how do you speed up playback speed on the iphone

[aashkab]

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noob question i know but this is killing me and its impossible hard to find out on google

do i need an app?

 

[nlax30]

If it's an audio podcast you can change playback to 1/2x, 1x, or 2x I believe, just under the scrub bar.

You can't change playback speed of regular music/audio files or movies/videos.

Are they audio lectures you're listening to? If so are they showing up under "Music" or under "Podcasts"? If they are just showing up as Music then you can try going into iTunes on your computer, selecting those files, and changing the type to Podcast (I think you have to right-click, then click on info or something, and one of those tabs should let you select the media type). Once you do that those files should now show up as Podcasts in iTunes. Sync those to your iPhone, they should show up under Podcasts in the iPod player and you should be able to change speed now. Also, it will remember you're position if you pause part way through.

I'm sure there might be some 3rd party or jailbreak audio player that lets you do this but I haven't used any.

 

[aashkab]

thanks for the response

trying to get the goljan audio

 

[Gnugs2130]

I changed the goljan audio to an audio book and it lets you change speed, jump back 30 sec, etc.

 

[tapparatus]

You can try Swift Player, which works for both iPhone and iPad, and allows you to speed up video and audio playback, even directly from websites like YouTube. I built the app mainly for myself so I can save time while watching lectures.

http://tapparatus.com/swift

 

[smartparts]

I changed the goljan audio to an audio book and it lets you change speed, jump back 30 sec, etc.

This is what I did too. I think "faster" is 1.25x and "slower" is 0.75x.