VLC can do this too: Speed up: ] key Speed down: [ key Normal speed: = key

50CNT · on Oct 25, 2016

I use that to watch slow lectures at anywhere to 1.8x to 2.3x the speed. Turns a 40 minute lecture into a 20 minute lecture.

geon · on Oct 25, 2016

Some people one youtube speak really slowly, or are unprepared. The 1.25x speed button is great for that.

Also, some youtubers speak way too fast. Slowing them down helps comprehension a lot, I find.

harperlee · on Oct 25, 2016

I am used to speed up things, but last weekend I suddenly realised I can also slow down engrenages (a French show recommended in another HN thread, by the way) and suddenly I can understand so. much. French. It's like magic!

tripzilch · on Oct 27, 2016

Not many people are aware that this is in fact the natural way spoken French sounds like in France, because of a difference in air composition and thus the speed of sound.

jval43 · on Oct 27, 2016

Uhm, no that's definitely not true.