And it works great. I noticed that Quicktime stays open when the "return to normal spped" script is launched, so you have to go back to itunes to pause speech. Is this the behavior designed in the script, or is something amuck? Marc
On Aug 18, 2012, at 11:22 AM, Marc Sutton <marc...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi Again Esther, > I found your apple script instructions further down the archive webpage. > Thanks for the detail and I am now putting it all together. > Marc > > On Aug 18, 2012, at 10:10 AM, Marc Sutton <marc...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> 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.
