# Media Rewind

> Rewind or fast-forward any video or audio on the current tab by a custom number of seconds

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/media-rewind](https://chrome-stats.com/d/media-rewind)

## Overview

- **ID:** `media-rewind`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** hj
- **Category:** photos-music-videos
- **Daily users:** 9
- **Weekly downloads:** 2
- **Rating:** 1.00 / 5 (1 ratings)
- **Version:** 1.7.0
- **Last updated:** 2026-05-28
- **First published:** 2026-03-11
- **Size:** 18 KB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-08
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/media-rewind/)

## Description

Media Rewind is a lightweight Firefox extension that lets you quickly control playback time on almost any website.
Use the popup to set your preferred skip interval, then rewind or fast-forward media in the active tab with one click.

Key features:

Works with HTML5 video and audio elements.
Custom skip interval (for example 5s, 10s, or 30s).
Simple popup interface with saved settings.
No external services or telemetry.
Runs locally in the browser.

## Rankings

- #35,016 — Overall
- #112 — media

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `activeTab`
- `storage`
- `tabs`
- `<all_urls>`

### Content script matches

- `<all_urls>`

## Safety

- **Risk impact:** High risk impact
- **Risk likelihood:** High risk likelihood

### Analysis details

- Grants access to browser tabs, which can be used to track user browsing habits and history, presenting a privacy concern.
- This extension has low user count. Unpopular extensions may not be stable or safe.

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/media-rewind)