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YSK: How to get any youtube playback-speed you want! Using a little JS.

https://discuss.tchncs.de/post/520899

YSK: How to get any youtube playback-speed you want! Using a little JS. - tchncs

I often set the playback-rate of youtube videos to something like 1.25 or 1.5 to get through a video a little faster without getting bored. But sometimes 1.25 is a little to fast for my taste. So i just went and had a look into the html and found that i can easily get any playback speed i want by running this snippet: document.getElementsByClassName('video-stream html5-main-video')[0].playbackRate=1.125; This sets the speed to 1.125. But any rate will do: 0.69, 4.20, 6.666. Doesn’t matter. It’s kinda obvious that it will throw an error if there is not at least one element on the page with the classnames ‘video-stream html5-main-video’, but nevermind. I then added this snippet into a browser-bookmark i can click anytime i’m watching a yt video and want to set the speed. javascript:{document.getElementsByClassName('video-stream html5-main-video')[0].playbackRate=1.125;}

Jul 6, 2023 at 12:06pmWeb
Show threadbreadsmasherJul 6, 2023
Doesnt youtube have a playback speed option built into the player?
Show threadMysteriousSophon21Jul 6, 2023
I think what they’re trying to tell you is that you can have ANY playback speed instead of the 4 options given by the built in player.
Show threadbreadsmasherJul 6, 2023
Ah yes I get it! Thanks
Show threadcatharsoJul 6, 2023

Yes, but it goes in steps of 0.25 and that sometimes is too coarse/rough.

E.g. 0.50, 0.75, 1.00, 1.25, 1.5

This snippet is just to get a little more fine-grained control.

Show threadlemminerJul 6, 2023
This community is full of nice smart little tips! I 💕 it!
Show threadDarkmeatduckJul 6, 2023
I use Enhancer for YouTube. It uses step increments of .1 plus has a ton of other features like being able to take a screenshot of the video.
Show threadNotAPenguinJul 6, 2023
I recommend Enhancer For Youtube too, it's a nice extension that adds a bunch of useful stuff, like being able to playback at any speed you want.
Enhancer for YouTube™ – Get this Extension for 🦊 Firefox (en-US)

Download Enhancer for YouTube™ for Firefox. Take control of YouTube and boost your user experience!

Show threadvizhal007Jul 6, 2023
Why not just use an extension?
Show threadcatharsoJul 6, 2023

because doing stuff yourself is fun*!*

but yeah, for most people and use cases using an extension is obviously the better choice :)

Show threadzephyrJul 6, 2023
  • enhancer for yt is closed source afaik
Show threadvizhal007Jul 8, 2023
I use vidspeedcontroller
Show threadbaseless_discourseJul 6, 2023

PSA, do not copy any JS code on the web to your browser unless you understand it or it has been validated by many others.

in general, well-established browser extension are unlikely to be malicious, but random JS code on the internet can.

(in this specific case the code seems fine…

Show threadzephyrJul 6, 2023

Saved.

Thanks for this. Used to get a browser extension just for this. Some people on youtube talk reaaally slow that x2.0 sounds like their normal talking speed

Show threadSilentStormsJul 7, 2023
No kidding. I’ve found I’ve got increasingly more impatient with slow talkers since I started messing with the playback speed. I used to watch videos at 1.25-1.5x, now its up to 2.5-3x
Show threadzephyrJul 6, 2023
BTW, glad to see bookmarklets still living. If I wasn’t wrong, Firefox seems to be the only browser supporting it.
Show threadMadbrad200Jul 6, 2023
Chromium browsers still support bookmarklets
Show threadKissakiJul 7, 2023
I made myself a Firefox extension with a slider in the player. Super easy to control and change with a slider.
YouTube Playback-Speed Control and Display – Get this Extension for 🦊 Firefox (en-US)

Download YouTube Playback-Speed Control and Display for Firefox. Add playback speed indicator and controls to the YouTube video player bottom left.

Show threadAddaJul 7, 2023

This is a great solution, but unnecessarily cumbersome to use, in my opinion.

For the same outcome, I use Video Speed Controller to modify playback speed of any video on any website.

GitHub - codebicycle/videospeed: HTML5 video speed controller (for Firefox). WebExtensions port of Video Speed Controller Chrome extension.

HTML5 video speed controller (for Firefox). WebExtensions port of Video Speed Controller Chrome extension. - codebicycle/videospeed

GitHub
Show threadyourdogsnipplesJul 7, 2023
Nice one, thank you! This’ll come in handy for when even 2x isn’t fast enough to get to the point.