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Another example is the kind of dastardly television trick of increasing the speed of a television program to shorten it and thus increase the amount of advertis
by criley2 10y ago
Another example is the kind of dastardly television trick of increasing the speed of a television program to shorten it and thus increase the amount of advertising space that can be run alongside the program.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z6i1VVikRu0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z6i1VVikRu0
This video claims that TBS is currently increasing the speed of Seinfeld episodes a whopping 9%, reducing a 25 minute episode to some 22.5 minutes.
- Torgo 10y agoUSA network used to do this.
- nullc 10y ago"mpv -speed 1.1 file.webm" ... get 10% of your watching things time back, it does pitch correction, often its unnoticeable. Technology can work in your favor too!
- jmiserez 10y agoVLC can do this too: Speed up: ] key Speed down: [ key Normal speed: = key
- 50CNT 10y agoI 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 10y agoSome 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 10y agoI 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!
- dclowd9901 10y agoYou absolutely see it in TBS broadcasts of Family Guy, where they can get away with speeding up the show without impacting its look and feel tremendously.
- kikimaru 10y agoCan't skip frames when there are none.
- cel1ne 10y agoStanley Kubrick would have hated this. ;) http://www.cinemablend.com/new/Message-From-Stanley-Kubrick-Projectionists-Showing-His-Films-25500.html http://www.cinemablend.com/new/Message-From-Stanley-Kubrick-...