🎬 YouTubeTempo

Ultimate YouTube Playback Speed Controller

🎯 Master your YouTube experience with precision speed controls!

Take complete control of YouTube playback with fully customizable speed controls, keyboard shortcuts, and a clean, accessible interface designed for performance.

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✨ Features

🎛️ Precision Speed Control

• Custom Speed Steps: Set your preferred increment from 0.01x to 0.5x.
• Wide Playback Range: Freely adjust speed from as low as 0.1x up to 16.0x.
• Instant Visual Feedback: The speed indicator changes color to reflect the current playback rate.
• Playback Memory: Remembers and automatically applies your last-used speed setting for new videos.

⌨️ Fully Customizable Keyboard Shortcuts

• Personalize Your Keys: Assign any key for slowing down, speeding up, or resetting playback speed.
• Sensible Defaults: Comes pre-configured with [ (slower), ] (faster), and \ (reset).
• Override Mode: Optionally prevent your shortcuts from triggering YouTube's default actions.
• Mouse-Free Control: Manage playback speed without ever leaving the keyboard.

🎨 Clean & Integrated User Interface

• Seamless Design: The controls are designed to perfectly match YouTube's native player aesthetic.
• Accessible: Built with ARIA attributes for screen reader compatibility.
• Collapsible Settings Menu: Access all options in a clean, non-intrusive popup menu.
• Audio Feedback: Enable or disable subtle sound effects for speed adjustments.

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🚀 Quick Start

📦 Installation

Method	Description	Link
🟢 Greasyfork	Recommended
📁 GitHub	Latest version

🛠️ Prerequisites

Install a userscript manager first:

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🎯 Usage

🎮 Basic Controls

1. 🎬 Navigate to any YouTube video
2. 🔍 Look for YouTubeTempo controls next to volume slider
3. ⚡ Use speed control buttons (◀ slower, ▶ faster) to adjust speed
4. ⚙️ Click speed indicator to open settings

⌨️ Keyboard Shortcuts

Key	Action	Status
[	Decrease Speed	✅ Customizable
]	Increase Speed	✅ Customizable
\	Reset to 1.0x	✅ Customizable
Click Speed	Open Settings	🔒 Fixed

⚙️ Advanced Configuration

🎛️ Speed Settings

• Speed Step: Increment size (0.01x - 0.5x)
• Min Speed: Lowest allowed speed (0.1x - 1.0x)
• Max Speed: Highest allowed speed (1.0x - 16.0x)

🎨 General & UI Settings

• Remaining Time: Show time left calculation
• Color Indicators: Speed-based color coding

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🔧 Troubleshooting

❌ YouTubeTempo not appearing

• 🔄 Refresh the YouTube page
• ✅ Check if userscript manager is enabled
• 🔍 Verify script is installed and active
• 🔒 Try incognito/private browsing mode

⚡ Speed not changing

• 🎬 Click directly on the video player
• 🔍 Check for extension conflicts
• 🔄 Disable and re-enable the script
• 🎯 Ensure video player has focus

⌨️ Keyboard shortcuts not working

• ⚙️ Enable "Override YouTube Shortcuts" in settings
• 🔍 Check for shortcut conflicts
• 🎯 Ensure video player has focus
• 🔄 Try refreshing the page

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🌐 Browser Support

Browser	Support	Notes
	✅ Full	Recommended
	✅ Full	Excellent
	✅ Full	Supported
	✅ Full	Supported
	✅ Full	Supported

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🤝 Contributing

We welcome contributions! Here's how you can help:

💡 Ways to Contribute

• 🐛 Report bugs via GitHub Issues
• 💡 Suggest features via GitHub Issues
• 🔧 Submit pull requests for fixes and improvements
• 📖 Improve documentation and help others
• 🌍 Help with translations for your language

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📄 License

This project is licensed under the GPL-3.0 License

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💝 Support

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🙏 Acknowledgments

Thanks to YouTube for the amazing platform • Userscript community for inspiration • All contributors who make this project better

Made with ❤️ by Hasan Beder

⭐ Star this repo if you find it useful!