YouTube is the most popular video-sharing channel on the net. People use YouTube to watch and stream videos and even listen to music. Here I’m sharing with you some useful YouTube hacks that you probably didn’t know about. Using these hacks could help you make this channel more functional for you.
Shortcut Keys
YouTube allows you to use shortcut keys for controlling the video. This could be useful to control videos you’re watching using your keyboard.
| Action | Shortcut Key |
|---|---|
| Full screen mode | F |
| Exit Full screen mode | ESC |
| Increase volume (5%) | Up arrow |
| Decrease volume (5%) | Down arrow |
| Mute / Unmute | M |
| Go forward (5 sec) | Right arrow |
| Go back (5 sec) | Left arrow |
| Go forward (10 sec) | L |
| Go back (10 sec) | J |
| Skip to a particular section of the video | Numbers 1-9 |
| Restart video | 0 |
| Go to beginning | Home |
| Go to end | End |
| Increase speed | Shift + > or Shift + . |
| Decrease speed | Shift + < or Shift + . |
| Move forward 1 frame (when video is paused) | . |
| Move backward 1 frame (when video is paused) | , |
| Turn captions on / off | C |
| Cycle through options for caption background color | B |
| Move to the previous video in a playlist | Shift + P |
| Move to the next video in a playlist | Shift + N |
Save & Download YoutTube Videos
There are some website which allow you to download Youtube videos as movie or MP3 files. One of these sites is y2mate.guru.
Go to the website, enter your Youtube video URL and download it. These sites are usually full of ads, so don’t get confused with the advertising links.
Skip and Fast Forward YouTube Ads
You can skip and fast forward the Ads before and between the Youtube videos. Take note that this is only possible on Mac Book laptops with Touch Bar using Safari browser.
While playing Ads, you can move forward them by moving the timeline on your laptop Touch Bar and make ads finish immediately.
Make the Timeline Awesome
Play a video on YouTube, make it full screen, then type “AWESOME” using your keyboard. Watch the timeline bar.
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