Need Direction: How To Speed Up Playback in MPC-HC

[bbildman]

For the life of me, I have tried everything that I can figure out in MPC-HC to enable playing my videos back at an faster playback speed.

No matter what I try in any of the Options settings, nothing works.

When I open a video in VLC or WMP, the option is quite evident and the videos DO play at the increased speed that I tell it to.

Can anyone here please help me, I've search the internet for a solution to this problem, and cannot find one??

The reason that I am interested in this is because of this article::

"I have found a new way to watch TV, and it changes everything"

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2016/06/22/i-have-found-a-new-way-to-watch-tv-and-it-changes-everything/

[Groucho2004]

Seriously? Three ways to do it:
1. Menu "Play" -> "Increase Rate"
2. Button "Increase Speed" on the control tool bar
3. Shortcut "Ctrl Up"

[bbildman]

Seriously? Three ways to do it:
1. Menu "Play" -> "Increase Rate"
2. Button "Increase Speed" on the control tool bar
3. Shortcut "Ctrl Up"

Yes, seriously.

None of the ways do what you say, when I click "increase rate" nothing happens. When I click "reset rate" I see a "Speed: 1.00x." There is no indication in the upper right corner of a speed increase whn I click "Increase rate" or do it via the other 2 ways you mention.

Which I why I posted here so as perhaps gain some insight as to what is going on, and why it doesn't work.

(Thanks for the reply)

[Groucho2004]

I suggests posting in the MPC-HC thread.

[clsid]

If it doesn't work it means on of the filters in the chain does not support rate changes.

[pirlouy]

Seriously, this article is supposed to be released on April the 1st.
Really ? Speed up videos to watch more videos. No, it's a joke. :D

Sorry for offtopic; gl with your speed up problem.

[kaminar]

Found the setting you were looking for...i was also having an issue, and then thought to check the internal settings...

Go to View > Options > Playback
Under "Control", you'll see "Volume Step" and then "Speed Step". Volume Step is set at 5% increase, while Speed Step is set to Auto. I think the Auto setting doubles the speed (100%) each time you increase it.

To adjust to your liking, simply change the setting from Auto to the % you wish, and it will increase from 1.00 by that % each time you increase the step.

For example, 10% will increase by 10% each step (from 1.00 to 1.10, then 1.20, etc)...20% will increase by 20% each step also...so you get the idea.

The smaller each step, the better you can fine tune to your liking.

Good luck!

PS: see attached screenshot