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!
- MichaelHinzeCommunity Member
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.
- BenjaminWalsh-7Community Member
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.
- AlanBaertschiCommunity Member
Hi Leslie,
Are you able to find out if the developers have any plans to add this feature soon? A wonderful user just commented on this post that they would be willing to volunteer to code this functionality on their own time and share with the community. It's a shame it's come to this point, but just in case your team is actually working on this, I'd hate for this volunteer to waste their time. Thank you much!
- MarkRamsey1Community Member
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.
- DavidDobsonCommunity Member
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.
- ThomasLastCommunity Member
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.
- davefaldaszCommunity Member
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.- MaryMicheliniCommunity Member
Dave, would you be able to show us how you would do this? Or point me in the direction of a guide?
Thank you in advance!
- AlanBaertschiCommunity Member
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.