YouTube Fast Forward & Rewind by Laskco

Fast Forward and Rewind YouTube videos by a customizable amount of seconds!

5 (16 reviews)

296 Users

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About this extension

Enhance your YouTube playback with YouTube Fast Forward & Rewind. This add-on lets you add custom skip buttons and configure keyboard shortcuts for precise seeking control.

Key Features

Custom Skip Buttons: Add fast-forward and rewind buttons directly to the player controls with your preferred skip times.
Custom Keyboard Seeking: Set custom skip durations for the left and right arrow keys, overriding YouTube's default.
On-Screen Skip Indicator: When you use your keyboard's arrow keys (← / →) to skip, a sleek new indicator now appears on the video. It shows you exactly how many seconds you're skipping and has smooth animations to give you clear feedback.
Usage Statistics: Curious about how much time you've saved? A new "Statistics" panel in the Advanced Settings tracks your total skips. This data is 100% private, stored only on your computer, and is never collected or viewed by me. You can reset your stats at any time.
Action Delay Control: Fine-tune player responsiveness with an experimental setting to add a small delay (in ms) after a skip command. This is perfect for preventing buffering on some systems.
Integrated Controls: The buttons are designed to fit seamlessly into the YouTube player's native interface.
Auto-Save: All your custom settings are saved automatically.

Control your YouTube navigation exactly the way you want.

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Rated 5 by 16 reviewers

Release notes for 4.2.3

Version [4.2.3] - [July 27th, 2025]

Enhanced Progress Bar Updates

Improved Progress Bar Responsiveness: Progress bar now updates immediately after seeking operations
Multi-Method Progress Refresh: Implemented multiple fallback methods to ensure progress bar updates reliably
Real-Time Progress Tracking: Enhanced visual feedback during fast forward/rewind operations

Control Visibility Improvements

Extended Control Visibility: YouTube controls now remain visible for 5 seconds (increased from 2.5 seconds) during seeking
Smart Control Management: Controls automatically stay visible while actively seeking through video content
Continuous Control Refresh: Added 500ms interval-based refreshing to maintain control visibility during operations

Enhanced User Experience

Smoother Seeking Operations: Improved handling of rapid and continuous seek operations
Better Visual Feedback: Enhanced responsiveness of YouTube's native progress indicators
Proper Cleanup: Ensures YouTube's normal control hiding behavior is restored after extension use

Performance & Reliability

Memory Leak Prevention: Added proper cleanup of timing intervals and event listeners
Optimized Refresh Rate: Balanced performance with smooth user experience at 500ms refresh intervals
Improved State Management: Better handling of extension state during video playback

Bug Fixes

Fixed issues with progress bar not updating immediately after seeking
Resolved control hiding conflicts with YouTube's native behavior
Improved extension cleanup when switching between videos

YouTube Fast Forward & Rewind by Laskco

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