I have basically the same approach. I don't absorb information that well from video because of the fixed pacing. I would much rather read which lets me speed up

I have basically the same approach. I don't absorb information that well from video because of the fixed pacing. I would much rather read which lets me speed up and slow down automatically. When I need to absorb a video, I find speed controls to be incredibly useful. For low density information, I set the speed as high as I can and still understand the speaker. This is like skimming a text. If the speaker gets to something high density, I will slow down or even listen to the section multiple times. This is like reading slowly for maximum understanding. I am honestly a bit frustrated with how much information is getting locked up in videos as I find them a pretty poor format in comparison to text annotated with diagrams.