Have you ever wanted to (or had to watch) a long video and didn’t want to sit through its entirety you can easily speed it up? Or, perhaps you want to be more productive and consume the content because the person on the video is talking too slowly? Then this video tip is perfect for you. Check out “How to watch Youtube videos at double the speed in Chrome, Internet Explorer, Safari, Firefox and Opera”. You can also watch at 1.25x, 1.5x and 2x, or if you want to slow it down you can watch it at 0.5x or 0.25x speed. This tip works in Chrome, Internet Explorer, Safari, Firefox and Opera. This will help you be more productive and watch videos of any length at double the speed.
Will you use this feature? Leave a comment below to let me know if this is something that you will use a lot.
cool tip, thanks for sharing. I was just wondering this very thing the other day and poof, now i have the answer!
Glad you were able to find it Thomas. It’s one of the first things I enable on a new computer or browser and I use it on a lot of videos.
Hi Jeff, Thanks for this! I did not know about it and I’ll definitely use it. (I was a little confused when I went to youtube.com/html5 and did not find a button that said “Request the HTML 5 Player” – anyway, I have it)
Before this, the only way I knew how to speed up videos was with VLC Player, which meant I had to download the video first.
Glad you were able to find it and get it working Jay. This little tip has greatly improved my efficiency when watching How To videos or other types of videos that I need to breeze through.
Thank you for this tip, which was exactly what I wanted to know. Most of all, a big thank you for explaining it quickly and without lots of superfluous “filler” time and content! I really appreciate it.
Hi Jeff,
It is really a great option to control youtube videos on desktop browser. However, I have a blog post that can help you to control youtube videos on your mobile browser. Please check out the same @ Speed Up Youtube Videos in Mobile
Glad I could help. I try to make all my tutorials without filler content so they get right to the point.
thanks!
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