Video Speed Control

Name: Video Speed Control
Rating: 2.4 (45 reviews)
Author: MCFrank

By: MCFrank

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The Video Speed Control Chrome extension allows users to effortlessly adjust the playback speed of videos on any website. This small and lightweight tool offers easy-to-remember keyboard shortcuts, making it simple to speed up or slow down videos according to your preference. Whether you want to watch tutorials faster or slow down important scenes, this extension provides quick access to speed adjustments such as resetting speed, increasing or decreasing speed by increments of 0.1, halving, doubling, or setting speeds to predefined values like 2x or 3x.

With shortcuts like 'R' to reset, 'S' to increase speed, and 'A' to decrease speed, controlling video speed becomes efficient without disrupting your browsing experience. This extension is perfect for users who frequently watch online videos and want greater control over playback without relying on built-in controls of individual sites.

Add-on Productivity Video

By:: MCFrank
Users:: 502,155
Rating:: 2.40

(45)
Version:: 1.0.1 Last updated: 2020-02-02
Creation date:: 2020-02-02
Risk:: Low risk impact Moderate risk likelihood
Size:: 29.74KB
Full description:: See detailed description
Source:: Edge Add-on Store
Data ingested on:: 2025-07-19

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Ranking

# 171

Other rankings

#17 in video speed keyword 59 ▲ 1 #40 in control keyword 39 ▲ 1 #54 in speed keyword 63 ▲ 1 #70 in increase keyword 54 ▲ 1

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Video Speed Control (v2.0.1 sunshines)

495 3.83

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User reviews

Users find the Video Speed Control add-on functional on Edge for videos without built-in speed control, especially useful for lecture platforms like Blackboard. However, the Edge version lacks features present in the Chrome version, such as on-screen speed display and shortcut key customization. Common issues include accidental speed changes when typing in text fields due to active shortcuts and incompatibility with YouTube's built-in controls. Users desire customizable shortcuts to avoid conflicts like Ctrl+W closing tabs while altering speed.

Pros

Works on Edge browser
Useful for video players without built-in speed control, such as Blackboard lectures
Provides shortcut keys to control video speed

Cons

Lacks on-screen display (OSD) to show current playback speed, unlike the Chrome version
Shortcuts affect playback speed even when typing in text fields, causing unintended speed changes during comments
Cannot customize or edit shortcut keys as in the Chrome version, leading to conflicts such as Ctrl+W closing tabs and simultaneously speeding videos
Does not work properly on YouTube or with multiple videos on the same page

Recent reviews

It does work on Edge, but it's annoying when you dont want to speed up/slow down a video and the shortcuts are on your way

by He*****, 2025-06-26

doesn't work

by *****, 2024-10-27

Good add on, would be great if we could customise the action keys. Can we get rid of the W function at least? Every time is close a tab (Ctrl+w) the next video tab switches to 2x speed

by Ta*****, 2023-11-08

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Extension safety

Risk impact

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Video Speed Control requires very minimum permissions.

Risk impact analysis details

High Injects scripts into web pages, which may alter or extract site contents, resulting in a substantial risk.

Risk likelihood

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

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