{"id":318,"date":"2007-01-12T16:19:56","date_gmt":"2007-01-12T23:19:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pdxtc.com\/wpblog\/archives\/318"},"modified":"2014-12-04T13:39:10","modified_gmt":"2014-12-04T20:39:10","slug":"speeding-up-media-files","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pdxtc.com\/wpblog\/search-engines\/speeding-up-media-files\/","title":{"rendered":"Speeding Up Media Files"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I watch and listen to more than my share of online tutorials, both in audio and video format. I listen on my pc, and I take some for later on an Ipod, and there&#8217;s nothing I hate more than being unproductive.<\/p>\n<p>Most of what I choose to view (or hear) is necessary for my work, but I really don&#8217;t have any time to spare.  Sometimes, the speaker or presenter talks very slowly, or goes on and on, when all I want are the facts. Just give me what I need to know, and give it to me right now.<br \/>\nRecently, I received (again, from <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.1automationwiz.com\/app\/?af=360411\">Jerry West<\/a>) a link to a 48 minute video analysis of the Q4 2006 search engine algorithm changes. C&#8217;mon, Jerry, are you kidding me?! 48 minutes?<\/p>\n<p>I immediately started searching for a way to speed up the playback time, and  it didn&#8217;t take me too long to find this <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.lifehacker.com\/software\/top\/ask-lifehacker-speeding-up-video-playback-182648.php\">great post<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>They covered several of my options, and in the comments, there were other suggestions too that could help with nearly any type of media  file I needed to play faster.<\/p>\n<p>So, if you are looking for a way to easily speed up the time it takes to playback audio and video files, look no further than <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.lifehacker.com\/software\/top\/ask-lifehacker-speeding-up-video-playback-182648.php\">here<\/a>.  I saved so much time watching my 48 minute video, that I had some left over to write this&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I watch and listen to more than my share of online tutorials, both in audio and video format. I listen on my pc, and I take some for later on an Ipod, and there&#8217;s nothing I hate more than being unproductive. 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