A little timesaver

Martin Percival · 11-17-2009, 01:35 PM

Hi all,

Here's something you probably all know about already, but a guy has to start somewhere, right?

If you have as many ebooks and downloaded WSO's as I have (rampant newbie syndrome - I have my hand up for this!), you have more hours of video on your machine than days left till the sun dies.

So, as I was trying to get through some learning the other day, I idly clicked on the little double-arrow at the bottom-right in VLC (awesome player....get it now!)

I was expecting to fast forward through my video like a normal jog button but in fact it serves a dual purpose. If you press once the playback speed jumps to 1.5x and a second time puts it up to 2x

So now you can listen at an accelerated pace. Give it 20 seconds or so and you'll find your brain will adjust to the new speed pretty well (at 1.5) and I've found I can even cope with 2x if I don't want to take notes!!

Hopefully this will help someone else get through their stuff before the universe cools.

sahi · 11-17-2009, 01:45 PM

This method is good for watching videos where the speaker is just rephrasing his words and sentences many times in order to lengthen the duration of the video in order to give the impression of a "value packed video".

Also good in cases where the speaker is speaking slowly or taking too many long pauses.

broker12 · 11-17-2009, 02:05 PM

Good tip. Some videos are hard to listen to at this speed.

11-17-2009, 01:35 PM	#1
Martin Percival Euro Warrior! War Room Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: London Posts: 95 Thanks: 4 Thanked 38 Times in 16 Posts	A little timesaver Hi all, Here's something you probably all know about already, but a guy has to start somewhere, right? If you have as many ebooks and downloaded WSO's as I have (rampant newbie syndrome - I have my hand up for this!), you have more hours of video on your machine than days left till the sun dies. So, as I was trying to get through some learning the other day, I idly clicked on the little double-arrow at the bottom-right in VLC (awesome player....get it now!) I was expecting to fast forward through my video like a normal jog button but in fact it serves a dual purpose. If you press once the playback speed jumps to 1.5x and a second time puts it up to 2x So now you can listen at an accelerated pace. Give it 20 seconds or so and you'll find your brain will adjust to the new speed pretty well (at 1.5) and I've found I can even cope with 2x if I don't want to take notes!! Hopefully this will help someone else get through their stuff before the universe cools.

11-17-2009, 01:45 PM	#2
sahi HyperActive Warrior War Room Member Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: PK Posts: 243 Thanks: 19 Thanked 29 Times in 25 Posts Contact Info	Re: A little timesaver This method is good for watching videos where the speaker is just rephrasing his words and sentences many times in order to lengthen the duration of the video in order to give the impression of a "value packed video". Also good in cases where the speaker is speaking slowly or taking too many long pauses.

11-17-2009, 02:05 PM	#3
broker12 Active Warrior Join Date: Nov 2009 Posts: 33 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: A little timesaver Good tip. Some videos are hard to listen to at this speed.