Player Customization

Does SmartVideo support playback speed controls?

Updated June 30, 2026

TL;DR: yes

SmartVideo supports multiple playback speeds so your users can accelerate or slow down the speed at which they consume your content. The speeds available are:

  • .75X

  • 1X

  • 1.25X

  • 1.5X

  • 2X

On desktop and roomy mobile players, the playback-rate control is a single button on the control bar that cycles through the speeds when clicked — the label updates to match the current rate (1×, 1.5×, 2×, and so on). On narrower players, the same button collapses into the three-dot overflow menu alongside the other controls.

The SmartVideo control bar with the click-to-cycle playback speed button showing 1x

Here’s the overflow menu on a narrow player, with Speed alongside mute and captions:

The overflow menu on a narrow SmartVideo player showing Mute, captions, and Speed controls

Keywords: multiple speeds , playback speed , controls , speed selection

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