MuteTab is a Chrome extension that helps you manage the sound coming from tabs in Google Chrome. It helps you to
narrow down which tab(s) are making sounds and provides
browser-wide management of tab muting (pausing YouTube, HTML5 Video/Audio, and QuickTime and stopping others), including
automatically muting all background tabs(*).
Unlike most browser extensions, it
even works on tabs that were opened prior to installing it. So if you were directed here because some tab is making noise right now, you're in luck.
It does not, however, universally allow muting a video or game so that it can be played silently while listening to background sounds coming from another tab. (This is
not possible in Chrome without plug-ins such as Flash being updated and Chrome's plug-in architecture undergoing a major redesign.)
* There are a few ways that your browser can make sound that are not detectable; see the FAQ for further information.
Created by
Jared Sohn. Feel free to contact me with questions or issues (but please try to check the FAQ, documentation, and extension description in the webstore first) at mutetabextension at gmail.com or @mutetab on Twitter.
