videospeed VS videospeed

However, I have found a partial solution. Using the "video speed controller"(link) extension you can instead speed up ads so they last only a few seconds.

Chrome: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/video-speed-controller/nffaoalbilbmmfgbnbgppjihopabppdk

just use video speed controller https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/video-speed-contro...

For those who didn't knew about this, but you can use an extension like Video Speed Controller to seek through playing ads with a button press.

Video Speed Controller - This one has been a must for me. It changes the speed of a video using keyboard shortcuts. I have it set to increase the speed by 1x each time I push the "d" key, and decrease it by 1x when I push the "s" key. I also have it set to go to 4x speed when I push the "g" key. In addition, the extension contains additional functionality that lets you skip around in a video, I have it set to a minute, using shortcut keys. This is a great addition I use sometimes to YouTube's default 5 and 10 second skip times. One thing to note - this extension works on ALL videos on ALL websites, but note you can set it to only work on YouTube. Video Speed Controller - Chrome Web Store (google.com)

For example, if you use the Video Speed Controller extension on Chrome and want to automate its setup, you can use this command:

Video Speed Controller

On a semi-related note, you can control the speed of almost any streaming video on any chromium based browser with this extension: Video Speed Controller

I can recommend this this FF extension to get fine-grained video speed control, without a 2x speed cap (which often isn't fast enough)

https://github.com/codebicycle/videospeed

It has served me well for years and works on YT ads as well as other sites with similar players

TL;DR: faster playback translates to better engagement and retention.

Average adult reads prose text at 250 to 300 words per minute (wpm) [1]. By contrast, the average rate of speech for English speakers is ~150 wpm, with slide presentations often closer to 100 wpm. As a result, when given the choice, many viewers speed up video playback to ~1.3~1.5 its recorded rate [2] to compensate for the difference.

Many viewers report that accelerated viewing keeps their attention longer: faster delivery keeps the viewer more engaged with the content [3]. In fact, with a little training many end up watching videos at 2x+ the recorded speed. Some studies report that after being exposed to accelerated playback, listeners become uncomfortable [4] if they are forced to return to normal rate of presentation.

[1] https://www.domtar.com/en/resources/paper-advocacy/paperbecauser

[2] https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/publication/time-compression-systems-concerns-usage-and-benefits/?from=https://research.microsoft.com/en-us/um/redmond/groups/coet/compression/chi99/paper.pdf&type=exact

[3] https://www.enounce.com/docs/BYUPaper020319.pdf

[4] http://alumni.media.mit.edu/~barons/html/avios92.html#beasleyalteredspeech

Source: https://github.com/codebicycle/videospeed#the-science-of-accelerated-playback

there is a workaround https://github.com/codebicycle/videospeed

Download a video speed controller plugin. It'll allow you to basically fast forward through the ads.

Try Video Speed Controller for Chrome or Firefox. Great granular control (increments of 10% by default), and whatever they use to speed-up & slow-down maintains the audio quality much better than YouTube's default speed controller. PLUS it works on almost all modern video players (not just YT).

On firefox(PC) this addon will allow any html5 video (plex, yt) speed to change. https://github.com/codebicycle/videospeed It allows something like 115% which is nice for me.

Here's the Firefox version (https://github.com/codebicycle/videospeed), and it's saved me so much time it's absolutely ridiculous at this point.

There's a great extension, works on nearly every player, also more modular and can go faster than x2 (youtube) https://github.com/codebicycle/videospeed

If that doesn't work, I suggest submitting a feature request on https://github.com/codebicycle/videospeed/issues