Instagram Augmenter

Transform Instagram's video player into a full-featured media experience. Instagram Augmenter adds professional-grade video controls to Instagram, giving you the same level of control you expect from YouTube or other major video platforms. No more muted videos, no more fixed playback speeds, no more cropped Reels, no more screen recordings to keep a clip you love - take full control of your viewing experience. Save Photos & Videos Keep the posts that matter without screen recording or third-party sites: • One-Click Download - Save the photo, video, Reel, or story frame you're currently viewing without leaving Instagram. • Carousel-Aware - Downloads the slide actually in view, not the first one in the carousel. • Download All (Carousels) - Save every photo in a multi-image carousel in one click instead of saving each slide individually. • Reels & Long-Form Video - Captures the real video file by mirroring the stream as it plays, so you save the source instead of a screen recording. • Save Status in the Filename - Partial captures are flagged so you can re-save after letting the clip play through, and Reels missing their separate audio track are marked so muted exports are never a surprise. • Keyboard Shortcut (Experimental) - Press D to save whatever you're watching. • Older Post Fallback - For posts the extension can't reach directly, the in-app hint reminds you that right-click then "Save image as" still works. Enhanced Video Controls A beautiful, intuitive control bar appears on every Instagram video and Reel: • Progress Bar - See exactly where you are in the video with a draggable progress indicator. Jump to any point instantly. • Seek Preview Thumbnails (Experimental) - Hover the progress bar and a small tile shows the exact frame at that timestamp, on feed videos and Reels alike. Still experimental and refined over time - enable it from the popup to scrub with a clearer view. • Time Display - View current position and total duration (e.g., "0:45 / 2:30") on feed videos and Reels. • Closed Captions - Adds a CC button on videos that provide a subtitle track. • Smart Auto-Hide (Configurable) - Controls fade away after inactivity and reappear when you hover or interact; toggle it off or tune the delay to taste from the popup. • Works Everywhere - Regular posts, Reels, and Stories all get the same great controls. Controls Theme & Transparency Make the control bar look the way you want: • Transparent Theme (Default) - A frosted, low-profile bar that lets the video breathe. • Classic Theme - A solid black bar in the YouTube style if you prefer maximum contrast. • Transparency Slider - Dial the bar's presence in from 0-100% with a percentage you can type directly. • Substantial Backing at Low Transparency - Push the slider down and the bar gains a uniform frosted backdrop so it still reads as a proper control bar instead of fading away. • Reset Button - Snap back to the default look in one click. Fit Video to Screen Stop missing what's outside the crop: • Letterbox Mode - Show the whole video with thin black bars instead of Instagram's default top/bottom crop. • Works on Reels and feed videos - Wide-aspect clips display their full frame, vertical Reels are unchanged. • On by Default - Enabled out of the box so wide clips show their full frame straight away; toggle it off in the popup if you prefer Instagram's crop. Volume Management Never deal with Instagram's frustrating default muted videos again: • Volume Slider - Fine-grained control from 0-100%. • Volume Memory - Your preferred volume is saved and applied automatically to all videos. • Auto-Unmute - Start every video at your chosen volume instead of muted. • Click-to-Edit - Click the percentage to type an exact volume value. • Volume Protection - Prevents Instagram from resetting your volume settings. Playback Speed Control Watch content at your own pace: • 8 Speed Options - 0.25x, 0.5x, 0.75x, 1x, 1.25x, 1.5x, 1.75x, or 2x. • Default Speed Setting - Set your preferred speed and it applies automatically to all videos. • Speed Persistence - Your chosen speed carries over as you browse. • Reset on New Session (optional) - Choose whether your remembered volume and speed carry over forever or reset each time you restart your browser. Picture-in-Picture Continue watching while you browse: • Pop videos out into a floating window. • Watch while using other tabs or applications. • Standard browser PiP support. • Auto-PiP on Scroll (Experimental) - Automatically pop a playing video into a floating miniplayer when it scrolls off screen, so it keeps playing while you browse. Fires only right after you tap the video. Fullscreen Mode Expand any Instagram video to fill your entire screen for an immersive viewing experience - pairs with Fit Video to Screen for letterboxed, uncropped playback. Click anywhere on the video to play or pause without hunting for the control bar. Hover to Maximize Media Fill the screen with a post without opening it: • Rest and Expand - Hover a feed photo or video and it blows up to fill the screen; move the cursor off it or press Esc to put it back. • Video Keeps Playing - A maximized video carries on with its full control bar; click it to play or pause in place. • Zoom and Pan - Scroll to zoom the enlarged media and pan around without losing your place. • What Clicking Does - Choose what a click on an enlarged photo does: open the post (the default) or zoom in a step. Scrolling zooms either way. • Carousel-Aware - Step between slides inside the maximized view, with a dot row marking the slide you are on. • Caption Over the Picture - The post's own caption sits inside the top edge of the maximized media; on a post with no caption of its own, Instagram's automatic description of the photo fills the plate instead. Keep both (the default), keep only the poster's words, or hide the plate for a completely uncovered picture. Brush it or the dot row with the cursor and it slides out of the way. • Profile Grid T…