Chrome extension for better control over your YouTube experience
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YouTube icon button in toolbar that allows you to pause/play your currently running video from any window/tab
- Note: If there are multiple YouTube videos open, the button will only work for the most recently opened video. Once the most recent video is closed, the button will then work on the second most recently opened video, and so on and so forth
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A set of labeled buttons placed beneath the YouTube video for easier adjustment of playback speed along with more speed options than currently offered by YouTube
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Speeds currently go from 1x - 6x (if you want slower speeds, feel free to fork/clone this repo and implement it yourself. I like the fast speeds for watching lecture videos)
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Note: The number of speed options available depends on what view the video player is in, as well as the current "zoom" of the page. For example "Theater Mode" has more options than "Default View", but zooming out in "Default View" will then reveal more speed options
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Final Note: This extension currently only works with YouTube videos on the YouTube website. That means it won't work on embedded YouTube videos or videos from other streaming sites such as Vimeo. However, this extension should be pretty easy to expand to other sites so long as they use HTML5 for videos. And since Flash is dying it won't be long before everyone uses HTML5 for video content!