Auto speed stopped working for me

[Walkerbo]

1. Bug Report:

I have set all vvids to run at 1.75% yet each video only plays at normal speed.

Using Chome web-browser
Also have installed:

• • Adblock for Youtube
• • Return YouTube Dislike

[kashvi0]

have you checked the "Remember playback speed" option? remember to scroll down and save changes after you change any settings. please let me know if the issue still persists.

[ImprovedTube]

@Walkerbo since when? did you notice the music-exclusion? It generally works and video playback is expected to change hardly (unlike youtube's layout)

hi @kashvi0, whats going on?

[Walkerbo]

I cannot see a "Remember Playback Speed" option, and there does not seem to be a save button.

I have attached a gif that shows you what I see.

[ImprovedTube]

sorry, i know, @kashvi0's comment is fantasy or AI.

[ImprovedTube]

nice to see your video counter near 12000 @Walkerbo
did you make your whole .gif & comment within 1 minute?

[kashvi0]

@Walkerbo sorry, i really wanted to help but got the features confused. i'm really sorry.

@ImprovedTube i assure you, my comment is not AI (idk what you mean by fantasy). sorry again.

[ImprovedTube]

@kashvi0 Fantasy and or AI can be used for something good.
We didnt have any "Remember ____"-buttons, or "Save changes"-buttons.
You might only come up with this if you didn't use this app before.
Every setting is remembered with one click.

[Walkerbo]

There seems to be some posts here that are AI so I not sure what some of them mean but I did not write the post that has fantasy in it.
I wrote the original bug post and the post that has the gif, none of the others were by me.
I can confirm that I have used your extension for a very long time without issue.

[ImprovedTube]

hi! @Walkerbo yes, please check the browser console on youtube for clues about the bug. The following step/s in our bug-report template, like logging out might also help (and checking the experiments-list if so).

[CodeClimberNT]

I found myself experiencing the same bug, from the list of extension provided I have in common only return of dislike button, although disabling it doesn't change anything. Is there a way to see in the console only the error thrown by a single extension?
Although the video does not start with the requested speed, the shortcut I can change it without any problem and changing the default speed when a video is playing does indeed change it in real time.

[ImprovedTube]

other browser users or incognito window

[ImprovedTube]

hi! @CodeClimberNT @Walkerbo does this actually happen always? #2028 thanks!

[Walkerbo]

@ImprovedTube
For me the speed issue did not happen always, but now it seems to be working correctly for me.

[ImprovedTube]

thanks! @Walkerbo works since a few days?
at what frequency didn't it work before?
and what browser (or anything you might have in common @CodeClimberNT )

[Walkerbo]

@ImprovedTube, has been working since Monday so almost 3 days.
How frequently; there were days when it didn't work at all, no matter what I tried; and other days when it worked only on some of the videos I opened.
I use Chrome and have attached a list of all of the extensions I use.

[Walkerbo]

It has stopped working again.
Some speed up and others do not.
Those that do not I have to manually speed up.

[CodeClimberNT]

hi! @CodeClimberNT @Walkerbo does this actually happen always? #2028 thanks!

Sorry for the late response, it always happens, but the behavior is kind of strange
There are two possible cases:

1. the extension did not initialize properly, and the experience is pretty similar to the usual YouTube behavior → usually a refresh of the page fix the issue and set the correct speed (still kind of annoying to refresh every video I watch)
2. the extension actually work but the autospeed does not set automatically but the shortcut works and I can set it up quickly that way.

In reference to the other issue where I was mentioned (#2137) this issue was fixed, but still have troubles with the speed, although now it's much more manageable

[colinstu12]

I'm experiencing this issue too. Even a page refresh does not fix this. The only time it seems to work is if the tab has been discarded in the background and then the page reloads when going back to it. But as far as opening links to videos normally and refreshing normally, it does not apply the speedup.

[raszpl]

this is why it doesnt work:

youtube/js&css/web-accessible/www.youtube.com/player.js

Lines 87 to 209 in 26eb607

	ImprovedTube.playerPlaybackSpeed = function () { if (this.storage.player_forced_playback_speed === true) {
	var player = this.elements.player,
	video = player.querySelector('video'),
	option = this.storage.player_playback_speed;
	if (this.isset(option) === false) { option = 1; }
	else if ( option !== 1 && video.playbackRate !== option && (video.playbackRate > 1 || video.playbackRate < 1) )
	{ console.log("skipping permanent speed, since speed was manually set differently for this video to:" + video.playbackRate); return; }
	if ( !player.getVideoData().isLive || player.getVideoData().isLive === false)
	{ player.setPlaybackRate(Number(option)); video.playbackRate = Number(option); // #1729 q2 // hi! @raszpl
	if ( (this.storage.player_force_speed_on_music !== true || this.storage.player_dont_speed_education === true)
	&& option !== 1) {
	ImprovedTube.speedException = function () {
	if (this.storage.player_dont_speed_education === true && DATA.genre === 'Education')
	{player.setPlaybackRate(Number(1)); video.playbackRate = Number(1); return;}
	if (this.storage.player_force_speed_on_music === true)
	{ //player.setPlaybackRate(Number(option)); video.playbackRate = Number(option);
	return;}
	if (DATA.keywords && !keywords) { keywords = DATA.keywords.join(', ') || ''; }
	if (keywords === 'video, sharing, camera phone, video phone, free, upload') { keywords = ''; }
	var musicIdentifiers = /(official|music|lyrics?)[ -]video|(cover|studio|radio|album|alternate)[- ]version|soundtrack|unplugged|\bmedley\b|\blo-fi\b|\blofi\b|a(lla)? cappella|feat\.|(piano|guitar|jazz|ukulele|violin|reggae)[- ](version|cover)|karaok|backing[- ]track|instrumental|(sing|play)[- ]?along|卡拉OK|卡拉OK|الكاريوكي|караоке|カラオケ|노래방|bootleg|mashup|Radio edit|Guest (vocals|musician)|(title|opening|closing|bonus|hidden)[ -]track|live acoustic|interlude|featuring|recorded (at|live)/i;
	var musicIdentifiersTitleOnly = /lyrics|theme song|\bremix|\bAMV ?[^a-z0-9]|[^a-z0-9] ?AMV\b|\bfull song\b|\bsong:|\bsong[\!$]|^song\b|( - .*\bSong\b|\bSong\b.* - )|cover ?[^a-z0-9]|[^a-z0-9] ?cover|\bconcert\b/i;
	var musicIdentifiersTitle = new RegExp(musicIdentifiersTitleOnly.source + '|' + musicIdentifiers.source, "i");
	var musicRegexMatch = musicIdentifiersTitle.test(DATA.title);
	if (!musicRegexMatch) {
	var musicIdentifiersTagsOnly = /, (lyrics|remix|song|music|AMV|theme song|full song),|\(Musical Genre\)|, jazz|, reggae/i;
	var musicIdentifiersTags = new RegExp(musicIdentifiersTagsOnly.source + '|' + musicIdentifiers.source, "i");
	keywordsAmount = 1 + ((keywords || '').match(/,/) || []).length;
	if ( ((keywords || '').match(musicIdentifiersTags) || []).length / keywordsAmount > 0.08) {
	musicRegexMatch = true}}
	notMusicRegexMatch = /\bdo[ck]u|interv[iyj]|back[- ]?stage|インタビュー|entrevista|面试|面試|회견|wawancara|مقابلة|интервью|entretien|기록한 것|记录|記錄|ドキュメンタリ|وثائقي|документальный/i.test(DATA.title + " " + keywords);
	// (Tags/keywords shouldnt lie & very few songs titles might have these words)
	if (DATA.duration) {
	function parseDuration(duration) { const [_, h = 0, m = 0, s = 0] = duration.match(/PT(?:(\d+)?H)?(?:(\d+)?M)?(\d+)?S?/).map(part => parseInt(part) || 0);
	return h * 3600 + m * 60 + s; }
	DATA.lengthSeconds = parseDuration(DATA.duration); }
	function testSongDuration(s, ytMusic) {
	if (135 <= s && s <= 260) {return 'veryCommon';}
	if (105 <= s && s <= 420) {return 'common';}
	if (420 <= s && s <= 720) {return 'long';}
	if (45 <= s && s <= 105) {return 'short';}
	if (ytMusic && ytMusic > 1 && (85 <= s / ytMusic && (s / ytMusic <= 375 || ytMusic == 10))) {return 'multiple';}
	//does Youtube ever show more than 10 songs below the description?
	}
	var songDurationType = testSongDuration(DATA.lengthSeconds);
	console.log("genre: " + DATA.genre + "//title: " + DATA.title + "//keywords: " + keywords + "//music word match: " + musicRegexMatch + "// not music word match:" + notMusicRegexMatch + "//duration: " + DATA.lengthSeconds + "//song duration type: " + songDurationType);
	// check if the video is PROBABLY MUSIC:
	if ( ( DATA.genre === 'Music' && (!notMusicRegexMatch || songDurationType === 'veryCommon'))
	|| ( musicRegexMatch && !notMusicRegexMatch && (typeof songDurationType !== 'undefined'
	|| (/album|Álbum|专辑|專輯|एलबम|البوم|アルバム|альбом|앨범|mixtape|concert|playlist|\b(live|cd|vinyl|lp|ep|compilation|collection|symphony|suite|medley)\b/i.test(DATA.title + " " + keywords)
	&& 1000 <= DATA.lengthSeconds )) ) // && 1150 <= DATA.lengthSeconds <= 5000
	|| ( DATA.genre === 'Music' && musicRegexMatch && (typeof songDurationType !== 'undefined'
	|| (/album|Álbum|专辑|專輯|एलबम|البوم|アルバム|альбом|앨범|mixtape|concert|playlist|\b(live|cd|vinyl|lp|ep|compilation|collection|symphony|suite|medley)\b/i.test(DATA.title + " " + keywords)
	&& 1000 <= DATA.lengthSeconds )) ) // && DATA.lengthSeconds <= 5000
	|| (amountOfSongs && testSongDuration(DATA.lengthSeconds, amountOfSongs ) !== 'undefined')
	// || location.href.indexOf('music.') !== -1 // (=currently we are only running on www.youtube.com anyways)
	) { player.setPlaybackRate(1); video.playbackRate = 1; console.log ("...,thus must be music?"); }
	else { // Now this video might rarely be music
	// - however we can make extra-sure after waiting for the video descripion to load... (#1539)
	var tries = 0; var intervalMs = 210; if (location.href.indexOf('/watch?') !== -1) {var maxTries = 10;} else {var maxTries = 0;}
	// ...except when it is an embedded player?
	var waitForDescription = setInterval(() => {
	if (++tries >= maxTries) {
	subtitle = document.querySelector('#title + #subtitle:last-of-type')
	if ( subtitle && 1 <= Number((subtitle?.innerHTML?.match(/^\d+/) || [])[0]) // indicates buyable/registered music (amount of songs)
	&& typeof testSongDuration(DATA.lengthSeconds, Number((subtitle?.innerHTML?.match(/^\d+/) || [])[0]) ) !== 'undefined' ) // resonable duration
	{player.setPlaybackRate(1); video.playbackRate = 1; console.log("...but YouTube shows music below the description!"); clearInterval(waitForDescription); }
	intervalMs *= 1.11; }}, intervalMs);
	window.addEventListener('load', () => { setTimeout(() => { clearInterval(waitForDescription); }, 1234); });
	}
	}
	//DATA (TO-DO: make the Data available to more/all features? #1452 #1763 (Then can replace ImprovedTube.elements.category === 'music', VideoID is also used elsewhere)
	DATA = {};
	defaultKeywords = "video,sharing,camera,phone,video phone,free,upload";
	DATA.keywords = false; keywords = false; amountOfSongs = false;
	DATA.videoID = ImprovedTube.videoId() || false;
	ImprovedTube.fetchDOMData = function () {
	// if (history.length > 1 && history.state.endpoint.watchEndpoint) {
	try { DATA = JSON.parse(document.querySelector('#microformat script')?.textContent) ?? false; DATA.title = DATA.name;}
	catch { DATA.genre = false; DATA.keywords = false; DATA.lengthSeconds = false;
	try {
	DATA.title = document.getElementsByTagName('meta')?.title?.content || false;
	DATA.genre = document.querySelector('meta[itemprop=genre]')?.content || false;
	DATA.duration = document.querySelector('meta[itemprop=duration]')?.content || false;
	} catch {}} if ( DATA.title === ImprovedTube.videoTitle() )
	{ keywords = document.getElementsByTagName('meta')?.keywords?.content || false; if(!keywords){keyword=''} ImprovedTube.speedException(); }
	else { keywords = ''; (async function () { try { const response = await fetch(`https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=${DATA.videoID}`);
	const htmlContent = await response.text();
	const metaRegex = /<meta[^>]+name=["'](keywords|genre|duration)["'][^>]+content=["']([^"']+)["'][^>]*>/gi;
	let match; while ((match = metaRegex.exec(htmlContent)) !== null) {
	const [, property, value] = match;
	if (property === 'keywords') { keywords = value;} else {DATA[property] = value;}
	}
	amountOfSongs = (htmlContent.slice(-80000).match(/},"subtitle":{"simpleText":"(\d*)\s/) || [])[1] || false;
	if (keywords) { ImprovedTube.speedException(); }
	} catch (error) { console.error('Error: fetching from https://Youtube.com/watch?v=${DATA.videoID}', error); keywords = ''; }
	})();
	}
	};
	if ( (history && history.length === 1) || !history?.state?.endpoint?.watchEndpoint) { ImprovedTube.fetchDOMData();}
	else {
	//Invidious instances. Should be updated automatically!...
	const invidiousInstances = ['invidious.fdn.fr','inv.tux.pizza','invidious.flokinet.to','invidious.protokolla.fi','invidious.private.coffee','yt.artemislena.eu','invidious.perennialte.ch','invidious.materialio.us','iv.datura.network'];
	function getRandomInvidiousInstance() { return invidiousInstances[Math.floor(Math.random() * invidiousInstances.length)];}
	(async function () { let retries = 4; let invidiousFetched = false;
	async function fetchInvidiousData() {
	try {const response = await fetch(`https://${getRandomInvidiousInstance()}/api/v1/videos/${DATA.videoID}?fields=genre,title,lengthSeconds,keywords`);
	DATA = await response.json();
	if (DATA.genre && DATA.title && DATA.keywords && DATA.lengthSeconds) { if (DATA.keywords.toString() === defaultKeywords ) {DATA.keywords = ''}
	ImprovedTube.speedException(); invidiousFetched = true; }
	} catch (error) { console.error('Error: Invidious API: ', error); }
	}
	while (retries > 0 && !invidiousFetched) { await fetchInvidiousData();
	if (!invidiousFetched) { await new Promise(resolve => setTimeout(resolve, retries === 4 ? 1500 : 876)); retries--; } }
	if(!invidiousFetched){ if (document.readyState === 'loading') {document.addEventListener('DOMContentLoaded', ImprovedTube.fetchDOMData())}
	else { ImprovedTube.fetchDOMData();} }
	})();
	}
	} // else { }
	}
	}
	}

its a jungle, last time I was here it was 1/6 the size and still required fixing #1729

[ImprovedTube]

hi! @CodeClimberNT @colinstu12 @raszpl @Walkerbo @kashvi0

prior to #2175 67d8db5 ( in response to #1760 (comment) ) or this:

youtube/js&css/web-accessible/www.youtube.com/player.js

Lines 92 to 93 in 26eb607

	else if ( option !== 1 && video.playbackRate !== option && (video.playbackRate > 1 || video.playbackRate < 1) )
	{ console.log("skipping permanent speed, since speed was manually set differently for this video to:" + video.playbackRate); return; }

)
While #1856 might be prior and independent to the addition that scared you @raszpl : 78cebf3 ( by what @shadow-ryu said )

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to be precise again: when clicking related videos and also excluding music, then it might take seconds to undo the speed while we wait for data for infos from invidious or Youtube. And some invidious nodes didn't work so the list is currently reduced to just the top few.