Forces videos on Patreon to unmute automatically and sets a default volume when they start playing.
// ==UserScript==
// @name Patreon Audio Fix
// @namespace http://tampermonkey.net/
// @version 1.2
// @license MIT
// @description Forces videos on Patreon to unmute automatically and sets a default volume when they start playing.
// @author google Gemini
// @match *://*.patreon.com/*
// @grant none
// @run-at document-start
// ==/UserScript==
(function() {
'use strict';
// Function to unmute a video and set its volume
function forceUnmute(videoElement) {
// Check if the video is actually muted or its volume is zero
if (videoElement.muted || videoElement.volume === 0) {
console.log('Patreon Audio Fix: Muted video detected, forcing unmute and setting volume.');
videoElement.muted = false;
// Set the volume to 75%. Adjust this value (0.0 to 1.0) to your preference.
videoElement.volume = 0.75;
}
}
// We use a MutationObserver to watch the page
// for new videos that are loaded dynamically.
const observer = new MutationObserver((mutationsList) => {
for (const mutation of mutationsList) {
if (mutation.type === 'childList') {
mutation.addedNodes.forEach(node => {
// Check if the new node is a video element itself, or if it contains video elements
if (node.nodeType === 1) { // Ensure it's an element node
const videos = (node.tagName === 'VIDEO') ? [node] : node.querySelectorAll('video');
videos.forEach(video => {
// Add an event listener that triggers when the video starts playing
video.addEventListener('play', () => forceUnmute(video), { once: true });
});
}
});
}
}
});
// Start the observer to watch the entire page for changes
observer.observe(document.body, {
childList: true,
subtree: true
});
})();