Youtube Playback Speed Control

Youtube Playback Speed Control

Control speed of the youtube playback using keyboard. Press '+' to increase and '-' to decrease the playback speed.

  • Youtube Playback Speed Control
  • Youtube Playback Speed Control
What is Youtube Playback Speed Control?
'Youtube Playback Speed Control' is a practical Chrome extension aiming to improve your Youtube visual experience. It enables the viewer to control the video playback speed using the '+' and '-' keys on the keyboard, thus saving clicks and optimizing time. The extension also operates on videos employing HTML5 players giving a comprehensive utility.
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Stats
Users: 100,000+
Version: 0.0.13 (Last updated: 2023-01-13)
Creation date: 2020-05-25
Risk impact: Low risk impact
Risk likelihood: Very low risk likelihood
Manifest version: 3
Permissions:
  • storage
Size: 736.26K
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Summary

[ Added functionality for the extension to work with all html5 videos. If you are having issue with videos other than youtube, feel free to disable it from settings]

Youtube playback speed increase or decrease is just a mouse click or keyboard button away. Get more out of Youtube and control speed of youtube video easily either by clicking the speed overlay button on the top right hand corner or just keyboard button '+' and '-'. Keyboard button are configurable and if you want to use different key, you can change this default keys from settings tab.

With HTML5 Video playback on YouTube, you can speed up and slow down the currently watching videos. I loved this feature. But still it was too many mouse clicks for me. So, this extension was created to control the playback speed using keyboard. Press '+' to increase the playback speed and '-' to decrease the playback speed. If '+' and '-' keys are already used by other extension or you want to use different key, you can change this default keys from settings tab.

This extension even works for the HTML5 YouTube player embedded in other website. Make sure that the player is in focus. A website can embed multiple YouTube player and the keyboard shortcuts will effect the currently playing one.

Everything works no change needed. Please check extension options for more setting options. You can change playback rate increment from default 0.25 to any desired increment.

Note:

  • The control may not appear the first time the extension is installed or updated. Refreshing the page should make it work.
  • Close the setting page after making changes for the extension to function properly.

★ YPSC - Version 0.0.13

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User reviews
User reviews summary
These summaries are automatically generated weekly using AI based on recent user reviews. Chrome Web Store does not verify user reviews, so some user reviews may be inaccurate, spammy, or outdated.
Pros
  • Useful and handy
  • Works as intended
  • Saves time while prepping for exams
  • Useful for increasing speed with keyboard
  • Remembers playback speed for all YouTube videos
Cons
  • Doesn't set default playback speed
  • Keyboard shortcuts clash with YouTube's inbuilt shortcuts
  • No option to disable keyboard shortcuts on certain websites
  • Delay in the appearance of playback speed control icon
  • May not work on some videos
Most mentioned
  • Useful
  • Works as intended
  • Saves time
  • Keyboard shortcuts
  • Remembering playback speed for all YouTube videos
Recent reviews
Extremely useful. There is a minor bug where the playback speed sometimes randomly changes one step, but it happens rarely enough, and is well worth living with for the convenience this extension provides.
by Tommie van Klaveren Tommie van Klaveren, 2024-05-28

Best in its job
by ketan sethi ketan sethi, 2024-05-27

This one is really great right now with the max at 16x. It's crazy and makes watching videos more fun and I wish they would update to more than 16x.
by rapeephant kunltha rapeephant kunltha, 2024-05-22
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Safety
Risk impact

Youtube Playback Speed Control is relatively safe to use as it requires very minimum permissions.

Risk likelihood

Youtube Playback Speed Control has earned a good reputation and can be trusted.

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