Moving from Video Player
Video Player plays local files and transcodes formats. We control video on the sites you visit, so keep it if local files are why you have it.
Last checked 2026-11-07. A media player extension: audio boost to 300%, speed to 8x, repeat, screenshots, local files and transcoding of formats the browser lacks. Check Video Player yourself.
Move across
- Install Video Controls Plus for your browser: Install Video Controls Plus.
- Use Audio boost for quiet video. It goes to 400% and needs an account.
- Change speed up to 16x: Control the playback speed.
- For local files and formats like AVI and WMV, keep Video Player. Our docs cover video on websites.
- Turn Video Player off on your browser's Extensions page, so two extensions don't answer the same keys. Remove it once your own sites work.
Each browser keeps an extension's settings to itself, so nothing carries over. You set them once here.
Who is better off with which
- Choose Video Player if you play local files in the browser or need formats like AVI and WMV transcoded.
- Choose Video Controls Plus if you control video on the sites you visit and want loops, filters, notes and an account across devices.
What Video Player costs
| Plan | Price | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Store listing | Not stated on the pages we checked | Source |
Our prices are on the website's plans page.
Side by side
If their pages don't say, the row reads "Not stated on the pages we checked". That doesn't mean they can't do it.
| What | Video Controls Plus | Video Player |
|---|---|---|
| Speed control | Yes | Yes Source |
| A-B loop | Yes (needs a connected account) | Partly Source |
| Video filters | Yes (needs a connected account) | Not stated on the pages we checked |
| Notes | Yes | Not stated on the pages we checked |
| Transcripts | Yes | Not stated on the pages we checked |
| Flashcards | Yes (on the website, opened from the extension) | Not stated on the pages we checked |
| Watch history | Yes (you switch it on, it's off by default) | Not stated on the pages we checked |
| Watch later | Yes | Not stated on the pages we checked |
| Cross-device sync | Yes | Not stated on the pages we checked |
| Special features for YouTube | Yes | Not stated on the pages we checked |
| Special features for LinkedIn | Yes | Not stated on the pages we checked |
| Special features for Facebook | No (we only find the video there) | Not stated on the pages we checked |
| Special features for Netflix | Yes | Not stated on the pages we checked |
| Chrome | Yes | Not stated on the pages we checked |
| Firefox | Yes | Not stated on the pages we checked |
| Edge | Yes | Yes Source |
Where we fall short today
- We are not on Google Play today.
- On Facebook we only find the video. There are no special features for Facebook today.
- Our store listings name Chrome, Firefox and Edge. Brave is not named in them.
The website has the full comparison with Video Player.