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YouTube now defaults to an HTML5 player in modern browsers. While you can choose some varying playback rates from within their interface, this bookmarklet allows you to enter a decimal amount between 0.3 - 3.0 (or slightly wider if you don't mind losing audio).

Add this to the url of your bookmark: javascript: (function(){document.getElementsByTagName('video')[0].playbackRate=prompt('Playback Rate:');})();

Try it with 0.5 on this video for a drunk DHH 🍻

Also works beautifully with @vzaar, and probably many other HTML5 players.

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