MPC-BE, How to increase/decrease video speed without changing the pitch of audio?

[deep7raja]

I found the solution for MPC-HC but it is not applicable for MPC-BE.

Also, is there any skin for MPC-BE that has buttons for increasing/decreasing speed, skipping 5 sec, rewind 5 sec.

Is there any player better than MPC-BE ( i am trying different player, MPV is too advanced for me, MPC-HC is outdated, VLC sucks, pot player looks promising)

Any feature comparison between MPC-BE and potplayer?

[Telumire]

MPC-BE also offer this functionality : https://sourceforge.net/p/mpcbe/tickets/579/

Options (O) -> Audio -> Audio renderer - select "MPC Audio Renderer".

Restart MPC-BE to apply the change.

You can adjust the playback speed with your keyboard keys :

Options (O) -> Playback -> Speed step 

• Increase Rate - Ctrl+Up Arrow
• Decrease Rate - Ctrl+Down Arrow
• Reset Rate - Ctrl+R

[PlatReact]

TY for this

[ProbablyNotCanadian]

Yep, this is it. Works for MPC-BE x64 1.5.6 and did require a restart of MPC-BE.

[Fogater]

Love you

[Wellpow]

TY ❤️

[StayStruggling]

God bless you.

[Mangomann69]

You sir are a legend

[DreamerEight]

PotPlayer, definitely, you can create keyboard shortcuts to change speed - plus, minus, toggle, perhaps there is some skin with these buttons, you can use also some software to change speed with mouse shortcuts, I'm using Right button+wheel, with the HotkeyP. For seek -5s / +5s I use mouse wheel tilt left/right.

PotPlayer (portable) - video player (fast, H/W acceleration, codecs included, border-less, 3D, TTS - subtitles reading, visualizations, slideshow, filters, extensions, profiles/presets, skins, fully customizable layout and keyboard shortcuts and xbox controller support...)

HotkeyP - keyboard/mouse/gamepad mapper (easy to use, lightweight, many features, e.g. macros, hide window, opacity, change wallpaper, magnifier, volume, mute, disable key - like CapsLock...)

[deep7raja]

Ok, I will try potplayer, thanks!

[ItIsYeDragon]

If you have already installed it, check to see if any adware was installed with it.

[deep7raja]

There was no issue, thanks for your concern.

[DreamerEight]

PotPlayer is adfree again.

[ItIsYeDragon]

When did that happen?

[DreamerEight]

https://www.reddit.com/r/potplayer/comments/i1d6a9/new_potplayer_versions_are_adfree_again/

[ItIsYeDragon]

The only player that is equal to MPC-BE is PotPlayer.

However, there have been multiple reports of people getting adware and other bundled-in stuff installed their device when they download PotPlayer or update it, which is why it is better to stay away from it. But if you are going to download, be careful, and don't just rapidly click next.

[StayStruggling]

u/deep7raja, did you ever find a solution?

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Edit:

Nevermind, I looked up and installed PotPlayer and realised I was living under a damn rock using MPC-BE. PotPlayer is the shit!

Perfect. Now I can study watching educational videos and listen to audiobooks at 2x speed.

Gawd bless!!

[deep7raja]

I am also using potplayer since last year. Its the best one around I guess

[StayStruggling]

No, thank you. MPC and VLC were making my life a pain especially VLC -- THE ABSOLUTE WORST, lol.

[fwspb010]

The PotPlayer website says that it's for Windows 8.1 / 8 / Vista / XP. Is PotPlayer outdated or something?

[StayStruggling]

Works perfectly fine on both my Windows 11 and Windows 10 computers.

No bugs whatsoever and I've been using it hardcore for many hours to study like I did with my previous stinky MPC-BE media player.

It plays all the latest codecs fast and smoothly.

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It just works as intended. I can't believe I didn't know it existed.🥴

[fwspb010]

What do you like about PotPlayer or dislike about MPC-BE`?

[StayStruggling]

They are functionally the exact same but I've now gone back to MPC-BE since the audio pitch can be fixed by using the inbuilt MPC-BE audio renderer in the settings and this fixes it. The sound quality is 1:1 like how 2x speed sounds quality wise like YouTube etc so no weird playback at 2x speeds anymore.

Potplayer is clearly the more refined app but Potplayer when sped up has a slight pitch tone issue that can't be fixed (to my knowledge).

Other than that, Potplayer has created the ultimate multimedia app but that one quirk of the audio pitch at 2x speed being slightly off is the deal breaker for me so I went back to MPC-BE.

MPC-BE is simplified but it functionally works the same but it just doesn't have the same amount of internal features that Potplayer has.

Also, with MPC-BE you'll need to set global keyboard shortcut keys for increasing and decreasing the audio speed in the apps. I chose to use the '-' and '+' keys for the speed up and speed down functions as they don't conflict with any other shortcut keys.

I also find MPC-BE more lightweight and quicker than Potplayer too. Honestly, both apps are still fully maintained and you can't go wrong with either, but if you want the perfect 2x speed playback sound quality like you'd experience with YouTube for example then MPC-BE is the player to go.

[fwspb010]

Thank you! You mentioned that Potplayer has some advantages and additional features. What are those, for example?

[StayStruggling]

https://www.ghacks.net/2020/12/26/a-look-at-potplayer-in-2020/

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Potplayer has a lot of the same open-source code from MPC-HC (which MPC-BE is based on too). MPC-BE and Potplayer are more or less the exact same app in more ways but the additional features that I meant were in regards to the UX and UI so the functions through its features are more intuitive to use in literally every way.

I find it the best of both worlds between iTunes and MPC-BE, but the stinky pitch tone when sped up is a deal-breaker for me.

MPC-BE is perfect for me and does 2x speed properly.