PipUp for Twitch: mute ads, keep the stream par fspin9

During a mid-roll ad, Twitch plays the ad in the big player and moves the live stream into a small muted window next to the chat. PipUp flips that around:

• the ad is muted
• the live stream is shown full size in the player, at your volume
• the ad timer stays visible, so you know when it ends
• when the ad ends, your volume and mute setting are restored exactly as they were

Unlike an ad blocker, PipUp doesn't stop the ad: it keeps playing, muted, behind the stream. So the ad still runs on the channel, which is how streamers get paid from ads, while an ad blocker removes it entirely.

Settings (click the PipUp icon):
• On/off switch
• "Enlarge the stream during ads": turn it off if you only want the ad muted
• "Open the chat during ads": if you keep the chat closed, PipUp opens it for the ad and closes it again afterwards
• A counter of how many ads PipUp has muted for you

Good to know:
• During ads Twitch shows the stream in the chat column, and that is where PipUp picks it up. If your chat is closed, PipUp opens it for the length of the ad.
• Fullscreen works too, as long as the chat was open before you entered it. If it was closed, in fullscreen PipUp can only mute the ad.
• Pre-roll ads (the ones that start when you open a channel) usually have no stream window, so PipUp can only mute them.
• During ads the stream may look a little softer: it is the smaller version Twitch sends to that window.
• Twitch changes its site often. If something stops working, an update will follow.

Privacy: PipUp collects no data and makes no network requests. It only runs on twitch.tv; your settings and the counter stay in your browser.

PipUp is free. If it saves you some annoyance, you can support it with a coffee from the link in the popup.

Not affiliated with, endorsed by or sponsored by Twitch Interactive, Inc.