Video Control for Instagram Firefox

Video Control for Instagram

By: Arcus92
Adds volume and play controls to Instagram videos.

Features & Capabilities

The "Video Control for Instagram" Chrome extension enhances your Instagram browsing by adding essential video controls. It allows you to adjust the volume and control the playback position of Instagram videos directly within the web interface. This user-friendly extension offers a seamless way to manage video sound levels and navigate through videos effortlessly, improving your viewing experience on Instagram.

User Growth & Download Statistics

Contact the developer

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Developed by:
Arcus92
Firefox Add-ons Store
https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/instagram-video-control/
Email:
ma*****@david-schulte.de
Website:
https://github.com/Arcus92/instagram-video-control/issues

Permission Change History

2023-12-05: Version 0.4 → 0.7
Add Permissions: storage

User Reviews

Pros: adds essential video controls, progress bar, autoplay prevention; integrates well with Instagram UI and improves usability/accessibility; is easy to use and reliable. Cons: audio duplication, higher RAM usage, crashes/unresponsiveness with multiple tabs, scrolling-related visual glitches, and occasional need to manually unmute videos.
Pros
  • Adds essential video controls (seek, volume) and a visible progress bar, and can prevent autoplay.
  • Integrates smoothly with the Instagram UI and improves usability and accessibility.
  • Easy to use and generally reliable, delivering on its promises.
Cons
  • Audio is sometimes duplicated (double audio) when playing videos.
  • RAM usage increases when the extension is enabled.
  • Crashes or unresponsiveness with multiple tabs/windows; stability issues on heavy tab usage.
  • Visual glitches while scrolling (flicker) and occasional frame shrinking in reels.
  • Occasionally requires manual unmuting of videos.
Recent reviews
by PL*****, 2026-06-16

it simply stopped working this past month. I moved to ReelSleek wich is working flawlessly and is actually a better addon overall
by pa*****, 2026-06-03

works and no cpu problem (most of 1-star comments). thanks.
by Fi*****, 2026-05-29
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Is Video Control for Instagram Safe?

Risk impact
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Video Control for Instagram requires a few sensitive permissions. Exercise caution before installing.

Risk impact analysis details
  • Critical Request access to the following domains: instagram.com
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Risk likelihood
Risk likelihood measures the probability that a Firefox add-on may turn malicious. This is determined by the publisher and the Firefox add-on reputation on Firefox Add-ons Store, the amount of time the Firefox add-on has been around, and other signals about the Firefox add-on. Our algorithms are not perfect, and are subject to change as we discover new ways to detect malicious extensions. We recommend that you always exercise caution when installing a Firefox add-on.

Video Control for Instagram is probably trust-worthy. Prefer other publishers if available. Exercise caution when installing this add-on.

Risk likelihood analysis details
  • Medium This extension was updated in the past 3 months. New updates may not be stable or safe.
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