[MPlayer-dev-eng] [PATCH] changing playback speed (live Fast Forward/Slow Motion)

[The Wanderer]

Torinthiel wrote:

> On Sun, Aug 29, 2004 at 02:21:02PM -0400, The Wanderer wrote:
> 
>> Torinthiel wrote:
>>
>>> +.IPs "{ and }"
>>> +Half/double playback speed.
>>> 
>>> this still looks to me like effect is independent of speed before
>>> (like it was bound to speed_set 0.5)
>> 
>> For what it's worth, it doesn't seem that way to me; the meaning
>> seems plain. If others have difficulty, however, perhaps "current
>> playback speed" would fix the problem? (If so, the same phrasing
>> should be used in the increase/decrease entry immediately above.)
>> 
>> In any case, the word should be "halve".
> 
> That's it. With halve it sounds 'speed was xxx, halve it' With half
> it (to me) sound 'play with half speed. Half of what? Original'

Yes, I see the confusion now. I was automatically replacing "half" with
"halves" before even parsing it, because I know it's a bad usage, so the
problem didn't arise for me.

The form in the latest version of the patch is just fine; it would work
even without "current" IMO, but is okay with.

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