Re: Viewing YouTube in slow motion?

[Ron Johnson <ron.l.johnson@cox.net>]

On 05/26/2011 12:34 AM, Marc Shapiro wrote:
> On 05/24/11 07:26, Mihira Fernando wrote:
> > On 05/24/2011 07:55 PM, Marc Shapiro wrote:
> > > Is there any software out there to allow me to download, or capture
> > > the stream of a YouTube video and then play it back at a slower pace.
> > > There are some videos of karate katas that I would really like to view
> > > at about half speed, or slower.
> > >
> > > Continually hitting the pause button helps some, but is not really the
> > > best solution.
> > >
> > > Marc
> > install the Downloadhelper firefox plugin to download youtube videos.
> > Then you can play them with VLC. VLC has play back speed controls so you
> > can slow down the play back speed.
>
> Thanks! Downloadhelper worked like a charm. I couldn't get VLC to work.
> It played back the audio, but not the video. I did, however, finally
> notice the very tiny, unmarked button on Xine which slows the playback,
> so I am able to do what I need. All is good.

mplayer FTW, especially if you have an Nvidia card, VDPAU and a 
non-ancient card.

      <- and ->
           Seek backward/forward 10 seconds.
      up and down
           Seek forward/backward 1 minute.
      pgup and pgdown
           Seek forward/backward 10 minutes.
      [ and ]
           Decrease/increase current playback speed by 10%.
      { and }
           Halve/double current playback speed.
      backspace
           Reset playback speed to normal.
      .
           Step  forward.   Pressing  once  will pause movie, every
           consecutive press will play one frame and then go into
           pause mode again (any other key unpauses).


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