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Can't change youtube playback speed

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Hi. I can't seem to change the playback speed for YouTube videos on my Firefox Browser for Linux. They always play at normal speed whether I change it to 2x or 0.25x. I've tried it on Opera and works fine there. Can you help me out? I'm using Ubuntu 18.04 LTS currently.

Hi. I can't seem to change the playback speed for YouTube videos on my Firefox Browser for Linux. They always play at normal speed whether I change it to 2x or 0.25x. I've tried it on Opera and works fine there. Can you help me out? I'm using Ubuntu 18.04 LTS currently.

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Hello abhiroop,

Your system details show that you have this extension installed :

"YouTube Video Player Speed 64.0.0"

Would you disable it and see if that will make a difference  ?

The developer (Baris Derin) hasn't updated the extension in quite a while .....

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Hi mccoy. Thanks for getting back. I installed that add-on after I found out about the issue. Removing it didn't make a difference. But, removing one of my other add-on, the equalizer one, solved my problem!! Thanks again :)

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Well done  !

Would you please mark your own post as Chosen Solution  ?