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CJ4TV
Channel Surfer

YouTube playback speed

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Would you please consider adding the playback speed feature to the YouTube channel. Like it is on the Android mobile version of YouTube. Thank you, Chris 

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makaiguy
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Re: YouTube playback speed

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YouTube is the one that creates, provides, and maintains their Roku channel app. Roku just provides the platform to run it on. You should take your request to YouTube.
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makaiguy
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Re: YouTube playback speed

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YouTube is the one that creates, provides, and maintains their Roku channel app. Roku just provides the platform to run it on. You should take your request to YouTube.
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Psilobite
Roku Guru

Re: YouTube playback speed

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@makaiguy wrote:
You should take your request to YouTube.

And I'm sure they will get right on that. Smiley Tongue

makaiguy
Community Streaming Expert

Re: YouTube playback speed

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@Psilobite wrote:

@makaiguy wrote:
You should take your request to YouTube.

And I'm sure they will get right on that. Smiley Tongue


Me too.  But whether they do or not, they're the only ones that can do anything about it.

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CJ4TV
Channel Surfer

Re: YouTube playback speed

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I sent YouTube a feedback about play back speed. Let's see what happens. Thank you, for idea. 

dandan14
Binge Watcher

Re: YouTube playback speed

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Seems like the prevailing thought is that this has to be enabled by the app.  But I'm not sure that is the case.  Why couldn't there be a master setting, similar to the hidden bitrate menu, that sets the playback speed on all video at 1.25, 1.5, 1.75x, etc?  If that were the case, it would be transparent to the apps, and just do it at the system level.

Tassini
Reel Rookie

Re: YouTube playback speed

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I can play in 2x in LG TVs, Android, Windows, Amazon Fire But not in Roku. It's easy for Roku to say that is a problem from Google, but I will not buy any other Roku products because ONLY them does not deliver the experience I expect. 

StreamerUser
Roku Guru

Re: YouTube playback speed

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@Tassini wrote:

I can play in 2x in LG TVs, Android, Windows, Amazon Fire But not in Roku. It's easy for Roku to say that is a problem from Google, but I will not buy any other Roku products because ONLY them does not deliver the experience I expect. 


FYI, the YT app for 4K/HDR-capable Rokus is now Speed enabled (.25x to 2X), so if you have a 4K/HDR model you should be able to use the Speed setting.

Yfy
Binge Watcher

Re: YouTube playback speed

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Roku doesn’t bother to update their software often enough. On my 4200x Roku 3 there’s been no update since June. 

software version 10.0.0, build:4209

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jasontaylor7
Channel Surfer

Re: YouTube playback speed

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"FYI, the YT app for 4K/HDR-capable Rokus is now Speed enabled (.25x to 2X), so if you have a 4K/HDR model you should be able to use the Speed setting."

Not for me.  I have a 4K-capable Roku and I can set it to 0.25x, 0.5x, etc., but the playback is always 1:1 speed.  What am I doing wrong?  Can anyone please help me?
 
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