# Variable playback speed

**URL:** <https://forums.plex.tv/t/variable-playback-speed/33314>\
**Category:** Feature Suggestions\
**Created:** [April 24, 2013, 10:05am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/variable-playback-speed/33314 "2013-04-24T10:05:05Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![darren\_ingram.fi](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/darren_ingram.fi/32/243011_2.png) [@darren\_ingram.fi](https://forums.plex.tv/u/darren_ingram.fi)\
**Post date:** [April 24, 2013, 10:05am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/variable-playback-speed/33314/1 "2013-04-24T10:05:05Z")

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(My apologies if I have missed a request for this...)

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It would be GREAT if there would be a client-side playback option (IOS, ROKU etc..) to playback media server content at faster than 1x speed.&nbsp;

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Why? You might ask.

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Well I timeshift a lot of television/documentaries via PLEX and nowadays so many channels think their viewers have the attention span of a dead fly. So they talk s-l-o-w-l-y, repeat things every few minutes (coming up... you've just seen....) and stating the damn obvious.

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With VLC I can playback stuff easily at between 1.3-1.5x speed and whilst the voice does go faster (with pitch protection?) I can still "watch" the documentary, or should I say have it more in the background and still not feel cheated.

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Would that be possible.........?  
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**Author:** ![Trudge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e19adc/32.png) [@Trudge](https://forums.plex.tv/u/Trudge)\
**Post date:** [April 24, 2013, 10:08am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/variable-playback-speed/33314/2 "2013-04-24T10:08:48Z")

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> (My apologies if I have missed a request for this...)
> 
> It would be GREAT if there would be a client-side playback option (IOS, ROKU etc..) to playback media server content at faster than 1x speed.&nbsp;
> 
> Why? You might ask.
> 
> Well I timeshift a lot of television/documentaries via PLEX and nowadays so many channels think their viewers have the attention span of a dead fly. So they talk s-l-o-w-l-y, repeat things every few minutes (coming up... you've just seen....) and stating the damn obvious.
> 
> With VLC I can playback stuff easily at between 1.3-1.5x speed and whilst the voice does go faster (with pitch protection?) I can still "watch" the documentary, or should I say have it more in the background and still not feel cheated.
> 
> Would that be possible.........?  
> &nbsp;

duplicate, pls vote here -\>&nbsp;[http://forums.plexapp.com/index.php/topic/57841-speed-control-on-videos/?hl=speed](http://forums.plexapp.com/index.php/topic/57841-speed-control-on-videos/?hl=speed)

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**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:** [May 23, 2021, 10:51am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/variable-playback-speed/33314/3 "2021-05-23T10:51:41Z")

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Closed on May 23, 2021, 10:51am UTC

Early 2021 clean-up: duplicate

> [@\[implemented\] Playback Speed](https://forums.plex.tv/t/playback-speed/69044/):
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> I use plex for checking my surveillance webcam. For quick scanning an option for different playback speeds (x2, x4, x16) would be awesome.&nbsp; &nbsp; Other purposes would be: education videos, audiobooks, interviews (for transcription). &nbsp; What do you think? Mod-Edit / Summary Currently supported for music libraries

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**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, 12:47am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/variable-playback-speed/33314/4 "2021-06-10T00:47:22Z")

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Archived on June 10, 2021, 12:47am UTC