[SOLVED] Need to play video at 1.25x speed.

linustalman · 06-12-2015, 03:04 PM

Hi LQ.

How can I play a video at 1.25x speed in Linux? I know VLC and SMPlayer can go to speeds of 1.20x, 1.30x, etc. but I need 1.25x.

Thanks.

273 · 06-12-2015, 03:16 PM

Code:

mplayer -speed 1.25 /path/to/video/file.name

Seems to work here.

linustalman · 06-12-2015, 03:19 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by 273

Code:

mplayer -speed 1.25 /path/to/video/file.name

Seems to work here.

Hi 273.

That works except for the pitch being wrong -- they all sound like cartoon chipmunks.

273 · 06-12-2015, 03:27 PM

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Originally Posted by LinusStallman

Hi 273.

That works except for the pitch being wrong -- they all sound like cartoon chipmunks.

I suggest you either read the manpage or on of the online manpages, for example, here:
http://linux.die.net/man/1/mplayer
But, so that I can answer you completely, try the following:

Code:

mplayer -speed 1.25 -af scaletempo

linustalman · 06-12-2015, 03:28 PM

This seems to work fine:

Code:

mplayer -af scaletempo -speed 1.25 video.mp4

Edit: We must have posted at almost the same time.

273 · 06-12-2015, 03:30 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by LinusStallman

This seems to work fine:

Code:

mplayer -af scaletempo -speed 1.25 video.mp4

Edit: We must have posted at almost the same time.

Aha, so you did look at the online man pages

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Glad this is solved though as I'll admit I'd not thought to bother doing it until now.

linustalman · 06-12-2015, 03:32 PM

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Originally Posted by 273

Aha, so you did look at the online man pages

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Glad this is solved though as I'll admit I'd not thought to bother doing it until now.

I found it here (end post by haomself): http://ubuntuforums.org/archive/inde...t-1226982.html

linustalman · 06-12-2015, 03:33 PM

I appreciate your help. Cheers.

273 · 06-12-2015, 03:33 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by LinusStallman

I found it here (end post by haomself): http://ubuntuforums.org/archive/inde...t-1226982.html

Then please do read the man pages

linustalman · 06-12-2015, 03:34 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by 273

Then please do read the man pages

They are far too long.

273 · 06-12-2015, 03:47 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by LinusStallman

They are far too long.

The trick is to search them. I know it's easy to search the man pages but, personally, I tent to use the site above, or one like it, then press the '/' key in Firefox and search for whatever it is I want, "speed" for example. Well, when I'm in a DE of course.
You're very welcome for the help though -- as I mentioned I'd not thought to look into it until you mentioned it.

linustalman · 06-13-2015, 03:32 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by 273

The trick is to search them. I know it's easy to search the man pages but, personally, I tent to use the site above, or one like it, then press the '/' key in Firefox and search for whatever it is I want, "speed" for example. Well, when I'm in a DE of course.
You're very welcome for the help though -- as I mentioned I'd not thought to look into it until you mentioned it.

Thanks for the die.net tip -- I will look there first for future issues. It's far easier with Ctrl-f (I never knew '/' also did this in FF) than looking though the terminal pages.

273 · 06-13-2015, 06:44 AM

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Originally Posted by LinusStallman

Thanks for the die.net tip -- I will look there first for future issues. It's far easier with Ctrl-f (I never knew '/' also did this in FF) than looking though the terminal pages.

A friend who's an old [in experience not age] Unix/Linx guru told me about the '/' to search tip "just like vi" he said...
It's Ctrl+G to go the the next one then. I find it easier, somehow, to use '/' than CTR+F even though I end up using Ctrl+G to search further.

linustalman · 06-13-2015, 08:39 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by 273

A friend who's an old [in experience not age] Unix/Linx guru told me about the '/' to search tip "just like vi" he said...
It's Ctrl+G to go the the next one then. I find it easier, somehow, to use '/' than CTR+F even though I end up using Ctrl+G to search further.

F3 also launches Quick find.