Hello,
to increase the playback speed in the Safari.app on YouTube, you have to hold down the trackpad permanently.
Is there any way to simulate this with a keyboard shortcut and switch it on and off?
Thank you.
Is it to simple, or to tricky?
I think I might not fully understand (not a very active youtube user :-)), how do I change the playback speed by holding down the trackpad?
Maybe something like this? (Using the predefined action "Custom Mouse Buttons & Modifiers"?
This example would hold the left mouse for two seconds:
Alternatively there is a Safari extension called "Accelerate" that allows to use keyboard shortcuts for this.
YouTube also already supports keyboard shortcuts for playback speed: Shift + <
and Shift + >
to reduce and increase playback speed respectively.
The only problem with this method v/s keeping the trackpad clicked held down is that it doesn't toggle between 1x and 2x but rather goes up by a step of .25x i.e 1x -> 1.25x -> 1.5x -> 1.75x -> 2x. And same way when doing down. You can probably use BTT's Cycle though multiple actions
action to trigger the shortcut 3 times to get the same effect as holding the trackpad down and reverse it when pressing the same shortcut again.