Compare Chrome extensions: Video Speed Controller vs Video Speed Controller Experimental

Stats Video Speed Controller Video Speed Controller Video Speed Controller Experimental Video Speed Controller Experimental
User count 3,000,000+ 30,000+
Average rating 4.62 4.96
Rating count 3,605 26
Last updated 2024-01-06 2020-03-04
Size 69.65K 55.61K
Version 0.7.3 0.6.0
Short description
Speed up, slow down, advance and rewind HTML5 audio/video with shortcuts Experimental version of Video Speed Controller
Full summary

HTML5 video provides native APIs to accelerate playback of any video, but most implemented players either hide or limit this functionality. This extension fixes that, plus more...

It will help you optimize your video viewing by allowing you to make quick playback speed adjustments, as well as rewind the video to hear the last few second one more time. We don't read at a constant speed, and we talk much slower than we read - there is no reason why we have to listen at a constant speed and at a (very) slow rate.

Once the extension is installed simply navigate to any page that offers HTML5 video, and you'll see a speed indicator in top left corner of the video player. Hover over the indicator to reveal the controls to accelerate, slowdown, or rewind the video (10 seconds + lowers playback speed). Or, even better, use your keyboard:

  • S - decrease playback speed.
  • D - increase playback speed.
  • R - reset playback speed.
  • Z - rewind video by 10 seconds.
  • X - advance video by 10 seconds.
  • V - show/hide controller.

If you prefer other shortcuts, want to change the increment value, or want the player to remember your playback speed in the future, head into the settings page and customize it to your heart's content.

This repository houses experimental features which may or may not make it in to the parent project Video Speed Controller.

The purpose of this is to have a place for testing features, ideas, or any change at all in order to get feedback on how the change is working before merging it into the larger parent project. This allows us a controlled way of experimenting without alienating the users who depend on the reliability of this tool.

At any given time this version may be in a broken state, and the reliability is not guaranteed. This is why it is called experimental. If you want the version which is stable and strives to work well for all users all the time, please get Video Speed Controller.

I think I may have made the point clear, but I do think it bears repeating. The goal of this effort is not to fork the parent project and create a "better" version of it, but rather to have a playground for testing out ideas with the expectation of either removing it all together or adding it into the parent project.