This lightweight extension adds granular playback speeds from 0.25x to 16x directly into your native settings menu. Perfect for power-learners who need to watch lots of lectures or analysts who need frame-by-frame precision.
Hi Product Hunt! I'm Anukar from Anukar.tech. I built YouTube Custom Playback because I was tired of being limited to 2x speed for long tutorials. I wanted a tool that felt like it belonged in the YouTube player without ugly overlays. Whether you're a student saving time or a dev watching technical talks, I hope this helps you work faster! I'd love to hear your feedback...
16x is unhinged and I respect it. Also pretty glad for a speed extension that doesn't make YouTube look like it got a face tattoo.. clean integration into native controls = the right call. Grabbing this
Great work on the 16x playback! If you could add a 'views per second' overlay (not sure if its feasible though), I think it would help users find the highlights instantly by sliding to the peak viewership segments.
I like that this doesn’t try to do too much no analytics, no gimmicks, just better control. Curious if you’ve thought about keyboard shortcuts or per-channel default speeds next.
Do you see this being useful beyond learning like video editing review, research analysis, or accessibility use cases?
I want to ask that this was built by someone who uses YouTube as a work tool, not just for entertainment. Small pain, solid solve.
I’ve tried other speed-control extensions, but most feel hacky or break when YouTube updates its UI. The native menu approach feels much more future proof.
This is super clean. Curious though—how does audio intelligibility hold up past ~4x, especially for non native speakers or dense technical content?
Love that this lives inside YouTube’s native controls instead of adding floating UI. That detail alone makes it feel polished and intentional.
Congrats on the launch! Love how this makes true 16x native-style control finally feel built-in for power learners and analysts.
16x speed? :D that's a different level. I noticed they introduced 4x. But not so sure how 16x... but... yeah, Gen Z probably needs that :D
