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Asked: 2012-12-31 05:48:35 +0800 CST

Play the movie faster with cvlc

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I have seen that I can control the speed of vlc by using the keyboard shortcuts +/-. It works to play the movie slower with [-], but I can't get it to play faster than 1.00x with the [+] keyboard shortcut. This is with vlc run as cvlc file.mkv version 2.0.3-0ubuntu0 under Ubuntu 12.04 x86.

I am doing this on a laptop, so the only '+' sign I have is in the [+/=] key.

Any ideas?

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4 Answers

  1. Use the square brackets keys.

    • [ for decrease speed by 0.1x increments
    • ] for increase speed by 0.1x increments

    These keys also allow moving above the 1.0x speed, unlike +/- keys.

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    • Try the + key on the numeric keypad. This seems to increase the playback rate by 0.5. I found this out by trying every key on my keyboard :) (- slows the playback rate.)
    • Try the = key. This seems to increase the playback rate by 0.1. Note that cvlc seems to assume a QWERTY keyboard layout, regardless of your choice of keyboard layout.

    • On Ubuntu 11.10, there is a config file for vlc located at ~/.config/vlc/vlcrc. Search for

      # Faster (fine) (key)
# key-rate-faster-fine=]

      and / or 

      # Faster (key)
# key-faster=+

      Uncomment the second line by removing the # sign, and (if you desire) change the key. For example,

         # Faster (key)
   key-faster=0
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  4. You are expected to use square brackets. They are usually found under the - and + key on the keyboard.

    [ - For decreasing the speed of video

    ] - For increasing the speed

    http://www.latestsolution.com/2016/07/top-20-keyboard-shortcut-vlc.html

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