Variable Playback Speed
Jun 17, 2016
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Hello Everyone!
I'm happy to share that we have released Storyline 360 version 72 (Build 3.72.29654.0).
Included in this release is a new feature where you can let learners explore at their own pace by choosing a course playback speed between 0.25x and 2x.
Now all you need to do is update Storyline 360 in your Articulate 360 desktop app on your computer. You'll find our step-by-step instructions here.
Please let us know if you have any questions by reaching out to our Support Engineers directly.
Have a great day!
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The published Storyline output is not a video similar to YouTube, so varying the playback spped is not an option. You could add a seekbar to each slide that would allow users to fastforward through the content.
Many DAW's have a playback feature which allows multiple play back speeds. How hard would it be to copy the code from one like Audacity, which is written in C++ and C, and add a small selector to the audio playback? I don't write code so I have no idea how difficult that would be, but surely with so many audio recording software products on the market, something could be put together by Articulate Storyline?
Looking forward to you reply! Thanks so much!
-Ben.
Hi Ben and welcome to E-Learning Heroes :)
Not sure how hard that would be either, but if this is something that you have a need/use-case for then I encourage you to share your thoughts with our team here.
Panopto, the streaming video company, allows for speed up/down playback. Often I would speed up playback to 1.75 in order to check captions when editing. Especially when you're dealing with professors' classes getting turned into webinars, some can be deadly slow, and it really benefits to speed up playback.
People's time is so compressed now.
Has there been any progress in getting to this feature?
Hi David,
The ability for the learner to speed up and/or slow down the audio or video playback is a feature that we are continuing to track.
This conversation is linked to the report so that we can share updates with you here and I also wanted to share some information about how we manage these feature requests.
I too am getting multiple requests from students for variable playback. Is such a feature is currently available or will be in the near future?
Hi Thomas and welcome to E-Learning Heroes :)
It is not a current feature available within our software at this time. We are tracking a feature request and this conversation is attached. We will pop in and share any updates with you here, but I do not have a timeframe at this time.
I would love to have a variable speed feature in Articulate.
temporary work around...
we could launch the video in a separate window with a .html file and use the features included by the recording tool we chose.
DVD players have had variable playback speeds for the last probably 15-20 years, podcasts have had it for a decade, YouTube, LinkedIn Learning...
Articulate, it's embarrassing you're not there yet.
I would like to also add my support for this feature request. As a learner, I almost ALWAYS speed up online courses to 1.5-2x speed and I'm extremely disappointed that Storyline360 doesn't have this feature, which is a staple of any modern e-learning course.
Now that I'm in a position where I'm actually building e-learning content, I feel that I'm wasting my learners time because I can't offer them a faster playback option.
I would STRONGLY recommend that Articulate figure this out -- it simply isn't representative of the otherwise extremely modern tools that Storyline brings to e-learning authoring.
First, I want to apologize for the snarky-ness of my earlier comment. I think I probably wrote it very quickly and didn't take the time necessary to discover all interpretations of its tone-of-voice. That was my fault, and so I'd like to apologize for being rude.
Moving forward, it looks like what folks are requesting will be possible with the QT C++ library, however, there is a cost-factor associated with the Enterprise Level license, so I can understand why development has been so slow for this feature request.
This library may also be a little overkill for just adding a feature like variable-speed playback, but it's at least a good starting place.
QT Library, MediaPlayer Class
QT QMediaPlayer Class Documentation
Ooh, nice rec! Doesn't help me accelerate the audio in my courses at all, but that's a really useful tool in other areas of my work.
Based on the age of all these variable speed playback feature requests I won't hold my breath waiting for it to become a reality.
Would love to see the playback speed option for audio and video added as we have clients asking for this added ability.
Yes. We are getting this request from our learning community. I would like to add another vote for variable playback speed. Thanks!
Yes. Please, Articulate.
This thread was started five years ago. Still no progress on this?
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I'm noticing that Rise has this functionality for videos. Is there not a way to enable the same functionality for Storyline?
Can a Articulate staff member confirm whether or not this feature was requested for storyline? Are we able to vote on that feature? It has been requested by our end users as well. Thanks!
Hello Matthew, and welcome to E-Learning Heroes. 😊
I can confirm that the feature request discussed here is specific to Storyline. The specific request is for learners to have the ability to speed up/slow down audio and video playback.
We have this conversation linked to the request, so commenting here counts as your vote, and we will be able to share any updates with you here as well.
Well, I emphatically vote "yes". As the functionality already exists in Rise, it seems like "low hanging fruit" to add this functionality to Storyline as well. It sounds like it would make a lot of your customers (and their clients) happy.
I also support the development of this feature. This is something people expect in any video/audo playback nowadays, and something I often make use of myself when viewing videos. I'm astonished that this was suggested so many years ago and has still not been implemented. Thanks in anticipation!
Adding my vote to this feature request. Over the past 3 months, a number of our survey respondents have requested this feature.
Plz develop this feature