, the extension can mute the ad and restore your stream audio afterward. HOW IT WORKS The extension detects Twitch’s ad notices, silences the ad when enabled, and promotes the available live preview. After the break, it waits for the main stream to produce a new frame before handing playback back, helping reduce freezes and abrupt transitions. KEY FEATURES • Automatic ad muting Silences ad audio while preserving your preferred mute and volume settings. • Expanded live preview Displays Twitch’s available picture-by-picture broadcast preview over the main player. • Smoother return to the stream Uses playback checks and bounded recovery attempts to help resume the main stream after ads. • Adaptive rendering Uses native video mirroring where available, with canvas fallback if capture becomes unavailable or freezes. • Playback preferences preserved Respects deliberate pause, mute, zero-volume, and seek controls. • Flexible player layouts Designed to follow player resizing, theatre mode, and fullscreen. Preview availability depends on Twitch’s layout and ad format. • Local operation No accounts, analytics, telemetry, or external services. Settings and counters stay in browser-local storage. Optional troubleshooting logs remain in memory unless you choose to copy them. IMPORTANT LIMITATIONS Live preview playback requires Twitch to provide a usable picture-by-picture stream. Some ads do not include one. Closing chat may also hide, suspend, or remove the preview; when it becomes unavailable, the extension falls back to mute-only handling. The preview usually has a lower resolution and bitrate than the main broadcast, so it can look softer when expanded. Playback returns to the main stream after the ad, with quality determined by Twitch and your player settings. The extension does not skip or remove the underlying ad. Results can vary with Twitch changes, browser behavior, and network conditions. RECENT IMPROVEMENTS • Frame-confirmed return to the main stream. • Improved recovery from interrupted playback and frozen previews. • Fixed late previews incorrectly restarting ad handling. • Better preservation of playback and audio preferences. • Added optional diagnostics and separate preview-handoff and mute-only counters. Independent project. Not affiliated with or endorsed by Twitch.