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Video Speed Control with Keyboard

Controls any HTML5 video playback speed by pressing shortcut keys. See source code comment for the shortcut keymap.

As of 2020-04-06. See the latest version.

Author
Nissan Ahmed
Ratings
0 0 0
Version
3.1
Created
2020-03-24
Updated
2020-04-06
Size
2.78 KB
License
MIT
Applies to
All sites

Video Speed Control with Keyboard

A userscript for controlling any HTML5 video playback speed using these following shortcut keys:

Keymap:
┌─────┬───────┐
│ Key │ Speed │
├─────┼───────┤
│  ,  │ -0.5x │
├─────┼───────┤
│  .  │ +0.5x │
├─────┼───────┤
│  ;  │   1x  │
├─────┼───────┤
│  '  │  2.5x │
├─────┼───────┤
│  [  │   2x  │
├─────┼───────┤
│  ]  │ 1.75x │
└─────┴───────┘

Requirement

Any userscript manager, such as:

Installation

Use any of these following links:

Version History

  • 3.0
    • No longer changes speed when the keypress is coming from any text editing field.
  • 2.0
    • Changed to an event-based mechanism which is much more robust. Works on every website.
  • 1.0
    • Basic implementation; does not work with dynamically loaded websites.

Information

Author: Nissan Ahmed (@ni554n)

Project: Homepage / Support

License: MIT

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