Hi Mark, I use a couple of AppleScripts to speed up playback of tracks selected in iTunes and return to normal speed. iTunes itself doesn't support variable speed playback, but QuickTime Player, which it uses, does. So the scripts just pass the current position in the track to QuickTime Player, with the speed boost, and then back to iTunes at normal speed, so the track position can be kept. I've used this method for several years. However, it's the older version of QuickTime, which is now dubbed "QuickTime 7", that has the easy access to A/V controls of pitch, speed, etc. that was used for the scripts, and while this still works (and provides different playback options -- all accessible through the GUI with VoiceOver), it's no longer included by default with operating system distributions starting with Lion; you have to download it separately.
If you're interested, I posted instructions on the Mac-access list earlier this year, and you can read the post in the mail archives: Speeding up podcasts on the Mac: http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-access%40mac-access.net/msg08057.html HTH. Cheers, Esther On Aug 17, 2:54 pm, Garth Humphreys <ghu...@gmail.com> wrote: > I don't have a recommendation at the moment but I think I saw some reference > in the twitter stream from down cast. He mentioned that he was working on a > Mac app. I'll be very happy if so. > > Sent from my iPhone > > On 18/08/2012, at 5:52, Marc Sutton <marc...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hi Listers, > I use and enjoy Downcast on ios. Does anyone have recommendations for podcast > apps on the Mac? Hopefully one that will allow speeding up of playback. > Thanks. > Marc > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group > athttp://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 macvisionaries@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.
