Time Shifting Podcasts (Off Topic)

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This post is actually in preparation for another that will list my favorite Podcasts. First I thought it would be helpful to show you how I get through the many many hours of Podcasts generated a week. Other than listening to them while driving & during downtime, I time-shift them to 1.5x their recorded speed. To do this, I use AppleScript and QuickTime on my Mac Book.

The Script:

tell application "iTunes"
    pause
    set my_track to location of current track
    set my_seconds to player position
end tell

tell application "QuickTime Player"
    open my_track
    set my_movie to first document
    set ts to rate of my_movie
    set current time of my_movie to my_seconds
    set rate of my_movie to 1.5 — starts playing
end tell

You then save this into: “Library > iTunes > Scripts” from there you’re ready to go.

In Action:

After the script is saved, it is ready to be executed:
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Blamo, go go go!:
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