Who said you had to watch videos at their normal speed? Speed up playback to get through slow lectures or binge-watch a slow TV series. These tips work with YouTube, Netflix, local videos, and anything you can stream in Chrome.
Speed Up YouTube Videos
On YouTube, you can click the gear icon while playing a video and select the “Speed” option. You can choose a range of faster speeds up to 2x, which is double normal speed. You can even select slower speeds.
Other online streaming services may have a similar option. Poke around the player to see whether you can find a speed control.
Speed Up Netflix and Other In-Browser Videos
Netflix, like many other online streaming services, doesn’t have a built-in playback speed option. For Netflix and similar services, you can use a browser extension called Video Speed Controller to add this functionality to all websites with HTML5 videos. We usually advise against installing a lot of Chrome extensions, but this one is a perfect fit.
This extension adds a little window in the top left corner of your video stream that lets you select a new speed. Just move your mouse to the top-left corner to view the panel.
Click the + or – buttons to increase or decrease the speed by 10%. You can also click the << and >> buttons to skip forward and backward through the video, which is a feature some in-browser players don’t offer.
Open the extension’s options— right-click the extension’s icon on your browser toolbar and select “Options”—to find hotkey settings. By default, you can press D to increase the speed and S to slow it down.
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