YouTube playback speed overclocker

What is this?

It's a function designed to be pasted into the javascript console on YouTube.

It adds a spinner below the video which allows playback speeds as low as 0x and as high as 16x.

There are extensions designed to do the same thing. Trust those if you prefer...

Code

function playbackRateInit(){
    var videoTitle = document.querySelector("#title > h1").innerText
    var playbackHTML = videoTitle + '<input id="playbackRate" type="number" min="1" max="16" step="0.1" value="1" oninput="setPlaybackRate(this.value)" style="border-radius: 1em; width: 50px; margin-left: 2px; text-align: center" />';
    document.querySelector("#title > h1").innerHTML = playbackHTML;
    setPlaybackRate(getPlaybackRate());
}
            
function getPlaybackRate(){
    return document.querySelector("#movie_player > div.html5-video-container > video").playbackRate
}

function setPlaybackRate(rate){
    document.querySelector("#movie_player > div.html5-video-container > video").playbackRate = rate;
    document.getElementById("playbackRate").value = rate;
}

playbackRateInit()

YouTube playback speed overclocker

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