init: mep

yt-default-speed.js

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+// ==UserScript==
+// @name         Default Speed for YT Videos
+// @version      1.0.0
+// @description  Speed up YouTube Videos
+// @author       phga
+// @match        *://*.youtube.com/*
+// @exclude      *://*.youtube.com/subscribe_embed?*
+// ==/UserScript==
+const speed = 1.5;
+const timeout = 100;
+const waitAndRunSpeed = () => {
+    setTimeout(setVideoSpeed, timeout);
+}
+const setVideoSpeed = () => {
+    const ad = [...document.querySelectorAll('.ad-showing')][0];
+    const video = document.querySelector('video');
+    // If no ad is playing and the video has really started
+    if (!ad && video.currentTime >= 1) {
+	video.playbackRate = speed;
+	console.log(`Set video speed to ${speed}`);
+    } else {
+	console.log("Ad is running. Retrying to set video speed...");
+	setTimeout(setVideoSpeed, timeout);
+    }
+}
+
+// So we do not have to constantly run the function with setInterval
+window.navigation.addEventListener("navigate", waitAndRunSpeed);
+waitAndRunSpeed();