There's no playback speed for videos or audio files. Only voice notes have one.
Video and audio
Play videos, audio files, voice notes and YouTube links right inside the capture.
- Play or pause
- Spaceon Mac
- On
- Mac, iPhone, iPad
Videos
Open a video. It starts playing.
Press Space to play or pause. Use Back 15 seconds, Forward 10 seconds and the scrubber to move around.
Click Fullscreen to watch it in its own window.
Open a video. If the controls are hidden, tap the video to show them.
Use Play or Pause, Back 15 seconds, Forward 10 seconds and the position bar.
Tap Full screen to fill the screen.
Voice notes and audio
Open an audio file and press play or Space. Drag on the waveform to seek.
Open a voice note. Use Back 15s, Forward 15s and Space to play or pause.
Click the speed pill (Playback speed) to change the speed.
Switch between Transcript and Notes. Click a time-coded line in the transcript to jump there.
Open an audio file. It plays in the system player.
Open a voice note. It has the same player as on Mac, with Back 15 seconds and Forward 15 seconds.
Audio and voice notes don't play in a peek. Open the capture to listen.
YouTube
On Mac, a YouTube link plays in a player inside the capture, with its transcript underneath. You can select and copy the transcript, but you can't click a line to jump to it.
Previews in the library
On Mac, hover a video's cover to scrub through its frames. To play it on hover instead, set Settings → Appearance → Video previews → On hover to Play. Play uses more power on large files.
The play button on a video, audio or voice note cover plays it in place.
Questions
Can I speed up a video?
No. Only voice notes have a speed control.
Space doesn't pause a video in a peek.
In a peek, Space closes the peek. Open the capture, where Space plays and pauses.