I'm pretty sure it'd be possible to analyse subtitle files and detect scenes which include the 'family drama' used to cheaply pad out longer series (i.e in Breaking Bad or Sons of Anarchy). These...
I'm pretty sure it'd be possible to analyse subtitle files and detect scenes which include the 'family drama' used to cheaply pad out longer series (i.e in Breaking Bad or Sons of Anarchy). These scenes could then be chopped, reducing the above examples by half. Play at 1.25x, and voila.
Alternatively, Netflix just needs microphone privileges to detect excitement levels in series. Use that to get rid of filler, and create 100 different variations of an episode. Trial these 100 variations with different audiences and get feedback to work out which is the most successful/logical cut, and use that to refine the cutting sequence, and voila!
Really goes to show that people like to consume media in vastly different ways. If something is worth so little of my attention that I can watch it at 1.5x speed in the background, I would be...
Really goes to show that people like to consume media in vastly different ways.
If something is worth so little of my attention that I can watch it at 1.5x speed in the background, I would be wondering why I'm bothering to watch it at all.
To be clear, this isn't an attack on anyone and I don't mean to yuck anyone's yum, it's just an observation.
The podcast at faster speed I kind of get. Audio books, and even more so movies, I'm very much against listening to accelerated. In addition to what @gaywallet mentioned I think the speed is...
The podcast at faster speed I kind of get. Audio books, and even more so movies, I'm very much against listening to accelerated. In addition to what @gaywallet mentioned I think the speed is important. When you communicate with another person, the pauses and silences are part of that communication. They can contribute emphasis, consideration or emotional reaction. Their absence can communicate rudeness or excitement. I think the natural speaking speed of an audio book reader, and even more so a movie or TV show is integral to enjoying the material as the author intended. I hope I don't sound like a purist, where nobody should be allowed to listen to things sped up (my wife does). I believe you do miss something if you do though.
Yes but there's a big difference to listening or watching something at 1.5x+ speed and that being the only thing you are doing, and to having something be 1.5x+ speed in the background. It's a...
Yes but there's a big difference to listening or watching something at 1.5x+ speed and that being the only thing you are doing, and to having something be 1.5x+ speed in the background. It's a matter of attention. The brain can only focus on and absorb so much information at any one point in time.
Although you do make a good point at 2-3x speed you're going to miss a lot especially if the content is dense or unfamiliar.
Ahh, okay, yeah I think in that case it's understandable. I was envisioning something which I tend to see fairly often, which is someone interacting with something that requires attention such as...
Ahh, okay, yeah I think in that case it's understandable. I was envisioning something which I tend to see fairly often, which is someone interacting with something that requires attention such as reading, studying, gaming, or some other task and having the TV on in the background.
Tangent: if you've never listened to an example of a screen reader read to a blind person, it's incredible. The speed can be adjusted but at higher speeds for the untrained ear, it is almost...
Tangent: if you've never listened to an example of a screen reader read to a blind person, it's incredible. The speed can be adjusted but at higher speeds for the untrained ear, it is almost incomprehensible. And yet it provides one if the key methods for sight challenged people to navigate the internet.
I'm pretty sure it'd be possible to analyse subtitle files and detect scenes which include the 'family drama' used to cheaply pad out longer series (i.e in Breaking Bad or Sons of Anarchy). These scenes could then be chopped, reducing the above examples by half. Play at 1.25x, and voila.
Alternatively, Netflix just needs microphone privileges to detect excitement levels in series. Use that to get rid of filler, and create 100 different variations of an episode. Trial these 100 variations with different audiences and get feedback to work out which is the most successful/logical cut, and use that to refine the cutting sequence, and voila!
Looking forward to watch 2001 A Space Odyssey on my lunch break.
Really goes to show that people like to consume media in vastly different ways.
If something is worth so little of my attention that I can watch it at 1.5x speed in the background, I would be wondering why I'm bothering to watch it at all.
To be clear, this isn't an attack on anyone and I don't mean to yuck anyone's yum, it's just an observation.
The podcast at faster speed I kind of get. Audio books, and even more so movies, I'm very much against listening to accelerated. In addition to what @gaywallet mentioned I think the speed is important. When you communicate with another person, the pauses and silences are part of that communication. They can contribute emphasis, consideration or emotional reaction. Their absence can communicate rudeness or excitement. I think the natural speaking speed of an audio book reader, and even more so a movie or TV show is integral to enjoying the material as the author intended. I hope I don't sound like a purist, where nobody should be allowed to listen to things sped up (my wife does). I believe you do miss something if you do though.
Yes but there's a big difference to listening or watching something at 1.5x+ speed and that being the only thing you are doing, and to having something be 1.5x+ speed in the background. It's a matter of attention. The brain can only focus on and absorb so much information at any one point in time.
Although you do make a good point at 2-3x speed you're going to miss a lot especially if the content is dense or unfamiliar.
Ahh, okay, yeah I think in that case it's understandable. I was envisioning something which I tend to see fairly often, which is someone interacting with something that requires attention such as reading, studying, gaming, or some other task and having the TV on in the background.
Tangent: if you've never listened to an example of a screen reader read to a blind person, it's incredible. The speed can be adjusted but at higher speeds for the untrained ear, it is almost incomprehensible. And yet it provides one if the key methods for sight challenged people to navigate the internet.
Example: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=q_ATY9gimOM