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.

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By: https://rehfeld.us

View on Chrome Web Store

Users: 40,000+

Rating: 3.87 (234) ▲ 1 new ratings

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

Email: re*****@gmail.com

URLs: Website

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Chrome-Stats Rank

# 4338 ▼ 42

Other rankings

#935 in Accessibility

#49 in remember keyword 17 ▲ 3

#55 in instagram keyword 72 ▲ 11

#80 in pause keyword 12 ▼ 8

#114 in increase keyword 72 ▲ 2

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Summary

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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:

Load any web page that contains an Instagram video
Click the video to make it play
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

User reviews

User reviews summary

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Pros

Provides controls for Instagram videos
Allows users to see the progress bar by hovering over it
Helps with managing time spent on Instagram

Cons

Does not remember the volume setting between videos
Issues with muting or resetting the volume
Overwrites browser keyboard shortcuts

Most mentioned

Volume not persisting between videos
Muting or resetting the volume
Overwriting browser keyboard shortcuts

Recent reviews

good

mmsj Stock, 2024-04-20

Nuran Jafarov, 2024-04-07

I don't know if it's supposed to be like this but on Opera, randomly after a reel ends it mutes itself and always mutes the next video. When setting the volume it randomly forgets the volume even though in the settings I set to remember. It just randomly forgets the volume setting and blasts my ears again but whatever, good enough for a couple of reels.