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Speeding up things whilst watching

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dancinginthesky · 05/07/2023 15:54

Sitting with DS watching a show as he's been off sick and he mentioned that it's too fast for him to understand

I always change the speed to 2x on Netflix and almost 2x on YouTube and get irritated (mildly) when I get voicenotes and can't speed them up ... I don't talk particularly fast but I just hate how slow things are when watching

Am I the only person who finds recorded viewing just too slow to sit through at normal pace? Like there's so much just silence or ummms and ahhhs

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Catspyjamas17 · 05/07/2023 15:59

Why would you speed it up? Surely the voices then sound like gerbils?

TheLovleyChebbyMcGee · 05/07/2023 15:59

But the pauses are there for dramatic effect or t let the audience soak in the story, surely its a bit emotionless to just rush through it?

Drews · 05/07/2023 15:58

I watch almost everything on youtube at x2 unless they speak particularly fast then its just x1.75 but normal speed is just way too slow.

Mull · 05/07/2023 15:56

I didn’t even know you could do that on Netflix! I wouldn’t be able to understand it sped up - I’m getting to an age where I think everyone’s mumbling and the music is too loud 😁