A player where I can speed up video without audio pitch change ?

I have tons of tutorials/videos to watch on a limited time notice , so I have been watching them on 1.25x speed where the sound pitch is least annoying but still that doesn't resolve the issue much .

Now I know that video editors can do a 2x speed up to video without changing pitch through certain filters but then problem is encoding time and the technicalities may actually consume more time than save , so any body know of a video player that can do that on the go ?

nIGHTmAYOR said:

I have been watching them on 1.25x speed where the sound pitch is least annoying but still that doesn't resolve the issue much .

VLC Media player keeps the pitch constant when speeding up playback. Much beyond 1.7x the spoken word starts to become too fast to comprehend though, above 2x it's virtually impossible to follow.

Controlling Playback Speed in VLC Media Player

Bree said:

VLC Media player keeps the pitch constant when speeding up playback. Much beyond 1.7x the spoken word starts to become too fast to comprehend though, above 2x it's virtually impossible to follow.

Controlling Playback Speed in VLC Media Player

To control speed of a video in VLC using shortcuts:
Speed up: ] Key in keyboard
Speed down: [ Key in keyboard
Normal speed: = Key in keyboard

good find , that should do the trick , thank you very much

Hi there
KODI also works

Cheers
jimbo

Farvatten said:

Gosh, I really feel like I must be missing something here.
Don't the voices get high pitched like chipmunks when you speed up playback? And that at 1.7x are then unintelligible? If so, I'm not sure I understand how the pitch is being constant.

No, VLC and the other players recommended above process the audio to lower its pitch in proportion to the increased speed of the video. No 'Chipmunk' effect, the net effect is that you hear the audio at its original pitch - but faster. Music is OK, at 2x but it gets difficult to take in the sense of speech heard at twice it's normal rate.

Bree said:

No 'Chipmunk' effect, the net effect is that you hear the audio at its original pitch - but faster.

Yes, I see now why I was getting the 'Chipmunk' and therefore confused about your post.

Apparently with VLC versions over the years, I had at some point turned off this preference that is ON by default.

Tools > Preferences > Audio > Effects > [√] Enable Time-Stretching audio

That has to be enabled otherwise the pitch is not consistent with speed.

If you wanna sound just like the really annoying disclaimer voice at the end of a commercial where you feel like you just wanna punch the guy in the face, definitely use that feature.