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;}

  • baseless_discourse@mander.xyzEnglish
    8·
    3 years ago

    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 to me.

    • jcg@halubilo.socialEnglish
      3·
      3 years ago

      I was actually surprised that you could still bookmark javascript: URLs since you can’t paste them into the address bar anymore.

  • Adda@lemmy.mlEnglish
    3·
    3 years ago

    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.

  • person4268@lemm.eeEnglish
    1·
    3 years ago

    If you replace the speed number with Number(prompt(“New speed:”, 1.15)) you should get a dialog box to put a new speed in, so you don’t have to make multiple bookmarks.

  • zephyr@lemmy.worldEnglish
    1·
    3 years ago

    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

    • SilentStorms@lemmy.fmhy.mlEnglish
      1·
      3 years ago

      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

  • breadsmasher@lemmy.worldEnglish
    21·
    3 years ago

    Doesnt youtube have a playback speed option built into the player?

    Sorry, I get it. This allows any playback speed whereas youtube has specific options