Double your Goljan Experience

[whtdasheezy]

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I know many of us listen to a certain someone's pathology lectures on our iphone/ipads. But I was placed in a difficult situation in that I have become accustomed to listening to my lecture media in 2x, and if I listen to it in 1x, I find myself drifting away into the fun thoughts abyss due to my omnipresent ADHD.

Heres an easy & beautiful way to listen to anything on your iphone/ipod/itouch in doublespeed.
1)open up itunes
2) highlight lecture (or music, can be anything but video)
3) click file-->get info
4)then go to the "options tab"
5) change the media type to audiobook or podcast
6) resync iphone/ipod
(btw, this is on a mac cuz im a mactard; ok, just confirmed its the same process on the pc (fired up my parallels)

now, you have the option to listen to your newly reassorted media in 1/2x, 1x, or 2x.

Just an fyi, i once watched all of Dexter season 3 in doublespeed. Yes, thats how bad its gotten

(plz dont misconstrue this post for me condoning the acquisition of copyrighted material illegally, if you really like something, purchase it and support the person to have the invisible hand supply our thirst for the good greed)

 

[MCYan]

winamp has an add-on that allows you to listen to audios up to 5x i think. I remember doing this for my med1/2 lectures.

 

[whtdasheezy]

That is true. Many programs on the computer have the option to double, triple, quadruple speed it. But i needed it strictly for my iphone so i could doublespeed it as i was working out in the gym/smokin a sutta.

winamp has an add-on that allows you to listen to audios up to 5x i think. I remember doing this for my med1/2 lectures.

 

[illixir]

after you have changed the file type in itunes and synced it on there where is the option in the ipod to play it at a different speed

 

[username456789]

Just use Audacity to speed up the file and save it that way. Then transfer it to your mp3 player. That's what I've been doing with Goljan for a year or so now (although I can't speed him up 2x and still pay attention, it's more like 1.4). You can either speed it up the way VLC or Winamp's plug-in does (doesn't change the pitch), or you can speed it up like Windows Media Player (chipmunk voice), whichever you prefer.


http://audacity.sourceforge.net/ (choose the Beta version 1.3)

 

[illixir]

Considering there are about 40 files that seems like more work than the OP's method.

 

[username456789]

Considering there are about 40 files that seems like more work than the OP's method.

Well, I have a Sansa MP3 player and not an Ipod, so as far as I know I can't use ITunes for media exporting. Plus, Audacity lets you change it to whatever speed you want (you can pick 137% if your heart desires). I switched each file as I went, not all at once, so it wasn't bad.

 

[rishi718]

gom player works well for computers too, has keyboard shortcuts to increase various speeds and decrease

 

[Stark]

WavePad sound editor will also let you adjust the speed to any you prefer and save them as .wav files. They can be played or imported into iTunes. WavePad costs about $20.00 - works on mac or pc platforms.

I have always found 150% speed to about ideal (depending on the speed of the speaker and the difficulty of the subject matter). But sometimes you may want to hear the material faster or slower (the good thing about the iTunes is that you can adjust it as you go along).

I would recommend putting the two systems together. First, use a sound editor to speed the files up to about 150%. Then (if using iPod/iTunes) set the properties as an audiobook (see post: whtdasheezy).

Now you have 150% speed audio that you can adjust on you iPod/iPhone faster or slower depending on your preferences - The best of both worlds.

Stark

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[illixir]

Yea now that I've used the ipod audiobooks thing. I'm not sure what the OP was talking about or if he has a newer ipod/iphone because it only gives you the option of "slower playback", normal playback, and "faster playback". And it's definately not 0.5x,1x,2x. In the faster playback mode, it gets through about 37 seconds of playback in 30 seconds of real time. so it's probably around 1.2-1.3x. Googling, it says its about 25% in either direction. I think its a really good speed actually, 2x might get difficult at points.

 

[username456789]

Yea now that I've used the ipod audiobooks thing. I'm not sure what the OP was talking about or if he has a newer ipod/iphone because it only gives you the option of "slower playback", normal playback, and "faster playback". And it's definately not 0.5x,1x,2x. In the faster playback mode, it gets through about 37 seconds of playback in 30 seconds of real time. so it's probably around 1.2-1.3x. Googling, it says its about 25% in either direction. I think its a really good speed actually, 2x might get difficult at points.

Even though I sometimes am able to listen to school lectures at 1.8-2.0x, 1.33 is where I usually have Goljan. Much faster and I sometimes can't pay attention.

 

[vicinihil]

You can just highlight all of them in itunes and convert to podcast format. Once you have it in podcast format, play it using Quicktime and it gives you the option of changing the playback speed. The other thing I like to do is play it on my iPod Touch and if you update to the "newest" operating system for 3.99 you get the option to play back at "2x" which is really 1.5x

 

[Stark]

whtdasheezy is going on?

I tried the simple conversion to audiobook or podcast without success. As I keep my files at .mp3 on iTunes, I converted them to AAC - thinking that was the problem. . . no luck .

whtdasheezy - send us a screen shot of you exact settings so we can replicate them.

WAIT. . . WAIT. . . WAIT. . . IT WORKED!

I updated my iPod software to the latest version and it worked! GREAT TIP!!!

So:
Make sure you convert the files from .mp3 to AAC first.

Go To:
iTunes
Preferences
General
Import Settings
Select "AAC Encoder"

Then:
Select the lectures you want listen to at variable speed
Click Advanced
Click Create AAC Version

Then:
follow whtdasheezy's instructions and select "audiobook"

Finally:
Put the new files in a separate playlist
Check under "Get Info" "Summary" that you really have AAC files (will say "Kind: AAC audio file")
Also look at the bottom of "Summary" to see that you have a .m4a file - The file extension will end in .m4a.
Now drag the new playlist to your iPod/iPhone

To Use Variable Speed on your iPod go to:
Music
Playlists
Select your new playlist
Select the track to play - play it
Press the Center button 4 times until the screen says "speed" in the lower left corner
Select the speed with the wheel for "faster" "slower" or "normal" speed

Note: if you have audio quality issues - make change the AAC encoder settings under Preferences, General, Import Settings

Thanks whtdasheezy!

Stark

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[badasshairday]

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