Hi Esther, Thank you for this tip. I downloaded an opml file of my podcast subscriptions into itunes. Do you know if they can be sorted into folders instead of one long list? Can you point me to a resource on how to build this apple script file? Thanks much. Marc
On Aug 17, 2012, at 7:15 PM, Esther <mori...@mac.com> wrote: > 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. > -- 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.
