I wanted to share a GREAT tip that I got from someone when I first started here at Microsoft two months ago. Ok, it probably isn't that GREAT of a tip but it is very helpful to someone like me who is always short on time and has a plethora of web casts and new employee orientation videos that need to be watched. To save yourself a bunch of time, watch them quicker by changing your Play Speed. I don't know exactly how much faster it plays videos/sound clips but it's at least a third faster. Of course with it on "FAST", sound will sound a little cartoonish. But I have yet to encounter a clip that wasn't difficult to understand on fast.
Incase you don't know how to watch a clip on 'Fast', go up to the FILE menu in Windows Media Player and click PLAY -> PLAY SPEED -> FAST.
You, like me, will save a lot of time! Thanks, GW!
good :)
Finaly I want to know how I can use the "view - enhancements - play speed settings" in my C#application. I use there the WMP with all functions and also the Fast/Slow but I cant communicate with the enhancements... s.o. an idea?
I use ths feature for a long time and really love it.
IT works well with my favourite video broadcasts, with DVDs and MP3s (good for audio books).
But it does NOT work with DIVX, XVID, etc.
Mohammed, can you clarify - is it the functional limitation of Media Player or of specific codecs?
Should I wait for some feature-rich DIVX codec that will provide for fast playback in WMP?
Or should I wait for next versions of WMP?