Hi, Am I correct that you have to use an older version of QuickTime player to get the ability to speed up a file? If so, can one have both the current version and an older QuickTime player installed?
Thanks, Robert Carter On Nov 17, 2010, at 8:34 AM, Esther wrote: > Hi Heather, > > You could use QuickTime Player to speed up playback. Navigate to the mp3 > file you want in Finder, then bring up the context menu (VO+Shift+M) and find > the selection "Open With". Right arrow to the submenu and select QuickTime > Player. If you bring up the A/V Control Window (Command+K shortcut to toggle > this window on, or go to the "Window" menu on the QuickTime Player menu bar > to find this option), navigate to the Playback Speed slider and interact to > set the speed you want. > > If you want to do this after locating your track in the iTunes songs table, I > think you can use Command+Shift+R to reveal your track location in Finder > under iTunes 10. (In iTunes 9 it's Command+R to bring up a Finder window > with your selected track highlighted.) Then, go to the context window to > "Open with QuickTime Player" as outlined above, and use the A/V Control > Window playback slider to speed things up. > > I use AppleScripts to switch track playback between iTunes and QuickTime > Player at preset faster speeds, following a tip that once appeared at the Mac > OS X Hints site, and which is described in this archived list post on > speeding up podcasts: > http://www.mail-archive.com/macvisionaries%40googlegroups.com/msg09819.html > > However, you can always just open QuickTime from the context menu as I > described above. > > HTH. Cheers, > > Esther > > On Nov 15, 2010, heather kd5cbl wrote: > >> Well, I was listening to some mp3 lectures using media player classic on the >> pc side and itunes on the mac side. I wanted to know if there is a way to >> speed up the media like there is with the digital players? Or is there >> another program that would allow me to speed up the media. I guess I am so >> used to listening to things fast that it get really boring to listen to it >> slow! Thanks Heather > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
