Controls for Instagram Videos

Adds video playback controls to Instagram videos embedded in web pages (seek bar, volume, play/pause, download video button).
What is Controls for Instagram Videos?
'Controls for Instagram Videos' is a handy Chrome extension that enhances your Instagram video watching experience. It adds standard video playback controls, volume control, play/pause button, Picture-In-Picture button and a fullscreen option to Instagram videos embedded in web pages. It also has an optional download button and offers customizable hotkeys for volume and video speed control. You just need to load a page with an Instagram video and enjoy the improved control over the playback.

Extension stats

Users: 50,000+
Version: 1.33 (Last updated: 2023-02-07)
Creation date: 2020-05-11
Risk impact: Low risk impact
Risk likelihood: Very low risk likelihood
Manifest version: 3
Permissions:
  • storage
Size: 243.71K
URLs: Website

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Extension summary

This tiny and efficient extension adds standard video playback controls to Instagram™ videos. Normally, all you can do with an Instagram™ video is play or pause it, but this extension will expose the native HTML 5 video player which has a seek bar (aka video scrubber), a volume control, a play/pause button, Picture-In-Picture (floating video) button, fullscreen video button, and on some videos it will also display a download button!

The extension automatically runs and works on all web pages that embed Instagram™ videos!

How to use it:

  1. Load any web page that contains an Instagram video
  2. Click the video to make it play
  3. That's it - the extension will automatically detect the video and will reveal the control buttons.

Options: -Control volume and playback speed via hotkey. -Remember your volume and playback speed for future videos. See the extension config page via right-clicking the extension icon in your browser bar, then select "Options". Or, just navigate to chrome://extensions/

Default Hotkeys - customizable via chrome://extensions/shortcuts

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User reviews

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 Chrome Web Store does not verify user reviews, so some user reviews may be inaccurate, spammy, or outdated.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
  • Excellent video seeking capabilities
  • Remembers video volume level
  • Improves Instagram video usability on desktop
  • Fulfills a much-needed feature absent in Instagram
Cons
  • Volume settings often reset or don't work
  • Mutes audio when clicking controls or pausing videos
  • Hijacks global keyboard shortcuts on Mac
  • Overlapping buttons make the extension unusable in some scenarios
Most mentioned
  • Issues with volume control
  • Mutes audio unexpectedly
  • Needs improvements for a better user experience
  • Great feature set but requires updates
Recent reviews
Works well. Thank you!
by Danzo Arkansas, 2024-09-05

Does not work on reels, it does not save the volume for the next reel...
by Filip, 2024-09-04

то что надо
by Egor Fox, 2024-09-04
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Extension safety

Risk impact

Controls for Instagram Videos is relatively safe to use as it requires very minimum permissions.

Risk likelihood

Controls for Instagram Videos has earned a good reputation and can be trusted.

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