[implemented] Playback Speed

For people who want to increase the speed of plex and who are on a computer it’s simple :

  1. Go here : http://bookmarklets.org/maker/
  2. Uncheck “URL-encode reserved characters”
  3. Paste this code :
javascript:(function(){document.querySelector("video").playbackRate=2;}());
  1. Drag and drop “My Bookmarklet” to your bookmarks bar: It’s finish !
  2. Go to any video and click on “My Bookmarklet” and your video will be in x2
    Note: to change the speed, edit the script and put x1,5 or x3 …
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Very cool. Thanks for the tip!

I’m hoping for a way to do this on my iPhone soon though.

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Tivo Quickmode is a great feature, i would love to have something like that in Plex for saved media as well as live tv that was paused for awhile .

I am always watching movies on 1.3-1.7x depending on the language and boringness. Please, consider this feature.

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Eu também gostaria muito desse recurso de aumentar a velocidade de reprodução em todos os dispositivos.

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Joseph Elwell.

Voted, really want to see this feature implemented as standard. I personally play everything at 1.1x-1.2x.

Would be nice to see a server-side setting to default all video playback to a desired value.

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+1, Please implement this. I use this feature everywhere i can its been a huge timesaver for me.

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+1 absolutely! This was the main reason why I upgraded my TiVo!

+1 Same speed control that you have in Podcasts! Copy-paste the function, ‘easy’ :grin:

Would be handy for a few different types of content.

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+1. I’ve been waiting patiently for this feature in Plex. This would be awesome! Thanks.

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+1. Native playback speed is really important!!! I already use the extension when on Chrome OS but would like it from all playable devices.

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God I wish we had this. Skipping 30 seconds ahead is too much. And for some reason my chrome extension “Video Speed Controller” doesnt support plex :frowning:

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Here is my touch on the subject.

I use what @Sylvain_France said but with this code:

javascript:(function(){
  function isNumber(e){return!isNaN(+e)&&isFinite(e)};
  var video=document.querySelector("video");
  var speed=video && prompt("VideoSpeed ?",video.playbackRate);
  video&&isNumber(speed)&&speed&&(video.playbackRate=speed)
}());

Which is minified and bookmarked to

javascript:void%20function(){(function(){function%20e(e){return!isNaN(+e)%26%26isFinite(e)}var%20i=document.querySelector(%22video%22),t=i%26%26prompt(%22VideoSpeed%20%3F%22,i.playbackRate);i%26%26e(t)%26%26t%26%26(i.playbackRate=t)})()}();

Thanks again to @Sylvain_France for the bookmark idea

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Is there a place we can vote for features or do we just add a +1 comment here?
This would be super useful. Some things we watch are slow. Being able to watch a 40 minute program in less than 40 minutes is just efficiency. Do this on youtube all the time.

I would love this feature! It’s the main reason I’m still holding back from purchasing a lifetime Plex Pass.

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This is already implemented in the iOS app (since when?).

It’s there for audio, but not video.

Would like to see a multi-speed live playback available. Basically a true fast forward/rewind. This is a feature that is really limiting me from cutting over to use just Plex instead of Kodi.

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Need this feature especially for speeding up training videos, just started using Plex for this. Also quickly catching up on seriew.