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Want to speed up video slightly. 125% is too fast, 100% is too slow. How can I get 110%?

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7 Answers

Alan Johnson
Alan Johnson
7,625 Points

I get to cheat since I have access to the site's source, but if you wanted to tweak playback speed ever so slightly, you can do so with this in the console:

$("video")[0].featurette.setSpeed(1.1);

No guarantees that it'll work forever, but it's a workaround to get what you're wanting. I hope that helps!

Sorry, I am an absolute newbie and don't understand where to find the console. The videos are running in the web browser and I don't see the console you are referring to.

Maureen, to access the console, right click anywhere on the page, click "Inspect Element", then look in the window that pops up for a tab named "Console". Click that, and type what Alan has provided.

Hope that helps.

Alan Johnson
Alan Johnson
7,625 Points

Bryan said pretty much exactly what I would have. I also wanted to let you know that I submitted a ticket to the team to get a little more granular control into that 100-125% territory.

Alan Johnson
Alan Johnson
7,625 Points

Hi Everyone! I wanted to let you know that we just shipped 1.1x as an option in the video player.

OK, thanks all. IMHO, 25% increments are too large; 10% would be better.

Maureen, if you really want to view them at a speed of your choosing, I'd do two things: (1) download the videos, and (2) contact support (see link at right) and let them know what you want. I think more granular speed choices would be great--especially for certain instructors.

Sorry, Maureen, 110% isn't an option. You're stuck with the available ones.

Like the others have said, there's no easy way to set a custom speed.

If you download one of the .mp4's, QuickTime Player is able to play videos at 1.1x the speed. Just click and hold the pause button until a slider shows up, and as you keep holding the click down, drag it to the desired speed.

Wayne Priestley
Wayne Priestley
19,579 Points

Hi Maureen,

I don't think you can adjust them to anything other than the pre-sets that are available. Maybe you could do more if you downloaded the lessons or subscribed to the iTunes feed, but then you'd miss out on the questions and quiz challenges.

One can easily watch videos offline or in iTunes, then come back and skip the video to quizes/challenges. Just click to the end of the video so it's marked as viewed.

Awesome! Great follow up too!