# Playback Speed Option **URL:** \ **Category:** Feature Suggestions\ **Created:** [April 24, 2017, 5:02pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/playback-speed-option/189833 "2017-04-24T17:02:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Raman\_Mehat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9de0a6/32.png) [@Raman\_Mehat](https://forums.plex.tv/u/Raman_Mehat)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2017, 5:02pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/playback-speed-option/189833/1 "2017-04-24T17:02:33Z")
Would be nice to be able to vary the playback speed for videos (e.g. 2X, 3X , 0.5X) ---
**Author:** ![aeonx](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/aeonx/32/276390_2.png) [@aeonx](https://forums.plex.tv/u/aeonx)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2017, 7:40pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/playback-speed-option/189833/2 "2017-04-24T19:40:28Z")
I agree. But there may be a duplicate feature request out there already, have you searched? 😄 ---
**Author:** ![leprasmurf](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/leprasmurf/32/86156_2.png) [@leprasmurf](https://forums.plex.tv/u/leprasmurf)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2017, 8:26pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/playback-speed-option/189833/3 "2017-06-13T20:26:20Z")
Duplicate feature requests would benefit from a link to the most popular version of the request. There are a bunch of duplications of this request. The following appears to be the most popular, with 88 votes presently: > **[Playback Speed](https://forums.plex.tv/discussion/112530/feature-request-playback-speed)** > > I use plex for checking my surveillance webcam. For quick scanning an option for different playback speeds (x2, x4, x16) would be awesome.    Other purposes would be: education videos, audiobooks, interviews (for transcription).   What do you... ---
**Author:** ![tom80H](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/tom80h/32/19753_2.png) [@tom80H](https://forums.plex.tv/u/tom80H)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2021, 6:49pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/playback-speed-option/189833/4 "2021-01-12T18:49:03Z")