Twitter Podcasts

Enhancing podcast links on Twitter.com

Have you ever wanted to listen to podcasts as you scroll Twitter? This Chrome extension transforms normal podcast links into buttons that launch a persistent floating audio player.

Features

Currently supports a small handful of embeddable players. Pull requests welcome!

Platforms

• podcasts.apple.com/
• open.spotify.com/

Hosts

• share.transistor.fm/

Roadmap

Desired features that I'd appreciate help with:

• Overcast player (need Marco to fix his X-Frame-Options)
• Host players
• Exanding shortlinks to fetch platform players
• Parse pod.link URLs to fetch platform players
• Handle other podcast links with video.js

Installation

• Clone this repo to your local machine. If you don't have a github account, you can simply download a zip of the repo and unzip it on your computer. (Code → Download ZIP)
• Open the extensions page in your browser: chrome://extensions. This link works on any chromium-based browser.
• If you did not do it already, toggle the "developer mode". This is usually a toggle button at the top right of the extensions page.
• Click the button load unpacked extension.
• In the window that pops up, select the folder that contains this minimal extension, then click ok.
• Done! A new extension called Twitter Podcasts should have appeared in the list.

Q&A

Does this work only on Chrome or on other web browsers as well?

At the moment, this works on every chromium-based web browser that supports v3 extensions. Therefore, you should be able to install this extension on any of the following browsers (as long as they are up-to-date):

• Chromium
• Brave
• Chrome
• Edge
• Vivaldi
• Opera

So it doesn't work on Firefox or Safari?

No, Firefox uses a different extension format. That being said, it is usually not too hard to port extensions from Chrome to Firefox. Read their porting documentation for more information.

Safari uses yet another extension format and porting is usually harder. You can find more information here.

Does this work on Chrome for Android/iOS?

Chrome for mobile doesn't currently support extensions.

How do I uninstall this extension from my browser?

• Go to the extensions page: chrome://extensions. There should be a card with the name of this extension as title. If you don't see such a card, it means the extension is not installed.
• Simply click the Delete button at the bottom of the card. Click ok if a popup asks you for confirmation. The extension is now uninstalled.