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title: Instagram Video Controls
description: Add familiar seek, volume, fullscreen, and picture-in-picture controls to Instagram videos, with saved playback preferences and mouse-wheel shortcuts.
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Instagram Video Controls adds familiar HTML5-style controls to Instagram videos, remembers volume and playback speed, and adds mouse-wheel shortcuts. It is a complete rewrite of an earlier extension; telemetry and uninstall analytics were removed.

## Video controls

Use the video seek bar to move through a clip, the volume slider to adjust sound, and the fullscreen or picture-in-picture controls when available. Volume and playback speed preferences are remembered across tabs and sessions.

## Keyboard and mouse shortcuts

| Gesture | Result |
| --- | --- |
| `Ctrl` + mouse wheel over a video | Change playback speed by 0.25× per step. |
| Hold the right mouse button and use the wheel over a video | Change volume by 0.1 per step. |

Right-clicking without scrolling continues to open the normal context menu. The context menu is suppressed only when you scroll while holding the right mouse button.

## Download the latest release

- [Chrome ZIP](https://browser-ext.mynameistito.com/install/ig-video-controls/chrome)
- [Firefox ZIP](https://browser-ext.mynameistito.com/install/ig-video-controls/firefox)
- [All Instagram Video Controls releases](https://github.com/mynameistito/browser-extensions/releases?q=ig-video-controls)

The download links always redirect to the latest stable release for this extension.

## Install a local build

1. Clone the [source repository](https://github.com/mynameistito/browser-extensions), then run `bun install` and `bun run prepare:wxt` from the repository root.
2. Run `bun run --filter ig-video-controls build`.
3. Load the Chrome output from `apps/ig-video-controls/.output/chrome-mv3` in `chrome://extensions` with Developer mode enabled.
4. Select `apps/ig-video-controls/.output/firefox-mv3/manifest.json` through `about:debugging#/runtime/this-firefox`.

## Permissions and privacy

The extension uses `storage` to remember settings such as volume and speed. It works with Instagram video elements and does not use telemetry or uninstall analytics. Firefox's manifest declares no data collection.

## Troubleshooting

- **Controls are missing:** reload Instagram after installing and check that the video has finished loading.
- **A shortcut does nothing:** place the pointer over the video; the shortcuts are scoped to a video.
- **Context menu is suppressed:** release the right mouse button or stop scrolling; an ordinary right-click is preserved.

See the [Instagram Video Controls source and command reference](https://github.com/mynameistito/browser-extensions/tree/main/apps/ig-video-controls).