[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #42817: Add ability to set playback rate for media

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#42817: Add ability to set playback rate for media
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 Reporter:  LewisCowles        |      Owner:
     Type:  enhancement        |     Status:  new
 Priority:  normal             |  Milestone:  Awaiting Review
Component:  General            |    Version:  4.9.1
 Severity:  normal             |   Keywords:
  Focuses:  ui, accessibility  |
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 Media elements seem to lack a playback rate despite the functionality
 being provided by all modern browsers and `mediaelement.js` library

 Until recently I've just been downloading media to watch at higher speed.

 Hacking at the speed is reasonably easy from a bookmarklet I've made and
 started using today instead of downloading (loops over all media, this
 might not be correct for anyone but me).

 https://gist.github.com/Lewiscowles1986/341778bac770fb953fe16512f8858e88

 It'd be great if the core functionality could be supported (needs tests
 and a less naive implementation than my bookmarklet).

 I Have searched for plugins for the meantime

 I've also got a fork of https://github.com/Daronspence/media-playback-
 speed/blob/master/media-playback-speed.php at https://github.com/CODESIGN2
 /media-playback-speed.

 Ideas for further enhancement

 * wordpress filter for default buttons added to media controls
 * wordpress filter for speed settings (would also make translation
 trivial)

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