Video Speed Controller (New)
Speed up, slow down, advance and rewind HTML5 audio/video with shortcuts.
The codebicycle fork seems dead, so I forked it again and merged bug fixes from the original Chrome version.
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- By:
- Gediminas Lelešius
- Daily users:
- 864 -7
- Rating:
- 4.19 (16)
- Version:
- 0.7.4 Last updated: 2022-12-17
- Version code:
- 5500678
- Creation date:
- 2022-09-12
- Risk:
- Moderate risk impact Low risk likelihood
- Permissions:
- Content scripts matches:
- *
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- *
- Size:
- 68.60KB
- URLs:
- Website
- Source:
- Firefox Add-ons Store
- Data ingested on:
- 2026-06-20
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User Reviews
Users appreciate this extension for reliably controlling video playback speed and its ease of use via a transparent control button. It also resolves performance issues seen in previous versions and works better than similar extensions. However, multiple users express privacy concerns about its broad website access permissions in Firefox and note conflicts with specific sites like PayPal. Pros
- Effectively changes video playback speeds, enhancing user focus and control.
- Includes a transparent clickable button on videos to easily adjust speeds.
- Fixes performance issues found in older versions, such as page slowdowns and browser freezing.
- Works better than other similar extensions with the same name.
- Maintained and updated regularly, showing active developer support.
Cons
- Extension requests access to data on all websites, causing privacy concerns among users.
- Conflicts with certain websites like PayPal, requiring users to disable it temporarily.
- Unclear permission handling on Firefox compared to other browsers like Chrome and Edge.
Recent reviews
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Is Video Speed Controller (New) Safe?
Risk impact
Risk impact measures the level of extra permissions an extension has access to. A low risk impact extension cannot do much harms, whereas a high risk impact extension can do a lot of damage like stealing your password, bypassing your security settings, and accessing your personal data. High risk impact extensions are not necessarily malicious. However, if they do turn malicious, they can be very harmful.
Video Speed Controller (New) requires a few sensitive permissions. Exercise caution before installing.
Risk impact analysis details
- Critical Allows access to all websites, posing a significant security risk as it can monitor and modify data from any visited site.
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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 Speed Controller (New) has earned a fairly good reputation and likely can be trusted.
Risk likelihood analysis details
- High This extension has low user count. Unpopular extensions may not be stable or safe.
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