increase preview playback speed?

emjaysea wrote on 4/27/2015, 9:05 AM

Vegas Pro 11
I have a long video of mostly still images I'm editing. I need to review the whole thing and make changes to individual images. It would be nice if I could increase the preview playback speed so I don't have to sit through 45 minutes of it. The other option is to render the video and then increase playback speed in VLC, but it takes a couple of hours to render the dang thing, as it's mostly transitions. The other option is, of course, to just scrub the timeline, but I'm always afraid I'm accidentally jumping past something when I do that!

Thanks!

Comments

pwppch wrote on 4/27/2015, 9:12 AM

Next to the rate control, there is a small triangle. You can set this to a default value. When you play, the rate by default will use this value for playback.

J-K-L is also a more controlled option to do it manually vs dragging the rate control.

Peter

rs170a wrote on 4/27/2015, 10:23 AM

+1 to Peter's J-K-L suggestion. I use those keys all the time when I have to go through rather long files :)
Set it to Fast under Options-Prefs-Video and you'll fly through things in no time.
FYI, J is reverse, K is pause and L is forward. Each press of the J or L key speeds it up or down to 1, 1.5, 2, 4, 10 and 20 times normal. Audio mutes at 10 and 20.

Mike

TheHappyFriar wrote on 4/27/2015, 10:52 AM

Hold K and press J/L and when you let go of J/L it should pause playback vs keep going.

+1 for those too. Very handy.

emjaysea wrote on 4/27/2015, 12:02 PM

Thanks for the tips. I found the option to change speed under Options>Preferences>Editing JKL / shuttle speed. Works great, appreciate it!

michael-w4674 wrote on 11/18/2018, 3:52 AM

This does not work for me as it should, it just creates a chipmunk voice, really annoying, and it does not speed it like in lets say VLC or GOM player.

NickHope wrote on 11/18/2018, 4:01 AM

@michael-w4674 This thread might interest you, in particular the comment from Marco: https://www.vegascreativesoftware.info/us/forum/suggestion-speed-up-down-timeline-playback-rate-preserving-pitch--105358/#ca698426

AVsupport wrote on 11/18/2018, 5:06 PM

with playback cursor on the timeline, use up/down arrows to zoom the timeline. cursor left and right will scroll at speeds adjusted to your zoom level.

Rouflakess wrote on 5/24/2020, 11:43 AM

On previous versions there used to be a triangle cursor under the preview playback rate cursor setting the speed you wished the playback speed would stay every time you'd press play.
I'm trying version 17 and the triangle cursor is gone, the only option is using J or L, but the speed is reset to 1.00 every time the playback is stopped.
How can the speed be locked at a desired speed like previously ?

Marco. wrote on 5/24/2020, 11:53 AM

That triangle is still at the same place in Vegas Pro 17.

Rouflakess wrote on 5/24/2020, 12:17 PM

Thanks Marco! Do I feel silly ? yes, I tried many things before asking, except widening the panel which on the project I opened was narrow and didn't have the triangle . Widened it and there it was. Cheers !

gary-o wrote on 8/6/2020, 7:25 AM

Do I feel silly ? yes, I tried many things before asking, except widening the panel!

No, you should feel silly. This is a design flaw. If the panel is reduced in size (to a "normal", acceptable width, not taking up 1/4 of the screen) then the slider should be repositioned underneath the "Rate" value so that it remains visible. I would never have thought to increase the width of the panel (substantially) to see this elusive triangle.

I don't know if Magix staff reads these posts, but I think this should be a tweak request for a future update.

gary-o wrote on 8/29/2021, 4:55 AM

How do you ensure that the frequency stays the same, regardless of the rate?

Also: I'm editing voiceover tracks, and J/L increments way too fast (the first one is 1.5X, then 2X). How do I adjust it so that the increments are 1.1X, 1.2X, 1.3X, etc.?

(Without changing frequency of course, because then the narration becomes unintelligible?)

BTW I couldn't find any preference settings to change the JKL speeds, and the preferences for JKL shuttle speed in editing (slow/medium) doesn't do anything either).

rraud wrote on 8/29/2021, 2:22 PM

Without changing frequency of course, because then the narration becomes unintelligible?

Spend some time editing on an audio reel-to-reel, Old school folks learned to edit without an option to maintain normal pitch. There was no easy 'undo' or 'redo' either. Then there was the risk of physical injury with a razor blade. (end rant)