

# use backspace to reset video speed to normal.Ĭrb suggested to use MySpeed™ Plug-In for YouTube to speed up video on YouTube in real time.

# use keys, and to control the playback speed

Turns out it already has an option to play videos faster!
#Windows media player playback speed how to
Update: My blog readers bobb and crb suggested two new techniques on how to watch videos faster. avs on Windows to play it at the new playback speed, or play it through mplayer on Linux! Once you have made your own configuration, just double click the. I usually keep "speedup" at 1.65 and "pitch" at 75. You may change it to something lower than 100 when the video plays at higher speeds to make the speaker sound lower. And the last parameter to change is the " pitch". For example, if you set it to 2.0, then the video will play twice as fast as it normally would. It's the new playback rate, you may set it to any value you want. It should be the filename of the video you are about to watch. There are three variables that you can change in this simple script. Make sure the extension is ".avs" if you are on Windows!ĪssumeSampleRate(int(audio_rate*speedup)) Name the script as "speedup.avs" or something similar. Next, create this AviSynth script, and place it in the same directory as your video. avs file extension with Windows Media Player and not Notepad. If you are on Windows, then during the installation make sure to associate. AviSynth is kind of a video programming language with which you can do all kinds of manipulations to videos programmatically.
#Windows media player playback speed install
To speed up the videos you will first need to download and install AviSynth. My optimal listening speed is 1.65x - 2.1x. I personally found it impossible to understand anything at 4x speed. At this speed 4 hour video/audio can be listened in less 1 hour! In his post " Overclock Your Audio Learning" he says that he occasionally listens to audios at 4.1x. I first read about this idea from my most favorite personal development blog at Steve. This is going to be a small, technical tutorial on how to save a lot of time by watching videos at higher playback rates.
