Alternatives to Video Speed Controller
A browser extension that adds keyboard shortcuts to speed up, slow down and rewind HTML5 video. The listings below can replace it for an important use case. Each note says what changes if you switch.
The original
Video Speed Controller
A browser extension that adds keyboard shortcuts to speed up, slow down and rewind HTML5 video.
Replacements
Listings that take over the same core job as Video Speed Controller.
Enhancer for YouTube
Browser extension that adds playback speed, quality, volume and codec controls to YouTube.
Enhancer for YouTube adds fine-grained speed control plus quality, volume and codec settings, but works only on YouTube's player instead of any HTML5 video.
Improve YouTube!
An open-source browser extension with hundreds of options for changing YouTube's layout and player.
Improve YouTube! is open source and offers more than 300 YouTube playback and layout options, but it covers only YouTube rather than HTML5 media on any site.
Turn Off the Lights
Dims everything around a video and adds a site-wide dark mode.
Turn Off the Lights adds speed, volume and screenshot controls alongside video dimming and a site-wide dark mode, though its options page is cluttered.
Similar software
Related functionality, not a direct replacement.
Picture-in-Picture
Browser extension that pops video out into a floating, always-on-top window.
SponsorBlock
An open-source crowdsourced browser extension that skips sponsor segments and filler in YouTube videos.
Language Reactor
Browser extension and toolbox for learning languages from native videos on Netflix and YouTube.
Unhook
A browser extension that hides YouTube recommendation feeds, comments and other distractions.
