I am a big fan and long time premium user of Overcast.
Within what seems to be the last month though, I have noticed that the speed on my podcasts seems to be getting faster. Now they are too fast for me. In my mind, the speed may be a result of a too efficient and what seems to be recently tweaked at the system level Smart Speed feature in the app, but of course I could be wrong.
I recall I used to see a Smart Speed adjustment in the app, but now I cannot find it.
Can anyone help me out make the adjustment to get the speeds back to normal (to me).
When you select an episode, it is the bottom left controller (resembles three slide switches from an analog console) which contains the controls for speed. You can also swipe the title display of the episode to one side or another to see other control and info panels.
This is true, but you can also turn it off for a particular podcast feed if itâs not working for just that feed and leave it turned on for other feeds.
I donât know but my Smart Speed button is âonâ and highlighted, and I can slide the speed to the rate I like. Being from the South AND hard of hearing, I often must slow it down a bit. Best, Patrick
Understood. My point was that those are two separate controls that work independent of each other. The slider doesnât control or affect Smart Speed; it controls the rate at which the whole audio track plays. Earlier you had suggested that that slider controls Smart Speed. It doesnât.
Overcast has two separate features that both relate to how quickly you can get through a podcast, so theyâre easy to confuse. âSmart Speedâ is either on or off. When on, it intelligently cuts the length of silent spots in the audio (pauses between words, etc.). âPlayback Speedâ is a variable adjustment, and controls the speed at which the entire audio track is played. The features can be used together.
The OP was wishing that the blank space compression algorithm of the âSmart Speedâ feature was adjustable, but afaik, it is not. Hope that helps!
It does and thank you Jeff. Two different parameters. Never thought about speeding up Smart Speed to remove even more blank space. Lordy, not sure my internal processor can process that fast. :). Best, Patrick