Speed Controller Extension for VLC Media Player 3.x
This extension allows you to quickly switch between multiple user-configurable custom speeds, while also providing a GUI for playback control.
Inspired by the functionality of the Google Chrome extension Video Speed Controller, as well as VLC extensions Playback Speed Manager and Jump to time Previous frame v3.
Features
- type in the playback speed
- decrease playback speed
- increase playback speed
- toggle between 1.0x speed and previous playback speed
- set playback speed to user configurable preferred speed
- rewind / advance video by a set number of seconds
- jump to the next frame
- play / pause the video
Installation
Put the vlc_speed_controller.lua file in :
- Windows (all users)
%ProgramFiles%\VideoLAN\VLC\lua\extensions\ - Windows (current user)
%APPDATA%\VLC\lua\extensions\ - Linux (all users)
/usr/lib/vlc/lua/extensions/ - Linux (current user)
~/.local/share/vlc/lua/extensions/ - Mac OS X (all users)
/Applications/VLC.app/Contents/MacOS/share/lua/extensions/ - Mac OS X (current user)
/Users/%your_name%/Library/ApplicationSupport/org.videolan.vlc/lua/extensions/
Restart VLC.
Note: create the directories if they do not exist.
How to use
- To open on Windows / Linux, go to:
View > VLC Speed Controller - To open on Mac OS, go to:
VLC > Extensions > VLC Speed Controller
Ratings & Comments
4 Comments
I'm not sure if there's anything I can change to make opening the control interface faster. I remember seeing some extensions implement a way to use hotkeys for navigating through their menu, but I don't think these are possible in this case. I'll look around and see if i can find any other way.
8 8 great
Great functionality! Would it be possible to add a shortcut button to the control interface? Reduce 2 clicks to 1?
After testing forward seeking on mkv files, it seems to work best with "Fast seek" disabled in "Tools > Preferences > Input / Codecs > Fast seek".