News
2008-06-28: Patch for VLC accepted
2008-06-11: Release mplayer deb for Ubuntu Hardy i386
2008-06-11: Release patchset against mplayer-1.0rc2
2008-06-05: Release 1 of Demo of ScaleTempo for GStreamer available
2008-06-05: Release 1 of ScaleTempo for GStreamer available
2008-03-17: Project delayed due to lack of funding
2007-11-01: Patch accepted by MPlayer
Status
| Player | Release | Devel | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| MPlayer | no | SVN rev 24911 |
Download Patches against rc2 Download Deb for Ubuntu Hardy i386 |
| GStreamer | no | no |
Download Plugin and Demo Plugin Repo Demo Repo |
| Xine-lib | no | no | Patch submitted |
| VLC | no | 0.9.0-test0-239-ga8af644 | Patch accepted |
| Totem | no | no | Depends on GStreamer or Xine-lib Task List |
| RhythmBox | no | no | Depends on GStreamer Task List |
| Amarok | no | no | Depends on Xine-lib Task List |
| Miro | no | no | Depends on GStreamer or Xine-lib or VLC Task List |
Uses
Speeding through media while still understanding speech is a great way to:
- decrease viewing time,
- review previously viewed material,
- find segments of interests,
- increase speech rate of slow speakers, and
- increase the tempo of your music
- transcribing speech,
- learning a new language,
- clarifying garbled speech, and
- slowing down the tempo of your music
Comparisons
| ScaleTempo | academic/FFT | XMMS/audacious | Xine | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| speed | realtime | slow | realtime | realtime |
| sound | good | varies | poor | poor |
| control | easy | N/A | hidden in dialog box | hidden in dialog box |