Video Speed Controller for Chrome

Video Speed Controller for Chrome is way more helpful than you might imagine. How so? Well, let's take YouTube for example. While you can rewind or change the sound volume using the mouse and keyboard arrows, you always have to open the player's settings to adjust the playback speed. In a word, it is inconsistent. This could also be the case for any video hosting platform that provides HMTL5 clips.

The extension comes to your aid by offering a way to customize all playback functions and manipulate them using an invisible player.

One of the add-on's pleasant aspects is that it stays out of the way. Your browser won't be accommodating a new player layout or any visual elements. Everything is done behind the curtain, with the help of customizable hotkeys.

The best way to disable the extension or access its settings is to pin its icon to the designated bar. Because the feature is self-explanatory, you might want to focus your attention on the Settings page.

The Shortcuts menu will be the first in line, and shortcuts are the bread and butter for this add-on. Decreasing or increasing playback speed, rewinding or advancing the clip, resetting the speed by # seconds, or decreasing it are controls you can assign to any key and adjust their time intervals.

If you have sites you wish to keep unaffected by the extension, scroll down the settings page. You'll find a list there that contains several placeholder sites. Clean the list and add your site exceptions, thus avoiding manually disabling Video Speed Controller each time you visit such domain.

To summarize, Video Speed Controller for Chrome offers you a bit more control over HTML5 videos, no matter the hosting platform. However, the main aspect resides in the hotkeys and the possibility to edit them without restriction.