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I quite like the ability to watch videos on YouTube at 1.5x or 2x speed.

Note, one can do the same with ffmpeg:

https://ffmpeg.org/ffmpeg-filters.html#setpts_002c-asetpts

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/30371346/whats-right-way-...

Most video players support changing the playback speed. In mplayer it's controlled with the '[' and ']' keys and in VLC it's set in the Playback -> Speed menu.

HTML5 video elements also usually have a playback speed property that can be changed in the JS console, so any site that streams fast enough can be sped up.

The mplayer keys work in VLC too, BTW.

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