diff --git a/src/components/video-editor/SettingsPanel.tsx b/src/components/video-editor/SettingsPanel.tsx
index b0b46dfd3..e466e9749 100644
--- a/src/components/video-editor/SettingsPanel.tsx
+++ b/src/components/video-editor/SettingsPanel.tsx
@@ -53,6 +53,11 @@ import ColorPicker from "../ui/color-picker";
 import { AnnotationSettingsPanel } from "./AnnotationSettingsPanel";
 import { BlurSettingsPanel } from "./BlurSettingsPanel";
 import { CropControl } from "./CropControl";
+import {
+	formatCustomPlaybackSpeedDraft,
+	parseCustomPlaybackSpeedDraft,
+	sanitizeCustomPlaybackSpeedDraft,
+} from "./customPlaybackSpeed";
 import { KeyboardShortcutsHelp } from "./KeyboardShortcutsHelp";
 import type {
 	AnnotationRegion,
@@ -90,46 +95,57 @@ function CustomSpeedInput({
 	onError: () => void;
 }) {
 	const isPreset = SPEED_OPTIONS.some((o) => o.speed === value);
-	const [draft, setDraft] = useState(isPreset ? "" : String(Math.round(value)));
+	const [draft, setDraft] = useState(formatCustomPlaybackSpeedDraft(value, isPreset));
 	const [isFocused, setIsFocused] = useState(false);
 
 	const prevValue = useRef(value);
 	if (!isFocused && prevValue.current !== value) {
 		prevValue.current = value;
-		setDraft(isPreset ? "" : String(Math.round(value)));
+		setDraft(formatCustomPlaybackSpeedDraft(value, isPreset));
 	}
 
 	const handleChange = useCallback(
 		(e: React.ChangeEvent<HTMLInputElement>) => {
-			const digits = e.target.value.replace(/\D/g, "");
-			if (digits === "") {
+			const nextDraft = sanitizeCustomPlaybackSpeedDraft(e.target.value);
+			if (nextDraft === "") {
 				setDraft("");
 				return;
 			}
-			const num = Number(digits);
-			if (num > MAX_PLAYBACK_SPEED) {
+
+			const num = parseCustomPlaybackSpeedDraft(nextDraft);
+			if (num === null && Number(nextDraft) > MAX_PLAYBACK_SPEED) {
 				onError();
 				return;
 			}
-			setDraft(digits);
-			if (num >= 1) onChange(num);
+
+			setDraft(nextDraft);
+			if (num !== null) onChange(num);
 		},
 		[onChange, onError],
 	);
 
 	const handleBlur = useCallback(() => {
 		setIsFocused(false);
-		if (!draft || Number(draft) < 1) {
-			setDraft(isPreset ? "" : String(Math.round(value)));
+		const parsed = parseCustomPlaybackSpeedDraft(draft);
+		if (parsed === null) {
+			setDraft(formatCustomPlaybackSpeedDraft(value, isPreset));
+			return;
 		}
+
+		setDraft(
+			formatCustomPlaybackSpeedDraft(
+				parsed,
+				SPEED_OPTIONS.some((option) => option.speed === parsed),
+			),
+		);
 	}, [draft, isPreset, value]);
 
 	return (
 		<div className="flex items-center gap-1">
 			<input
 				type="text"
-				inputMode="numeric"
-				pattern="[0-9]*"
+				inputMode="decimal"
+				pattern="[0-9]*[.]?[0-9]*"
 				placeholder="--"
 				value={draft}
 				onFocus={() => setIsFocused(true)}
diff --git a/src/components/video-editor/customPlaybackSpeed.test.ts b/src/components/video-editor/customPlaybackSpeed.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6c8ab8990
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/components/video-editor/customPlaybackSpeed.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+import { describe, expect, test } from "vitest";
+import {
+	formatCustomPlaybackSpeedDraft,
+	parseCustomPlaybackSpeedDraft,
+	sanitizeCustomPlaybackSpeedDraft,
+} from "./customPlaybackSpeed";
+
+describe("custom playback speed helpers", () => {
+	test("formats non-preset values without rounding them to whole numbers", () => {
+		expect(formatCustomPlaybackSpeedDraft(1.1, false)).toBe("1.1");
+	});
+
+	test("formats preset values as an empty draft", () => {
+		expect(formatCustomPlaybackSpeedDraft(1.5, true)).toBe("");
+	});
+
+	test("preserves decimal input and limits precision to two places", () => {
+		expect(sanitizeCustomPlaybackSpeedDraft("1.1")).toBe("1.1");
+		expect(sanitizeCustomPlaybackSpeedDraft("1..234")).toBe("1.23");
+	});
+
+	test("normalizes leading decimal input", () => {
+		expect(sanitizeCustomPlaybackSpeedDraft(".9")).toBe("0.9");
+	});
+
+	test("parses valid decimal speeds within the supported range", () => {
+		expect(parseCustomPlaybackSpeedDraft("0.9")).toBe(0.9);
+		expect(parseCustomPlaybackSpeedDraft("1.1")).toBe(1.1);
+	});
+
+	test("rejects values outside the supported range", () => {
+		expect(parseCustomPlaybackSpeedDraft("0.05")).toBeNull();
+		expect(parseCustomPlaybackSpeedDraft("16.01")).toBeNull();
+	});
+});
diff --git a/src/components/video-editor/customPlaybackSpeed.ts b/src/components/video-editor/customPlaybackSpeed.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..909c923b6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/components/video-editor/customPlaybackSpeed.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+import { clampPlaybackSpeed, MAX_PLAYBACK_SPEED, MIN_PLAYBACK_SPEED } from "./types";
+
+export function formatCustomPlaybackSpeedDraft(value: number, isPreset: boolean): string {
+	return isPreset ? "" : String(clampPlaybackSpeed(value));
+}
+
+export function sanitizeCustomPlaybackSpeedDraft(input: string): string {
+	const cleaned = input.replace(/[^0-9.]/g, "");
+	if (!cleaned) return "";
+
+	const startsWithDot = cleaned.startsWith(".");
+	const [integerPartRaw, ...decimalParts] = cleaned.split(".");
+	const integerPart = integerPartRaw.replace(/^0+(?=\d)/, "") || "0";
+	const decimalPart = decimalParts.join("").slice(0, 2);
+
+	if (startsWithDot || cleaned.includes(".")) {
+		return `${integerPart}.${decimalPart}`;
+	}
+
+	return integerPart;
+}
+
+export function parseCustomPlaybackSpeedDraft(draft: string): number | null {
+	if (!draft || draft.endsWith(".")) return null;
+
+	const parsed = Number(draft);
+	if (!Number.isFinite(parsed)) return null;
+	if (parsed < MIN_PLAYBACK_SPEED || parsed > MAX_PLAYBACK_SPEED) return null;
+
+	return clampPlaybackSpeed(parsed);
+}