The provided code is a **userscript** intended to optimize video...
September 3, 2025 at 03:13 PM
The provided code is a userscript intended to optimize video playback buffering on anime streaming sites, specifically targeting animekai.to
and hianime.nz
. It enhances the video's buffering behavior based on detected conditions, borrowing concepts from a "meditation app tutorial" for handling timings, monitoring, and controls. Here's an explanation of its functionality:
Key Features and Behavior
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Purpose:
- The script adjusts the playback speed dynamically when poor buffering conditions are detected, with the goal of improving buffering and preventing playback interruptions on the targeted websites.
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Targeted Websites:
- The script applies only to
animekai.to
andhianime.nz
(@match
fields indicate the sites where this script will be injected).
- The script applies only to
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Buffer Monitoring:
- Videos are identified using a variety of selectors such as
<video>
and other related elements. - The buffering progress of the detected videos is continuously monitored using video properties like:
buffered
: Tracks the loaded parts of the video.duration
: The length of the video.playbackRate
: The current playback speed.
- Videos are identified using a variety of selectors such as
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Slow Buffering Detection:
- The script measures how often the buffering percentage increases.
- If buffering progress is too slow (e.g., no improvement in 3 seconds) and the video is playing, it considers buffering to be slow and invokes corrective measures.
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Playback Speed Tiers:
- It uses three tiered playback speeds:
6x
,8x
, and9x
. - Under poor buffering conditions, it switches to the next tier (higher playback speed).
- When buffering improves, it resets playback speed to the original (normal speed).
- It uses three tiered playback speeds:
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Corrective Playback Speed Changes:
- When slow buffering is detected or the video is "waiting" for data:
- The playback speed is temporarily increased according to the current tier, which serves to quickly load more video data during slow buffering.
- After 2 seconds, the playback rate is restored to its original value.
- When slow buffering is detected or the video is "waiting" for data:
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Event Listeners:
ontimeupdate
: Monitors the video's buffering percentage and adjusts tiers accordingly.waiting
: Handles cases when the video pauses to buffer more data.progress
: Listens for video loading progress events and tweaks tiers if buffer levels are inadequate.
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Continuous Video Monitoring:
- The script regularly scans the page every 5 seconds (
setInterval
) for newly added videos and initializes monitoring for them, ensuring that the buffering optimizations apply even if videos are dynamically loaded on the page.
- The script regularly scans the page every 5 seconds (
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Initialization:
- The script waits for the page's DOM content to load completely before executing the core logic.
Summary
The userscript improves video playback on the target anime streaming sites by:
- Monitoring the buffer state of videos.
- Dynamically increasing playback speed (to load data quicker) during poor buffering.
- Resetting playback speed to normal once buffering improves.
- Handling dynamic page content by scanning for new videos periodically.
It's particularly useful for users experiencing buffering issues on these specific sites.
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