Do you watch videos at faster than normal speeds?

submitted by Tiwaking from self.AskSaidIt

I watch videos at 4x speed. If videos are particularly long winded, I'll watch them at 6x speed (my max comprehensible speed). Does anyone else do this? What speed do you watch videos at?

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[–]useless_aether 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

rarely at 2x

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    [–]Tiwaking[S] 1 insightful - 2 fun1 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

    ....and the language too :)

    [–]m68k 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

    I just skip ahead to a part that looks like they're talking about something that advances the subject. Also, I always skip the intros. People with intros over 10 seconds really need to rethink how they do videos.

    Oddly, this is what I do with movies as well. I'll tap on skip until I see something interesting. :P

    [–]AnarchySpeach 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

    Depends on their accent for me. If I can understand them easily I'll sometimes speeds the video up. 2x, maybe 3x if video will let me without too much hassle.

    [–]Tiwaking[S] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

    I forgot to mention how you can watch videos at faster than 2x speeds.

    There is a browser plugin called Video Speed Controller. You can use it to control how fast or slow the video plays and can be used to rewind or fast forward. This can be used to skip adverts.

    https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/video-speed-controller/nffaoalbilbmmfgbnbgppjihopabppdk

    Works with Chrome and Opera. Dunno about the other browsers.