Speed up or slow down any HTML5 video. Playback speed control with hotkeys for YouTube, online courses and lectures.
Users
909
+318 in 30 days
Rating
4.7 / 5
+0.17 in 30 days
Ratings
6
+2 in 30 days
Store rank
#33K
#28K among extensions
Version
0.0.12
updated 3 Sep 2026
Users
monthly, 10 months
Latest, 15 Oct 2026:909 usersMove the mouse over the chart for any month
Ratings count
monthly, 10 months
Latest, 15 Oct 2026:6 ratingsMove the mouse over the chart for any month
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About Video Speed Controller – Playback Speed for Any Video
Video speed controller: speed up or slow down any video — with hotkeys, on any site
Every player hides its speed setting somewhere different, and many have none at all. Video Speed App puts one control on every HTML5 video: press a key or click the pill over the player, and the video runs at the speed you want — on video hosting, online courses, webinars, news sites and your own local files.
⚡ ANY SPEED, NOT JUST THE PRESETS
• From 0.1x to 16x, in steps you choose yourself
• Quick speeds in one tap: 0.5x, 1.25x, 1.5x, 2x — edit the list to taste
• A slider for fine tuning, or type an exact value like 1.35x
• Voices stay natural at high speed — no chipmunk effect
⌨️ HOTKEYS THAT WORK EVERYWHERE
• D — faster, S — slower, R — back to normal and back again
• X and Z — skip forward and back by your own number of seconds
• Remap any key and change the steps if a site needs it
• The same keys on every site, so you stop hunting through player menus
📌 THE SPEED IS REMEMBERED
• Pin a site: "always 1.5x here", and every video there opens at 1.5x
• Or let the extension remember the speed you last used, site by site
• A default speed for everything else
• The current speed is on the extension icon, so you can see it at a glance
⏱️ HOW LONG IS LEFT, REALLY
• The controller shows the time remaining recalculated for the current speed
• An hour of video at 1.5x is 40 minutes — and that is what you see
🎛️ THE CONTROLLER, YOUR WAY
• A compact pill that stays out of the way and opens when you point at it
• Drag it anywhere over the player; it stays there for that site
• Or hide it completely and use the hotkeys alone
• An exceptions list for sites where the extension should not appear
▶️ HOW IT WORKS
1. Install the extension and open any page with a video
2. Press D to speed up or S to slow down — or click the pill over the player
3. Press R to drop back to normal speed, and R again to return to your speed
4. Open the toolbar popup for quick speeds, the slider and per-site settings
FOR LECTURES, COURSES AND LONG TALKS
Watch a recorded lecture at 1.5x and take back twenty minutes of every hour. Slow a tutorial to 0.5x to catch a step, replay a sports move frame by frame, or work through a foreign-language clip at a pace you can follow.
🔒 PRIVACY
The extension works inside your browser. It does not collect your browsing history, does not send video data anywhere, and needs no account. Free, with no ads.
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Rating
7 days
+67
+8.0%
0
0.00
30 days
+318
+53.8%
+2
+0.17
6 months
+784
+627.2%
+6
+4.67
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