The app is also aware of iTunes and what it’s doing. Some more complicated algorithm looks at the duration of the video and slightly adjusts where needed. It isn’t an exact amount, but Tube Controller seems rewind and fast forward in roughly 3.5-percent increments based on some quick math and plentiful watching of various length videos. That is to say in just the right increments.
Rewinding and fast forwarding YouTube videos is interesting because it always feels like it works perfectly. Tube Controller does a few clever things. You can’t hide the menubar icon, but you can tuck it away with Bartender if you’d like. Interfacing with Chrome and Safari, Tube Controller sits in the menubar and enables your Mac’s media keys to fast forward, rewind, and pause videos on YouTube.
While trying to pause YouTube videos with the play / pause key can lead to some egregious overdubs, it’s always a little frustrating when it doesn’t just work.Įnter Tube Controller, a free app from the Mac App Store for anyone running Snow Leopard and beyond. While Rdio has certainly spoiled me with its compatibility I’ve yet to learn that the rest of the world, the web mainly, doesn’t work with the three most useful keys on my keyboard. Out of habit I tend to reach for my media keys when playing music and videos.
