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Playback speed for any video or audio on the web.

Getting started on iPhone or iPad

  1. Open Settings › Apps › Safari › Extensions and turn on pbm.
  2. In Safari, tap the extensions button in the address bar, choose pbm, then Always Allow on Every Website.
  3. Reload the page. A small pill appears over the video.

Getting started on Mac

  1. Open Safari › Settings › Extensions and tick pbm.
  2. Give it permission on the sites you want it to work on.
  3. Press ⌥ and a number key on any page with a video.

Common questions

The pill doesn't appear.
Check the extension is allowed on that site, then reload the page. A tab that was already open when pbm was installed or updated needs a reload before the extension reaches it.
It disappears when I make the video fullscreen on iPhone.
Expected. iPhone's fullscreen button hands playback to Apple's built-in player, which isn't a web page, so nothing on the page can draw over it. A speed you set before going fullscreen still applies. Watching inline keeps the pill available.
I hid the pill and want it back.
If you dragged it off an edge, tap the thin sliver left on that edge. If you switched it off, it's in the extension's settings under On-screen controls.
Reverse playback is choppy.
No browser supports negative playback rates, so reverse is simulated by seeking backwards. Short buffered clips reverse cleanly; long streamed video steps between keyframes instead of playing smoothly. There is no audio during reverse.
Do my settings sync between devices?
In Safari, no — they stay on each device. In Chrome, settings may sync through your Chrome profile; per-site speeds never sync.

Contact

Bugs, questions or requests: support@pbmplaybackmanager.xyz