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How to change video playing speed using JavaScript ?

Last Updated : 18 Apr, 2025
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In this article, we will see how we can change the playback speed of videos embedded in an HTML document using an HTML5 video tag.

We can set the new playing speed using the playbackRate attribute. It has the following syntax.

Syntax:

let video = document.querySelector('video')
video.playbackRate = newPlaybackRate

We can also set the default playing speed using the defaultPlaybackRate attribute. It has the following syntax.

Syntax:

 let video = document.querySelector('video')
video.defaultPlaybackRate = 4
video.load()

Example: This example shows changing of playback speed using JavaScript.

HTML
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
    <style>
body {
    text-align: center;
    margin-top: 2%;
}
h1 {
    color: green;
}
p {
    margin-top: 2%;
}
button {
    margin-right: 20px;
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
    <h1>GeeksforGeeks</h1>

    <video width="890" height="500" controls loop>
        <source src="sample.mp4" type="video/mp4">
        Your browser does not support the video tag.
    </video>

    <p>
        <button onclick="increase()">Increase Speed</button>
        <button onclick="decrease()">Decrease Speed</button>
    </p>
    <script>
    let video = document.querySelector('video');
    video.defaultPlaybackRate = 0.5
    video.load();
    function increase() {
        video.playbackRate += 1;
    }
    function decrease() {
        if (video.playbackRate > 1)
            video.playbackRate -= 1;
    }
</script>
</body>
</html>

Output:


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