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by whbrown 1219 days ago
> But like okay, if you are so great why can I only watch at 1x playback speed for video?

Maybe they updated this recently since you last tried, but you can most certainly change the playback speed for podcast videos (0.5x–3.5x). I just did it. Of course, the UX could definitely be improved in other ways, such as providing a more organized & easily filterable feed rather than a somewhat random assortment of 'Your shows' and 'Episodes for you'.
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DoesntMatter22 1218 days ago
Actually I double checked this. The web player (which is how I use Spotify) STILL does not support more than 1x video playback. So I guess my original point still holds true.

Spotify with all their "genius" engineers still don't have the basic functionality you would expect.

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saurik 1219 days ago
Maybe you are on mobile and the parent commenter is not?

https://community.spotify.com/t5/Desktop-Mac/Adjust-video-sp...

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davisoneee 1218 days ago
That is a 2-3 year old link. It's not valid.

Speed adjustment is available for video podcasts on spotify desktop. I just tried it directly on a rogan podcast, and can use it on both linux and windows desktop.

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DoesntMatter22 1218 days ago
It doesn't support it in the web player which is how I use it. I hate downloading apps on the desktop.
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DoesntMatter22 1218 days ago
They must have updated it recently because the Convo I had with him was a few months back. He just went on and on about how no one wants the feature etc.

Glad they have it now.

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