# Plex "Quick Mode" **URL:** \ **Category:** Feature Suggestions\ **Created:** [October 8, 2016, 1:24pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-quick-mode/162260 "2016-10-08T13:24:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![mmartial](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/mmartial/32/84924_2.png) [@mmartial](https://forums.plex.tv/u/mmartial)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2016, 1:24pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-quick-mode/162260/1 "2016-10-08T13:24:36Z")
So I own a Tivo, and I adore the “Quick mode” [[tivo.com/support/how-to/how-to-fast-forward-with-QuickMode](http://tivo.com/support/how-to/how-to-fast-forward-with-QuickMode)] that “lets you speed through a show 30% faster, while also letting you hear what everyone is saying”. I can do something similar on using VLC to access Plex acting as a media server on an Nvidia shield but it would be very welcome to have it built into Plex directly ---
**Author:** ![MikeG6.5](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/mikeg6.5/32/10150_2.png) [@MikeG6.5](https://forums.plex.tv/u/MikeG6.5)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2016, 2:08pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-quick-mode/162260/2 "2016-10-08T14:08:05Z")
Request already exists in these 2 posts, just a little way down from the top. I expect this request to be closed as a result. Please search for things before requesting them, so votes don’t get diluted by being spread out. > **[Speed Control on Videos](https://forums.plex.tv/discussion/57841/speed-control-on-videos#latest)** > > Speed Up or Slow Down Video PlaybackI have a large learning library on Plex with about 8 \*\*YEARS\*\* worth of watching. I'd like to get thru these videos in less time (let's say 4 years :P ). It would be nice to have a feature where I could control... > **[Playback Speed](https://forums.plex.tv/discussion/112530/feature-request-playback-speed#latest)** > > 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:** [February 28, 2021, 2:31am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-quick-mode/162260/3 "2021-02-28T02:31:30Z")
Early 2021 clean-up: duplicate ---
**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:** [June 10, 2021, 12:44am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-quick-mode/162260/4 "2021-06-10T00:44:23Z")