Suggest a Feature

[ILovePussyCat]

Hope Roku could add "Playback Speed" option that works universally with every channel to the next update.

At the moment, there is only a fast forward option.

There are times when users would like to watch at 1.5x or 2x speed.

Thank you!

[ObieBrown]

Yes pls... I need this big time. Thinking if ditching Roku because it does not have this.

[andyross]

What other streaming devices have this feature?

[ObieBrown]

I can stream from YouTube and change speed, any video at all on my PC I can change speed.

So clearly this is possible.

I really do watch more on my phone or PC now because of it.

Even TikTok now allows you to change speed of videos you watch.

So Roku not having this is 100% behind the times that is for sure.

[andyross]

But that is on a computer. Roku and other devices use media chipsets that may not support off-speed playback. 

[madmax2069]

This is something that Roku isn't going to be able to add that'll be compatible across all the apps, this is a function that the individual app developers are going to have to add to their app if the deem it. 

[ObieBrown]

They could at minimum add it to there own Roku Media Player APP, I think that is the point most people are making.

[andyross]

The Roku Media Player has not been updated in a very long time. It has several known bugs and has basically been abandoned by Roku. There are no 3rd party media players.

[korazy]

I would like to +1 this for media player.  My western digial live media player from 10+ years ago could play media at 2x, 4x, 8x speed.  The 2x speed was a nice feature.

[Pedro2012]

I think Roku should do an effort to add variable speed to the Roku Media Player. Roku's community made that demand a long, long time ago, but it has not been addressed. I would like to watch certain action scenes in slow motion. If the Media Player programmer cannot do it, maybe he should consult the programmers of VLC player. Or Roku system should allow the installation of VLC player.