Watch Online Videos in Half the Time (Blog)
 

Use this thread to discuss the following entry from Steve Pavlina's blog:

Watch Online Videos in Half the Time

Sweet! I've always done this for online video lectures from school, but didn't even think about doing it to other videos.

And :D in regards to the Eckhart Tolle comment.

You'll have to credit Rachelle for that idea. :)

Ah cool, I do this already for lectures and some tv shows, Deep Space 9 on 1.77x speed actually becomes a good series :D

I find like speed reading speed listening makes me concentrate more and I actually retain more information.

That's a neat service. I could watch an hour of "whatever" in 20 0r 30 minutes or even over 3 hours. Great. I'll have to try it.

Thanks for the resource Steve, this is actually very useful and I'm all for productivity online.

Its really a nice video buddy.!!
It will help me to watch every kinda video in half the time and I can save many hours daily..!! :)

Does this work with HTML 5 videos?

"Maybe now I can actually make it to the end of an Eckhart Tolle video without wanting to commit seppuku"

:) I third that opinion.

Exckhart is a genius on paper, but even at twice the speed the sound of this man's voice is a serious obstacle to spiritual growth.

Is there a function that can change annoying accents also then??!

Alcohol.

Hey, it's an awesome series at normal speed. Y'know, once you get past the first two seasons.

FYI: VLC does this for free and you can download youtube videos from safari without any addition software: Easily download YouTube movies via Safari - Mac OS X Hints

I can only hear chipmunk voices when I use VLC to speed up videos. Does it have an option to adjust the pitch?

This page describes how to do this with vlc, mplayer and totem (all free software), including how to fix the pitch issues:

How to Speed Up Videos in Linux God, Your Book Is Great !!

Thanks for the link. :)

Can't watch any videos now but I'll try it out later.

Just bought it. I was definitely pleased to find that you can activate it for 2 of your computers, as they're kinda vague about that on their website.

*coughcough* and if you activate Mac OS X's web sharing and throw a flv player thingeroonie into your Sites folder with a simple HTML file, it'll play your local files offline too! ;)

Great video shared by you..!!
I really enjoyed watching it and hope to get more videos like that from you..!! :)

Better Learning at Your Pace
 

This is an amazing solution to a problem I didn't even know I had! ;) Yes, VLC already had the capability, but before Steve pointed me to MySpeed I didn't really notice it or grasp the benefits.

Now I realize that it not only saves time but even improves my focus and absorption of the material. I really love it.

Together with my friend Joachim I've created a video to promote this solution.

Besser Lernen in Deinem Tempo - YouTube

Alex

PS: Sorry it's only in German for now, you want subtitles?