Your first video with Video Controls Plus
Open any page with a video and press ]. The video goes 0.1x faster, and you've used the extension.
Try the first controls
- Open a video on YouTube, Udemy, Vimeo or any other site with a standard video.
- Press
]to go 0.1x faster, and keep pressing until you reach 4x. - Press
[to go 0.1x slower. - Press
=to go back to your default speed. - Press
Ctrl + Alt + 4to jump straight to 2x.
That's speed control, and it needs no account. The same keyboard does a lot more than speed: , and . step the video one frame at a time, and Ctrl + Alt + P puts it in a Picture-in-Picture window, before you sign in to anything.
Find the widget
The widget is the floating control panel on the page. Click it to open it, and drag it where you want it.
Press Esc or Ctrl + Alt + H to hide the widget, and press again to bring it back.
Find the popup and Settings
Click the Video Controls Plus icon in the toolbar to open the popup. It shows the site you're on and whether the extension is running there, and it's where you pause the extension on one site.
Settings opens in its own tab.
What needs a sign-in
Speed, presets, frame step, Picture-in-Picture, share timestamp, theater mode, notes and the widget work signed out. These controls open after you sign in:
| Control | Key to try after you sign in |
|---|---|
| A-B loop | Ctrl + Alt + A, then Ctrl + Alt + B |
| Audio boost | Ctrl + Alt + U |
| Video filters | Ctrl + Alt + F |
| Screenshots | Ctrl + Alt + C |
| The bookmark key | Ctrl + Alt + O |
| Auto-skip | Switched on in Settings |
You sign in with Google from the Account & Sync tab in Settings, and Account and sync lists what sign-in adds and what it records. The Firefox add-on has no Google sign-in today, so on Firefox you have the signed-out controls.
A key does nothing
Letter and digit keys need Ctrl + Alt. Only [, ], =, \, ', ,, . and Esc work alone. The full table is in Default shortcuts, and you can change a key in Change a shortcut.
Next: Speed control.