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I've largely hated the slow transition of information from barebones html scrawlings to the modern video presentation format. One thing I've discovered is insta
by knome 4y ago
I've largely hated the slow transition of information from barebones html scrawlings to the modern video presentation format. One thing I've discovered is installing an HTML5 video speed controller extension that lets me run most videos at 2.5-3.0x speed. It really seems to help. I think part of the problem is that most videos are tuned well below the rate I like to scan in information.
- userbinator 4y agoI agree and also watch most videos much faster than 1x; it seems lowest-common-denominator-oriented "educational" videos require the most speedup, while with denser stuff, and some entertainment, I can only get up to 1.5-1.8x. An (un?)fortunate side-effect is that talking to most people in realtime becomes annoyingly slow; and likewise, others tell me that I'm talking too fast.
- snvzz 4y agoYoutube only allows up to 2x and that's annoying. I use mpv (with youtube-dl) to work around that... up to 4x. I can often understand and follow a vid just fine at 3-4x.
- Kubuxu 4y agoEnchanter for YouTube allows you to set the speed as fast as you want.
- _Microft 4y agoIf you do not want to install an add-on to work around that, you can use a bookmarklet like this (works at least in Firefox): javascript:(() => { document.getElementsByTagName("video")[0].playbackRate=2.0; })();