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10 Post author: XFrequentist 03 September 2013 01:58AM

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Comment author: niceguyanon 04 September 2013 04:42:41PM 1 point [-]

speed up all informative video/audio. You will get used to it (I even speed up fiction audio a bit now - it feels too slow). Free life extension.

How do you go about this? On Youtube I signed up for the htlm5 trial and that allows only some videos to be played back at different speeds, and I have no idea how they decide which videos.

Comment author: Alsadius 04 September 2013 05:53:32PM *  3 points [-]

Coursera is excellent for it - any Coursera courses have playback speed options. I usually go x1.5 for sciences and x2 for humanities(since humanities tend to have lower information density), but you can vary that a little depending on the prof's talking speed and the content of the lecture you're watching.

I know Coursera isn't the only source of informational video, but it's a good starting point.

Comment author: Dr_Manhattan 05 September 2013 12:18:09AM 0 points [-]

There is a plugin, at least for mac to speed up all of them. You can also download the vids and use vlc or something locally.

Comment author: niceguyanon 26 September 2013 04:19:46PM 0 points [-]

Update: I learned that if you want to watch youtube videos sped up and don't want to download it and play it back, Vlan supports copying the url and ctrl v on to the main screen.