Universal Video Player Controls
This extension lets you quickly seek video playback forwards and backwards.
What is Universal Video Player Controls?
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Summary
This tiny and efficient extension helps you easily seek forwards and backwards in videos that are embedded in webpages. It does this by adding "keyboard controls" AKA "hotkeys" or "keyboard shortcuts" that you can use to make the video playback position seek forwards or backwards. No clickable GUI buttons are added, so you absolutely MUST use the hotkeys to operate the extension and control / seek the video. If you don't understand how to use hotkeys, then don't install this extension - you simply won't be able to utilize the functionality.
This extension attempts to be universal, so that it works on most video & audio players embedded in the web pages of most websites. However, this is a technically challenging thing to do because there's many hundreds of different video player variations to account for. So, please be aware that it won't always work correctly. However, it does works properly most of the time, and so I believe you will find it useful, and certainly better than nothing. Please keep this in mind when rating the extension - the extension is intended for "power users" that can cope if it doesn't always work well.
How to use it (only 2 steps):
- Click on any video so that it starts playing
- Use any of the following Keyboard Controls to make the video seek forward or backward:
Keyboard Controls (windows / linux): Ctrl + LeftArrow: Seek backwards 3 seconds Ctrl + RightArrow: Seek forward 3 seconds Ctrl + SpaceBar: Toggle play / pause Ctrl + Alt + SpaceBar: Toggle mute / unmute Ctrl + Shift + LeftArrow: Seek backwards 15 seconds Ctrl + Shift + RightArrow: Seek forward 15 seconds
User reviews
User reviews summary
Pros
- Customization options for hotkeys
- Works with sites that don't provide seeking with arrow keys functionality
- Excellent accessibility extension for one handed media control
Cons
- Some users reported it not working
- May cause issues with other websites
- Lack of specific features like a shortcut for toggling fullscreen
Most mentioned
- Works with most of the video streaming sites
- Adds much needed controls to the built-in Chrome video player
- Not working
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Safety
Risk impact
Universal Video Player Controls is relatively safe to use as it requires very minimum permissions.
Risk likelihood
Universal Video Player Controls has earned a fairly good reputation and likely can be trusted.
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