# 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.

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/video-speed-controller-new](https://chrome-stats.com/d/video-speed-controller-new)

## Overview

- **ID:** `video-speed-controller-new`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Gediminas Lelešius
- **Category:** photos-music-videos,social-communication
- **Daily users:** 788
- **Weekly downloads:** 9
- **Rating:** 4.19 / 5 (16 ratings)
- **Version:** 0.7.4
- **Last updated:** 2022-12-17
- **First published:** 2022-09-12
- **Size:** 69 KB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-12
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/video-speed-controller-new/)
- **Website:** [https://github.com/gediminasel/videospeed-firefox](https://github.com/gediminasel/videospeed-firefox)

## Description

Video Speed Controller (New) is a powerful Chrome extension that allows you to control the playback speed of HTML5 audio and video elements effortlessly. With customizable keyboard shortcuts, you can speed up, slow down, advance, or rewind media content directly within your browser. This extension is a revived fork, integrating bug fixes and improvements from the original versions to ensure smooth and reliable performance. It is ideal for users looking to enhance their media consumption experience by precisely controlling playback speed and navigation without relying on built-in media player controls.

## Rankings

- #3,844 — Overall
- #10 — video speed
- #45 — speed
- #47 — self control
- #85 — control
- #85 — spend

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `storage`

### Content script matches

- `*`
- ``

## Safety

- **Risk impact:** Moderate risk impact
- **Risk likelihood:** Low risk likelihood

### Analysis details

- Allows access to all websites, posing a significant security risk as it can monitor and modify data from any visited site.
- This extension has low user count. Unpopular extensions may not be stable or safe.

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## Review summary

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.

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/video-speed-controller-new)