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I use this constantly when I'm watching tutorials and how-tos. It makes picking up the info you need so much faster. I also recently discovered that the Crocod

I use this constantly when I'm watching tutorials and how-tos. It makes picking up the info you need so much faster. I also recently discovered that the Crocodile Hunter at 1/2 speed is freaking hilarious. e.g., https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QLIMgXv89VU&feature=youtu.be&t=39m55s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QLIMgXv89VU&feature=youtu.be...

copperx 12y ago
The Crocodile Hunter at 1/2 speed is amazing. I would love it if there was a listing of all videos that are hilarious at 1/2 speed.
- robflynn 12y ago
  NDT sounds completely smashed when at half speed - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=danYFxGnFxQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=danYFxGnFxQ
- midgetjones 12y ago
  DHH's Ruby on Rails demo is pretty hilarious at half speed: http://youtu.be/Gzj723LkRJY http://youtu.be/Gzj723LkRJY
- dinkumthinkum 12y ago
  I recommend watching Handmade Heroes at 0.5x. Its a good series but if you put it on 0.5x it is quite amusing. :)
kkuduk 12y ago
and when you need something between 1.25 and 1.5 available from UI, you can always do: document.getElementsByTagName('video')[0].playbackRate = 1.35
- swang 12y ago
  Nice hack. I always found 1.25 to be "too slow" for watching something but 1.5 to be way too fast and annoying.
  - GhotiFish 12y ago
    I've as a habit downloaded videos manually just to speed them up. When watching a video for it's information, I can usually, and not uncomfortably listen to it at around 1.7-1.8 depending on speaker. It takes a little getting used to though. I'll say that.
hexscrews 12y ago
It may simply be me, but in Firefox, I don't have the option to change speeds. *update: It looks like they haven't rolled out the change everywhere. I had to change it to HTML5. It still defaults to flash apparently.
- gwacker 12y ago
  The article states what browsers default to HTML5: "YouTube uses HTML5 <video> by default in Chrome, IE 11, Safari 8 and in beta versions of Firefox."
- mccr8 12y ago
  I believe that the YouTube HTML5 video rollout depends on parts of the Media Source Extensions, which are only available in Firefox starting in beta.
  - cbhl 12y ago
    Media Source Extensions in Firefox is cutting-edge stuff; you can follow along in https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=778617 https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=778617.

copperx 12y ago

The Crocodile Hunter at 1/2 speed is amazing. I would love it if there was a listing of all videos that are hilarious at 1/2 speed.

robflynn 12y ago
NDT sounds completely smashed when at half speed - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=danYFxGnFxQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=danYFxGnFxQ
midgetjones 12y ago
DHH's Ruby on Rails demo is pretty hilarious at half speed: http://youtu.be/Gzj723LkRJY http://youtu.be/Gzj723LkRJY
dinkumthinkum 12y ago
I recommend watching Handmade Heroes at 0.5x. Its a good series but if you put it on 0.5x it is quite amusing. :)

kkuduk 12y ago

and when you need something between 1.25 and 1.5 available from UI, you can always do: document.getElementsByTagName('video')[0].playbackRate = 1.35

swang 12y ago
Nice hack. I always found 1.25 to be "too slow" for watching something but 1.5 to be way too fast and annoying.
- GhotiFish 12y ago
  I've as a habit downloaded videos manually just to speed them up. When watching a video for it's information, I can usually, and not uncomfortably listen to it at around 1.7-1.8 depending on speaker. It takes a little getting used to though. I'll say that.

hexscrews 12y ago

It may simply be me, but in Firefox, I don't have the option to change speeds. *update: It looks like they haven't rolled out the change everywhere. I had to change it to HTML5. It still defaults to flash apparently.

gwacker 12y ago
The article states what browsers default to HTML5: "YouTube uses HTML5 <video> by default in Chrome, IE 11, Safari 8 and in beta versions of Firefox."
mccr8 12y ago
I believe that the YouTube HTML5 video rollout depends on parts of the Media Source Extensions, which are only available in Firefox starting in beta.
- cbhl 12y ago
  Media Source Extensions in Firefox is cutting-edge stuff; you can follow along in https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=778617 https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=778617.