Forum Discussion
Variable Playback Speed
We build our e-learning courses using Articulate Storyline. Recently, a number of our students have asked us if we can provide functionality of increasing the speed of the delivery, the provision that they have in Lynda courses and youtube videos.
So I was wondering there is a provision for the same in Articulate Storyline.
Thanks,
Payal
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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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.
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?
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.
