Quicktime sound is muted on fast forward/ rewind, do not want it

hello, sound is muted when rewinding/fast forwarding movie in quicktime. Any ideas?

quicktime-OTHER, OS X Yosemite (10.10.3)

Posted on Apr 25, 2015 6:25 AM

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Apr 30, 2015 6:33 AM in response to uwcxjly

hello, sound is muted when rewinding/fast forwarding movie in quicktime. Any ideas?

The QT X FF/FR playback features have been altered. FF/FR at 2x, 5x, 10x, 30x, and 60x are without audio. FF/FR at 1.1x thru 1.9x in 0.1x increments is with audio when holding down the "Option" key while pressing the FF/FR control buttons. QT 7 offers FF/FR with audio at 2x and 3x (less dropped frames) using the "L" and "K" keyboard shortcuts. VLC offers forward and reverse playback with audio in frame rates from 0.25x to 4x using the slider control with increments that vary proportionally with the slide control's current position.

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Apr 30, 2015 7:32 AM in response to uwcxjly

I've often do transcription, so shortcuts for ff/fr (⌘ + →/⌘ + ←) with audio enabled was very convenient.

Pressing ff/fr buttons with "Option" key is not an option, pardon the calembour. That's very reduces productivity.

Is there any method to bring back audio when ff'ing/fr'ing, without pressing buttons, only shortcuts?

I don't know of any since the keyboard shortcuts you want to use only cycle through the 2x, 5x, 10x, 30x, 60x playback options—all of which exceed the 1.9x max limit. I, however, would use a different approach for scrubbing forward/backward when transcribing. I.e., I would set the QT player playback to 1.9x with audio and then use gestures for scrubbing—that is, I would use a left-right, one-finger gesture (touch mouse) or left-right, two-finger gesture (trackpad) for scrubbing the playhead. (I actually prefer a foot control for scrubbing but haven't seen one since I retired from a job that included the transcribing of audio tapes.)

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Apr 30, 2015 7:00 AM in response to Jon Walker

I've often do transcription, so shortcuts for ff/fr (⌘ + →/⌘ + ←) with audio enabled was very convenient.

Pressing ff/fr buttons with "Option" key is not an option, pardon the calembour. That's very reduces productivity.

Is there any method to bring back audio when ff'ing/fr'ing, without pressing buttons, only shortcuts?

Do not want to say "bye qt, hello vlc"...😢

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