Speeding up shows

I tried it on the Viki app, and the desktop view on Viki. The scenes didn’t show, are you on a different device? Oh! I did it all on my mobile :selfie: :wink:

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Yikes! Too much! Here’s my cold turkey quit suggestion. Do a Forest Gump run, and never ever touch the stuff ever again!
:point_up:t5: Aaa-ha! It could be your cure to not doing things in the fast lane :joy:

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I can do it on my app on an iPad AND on the website on my laptop.

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Maybe one day i will quit coffee, but surly one day I’m going to die :rofl:, so why try.

Running for 10 min is already hard enough on me :rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl:

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Such a relevant topic for Viki fans. I don’t feel so weird about fast forwarding anymore. Sometimes I just want the drama, not some back story stuff or clever product placements or whatever.

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It’s crazy how many ‘10 second skips’ you can fit into some of these still scenes. And it’s inexplicable how many of these ‘freeze’ scenes happen to include those already-ridiculous moments like the fall and catch and open-eyed fish kisses. I am not anti-cliche/trope, but do we really need a full 40 seconds or more of slow-motion/frozen close ups from every angle of these awkward moments?

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That’s how I calculated the 17 minutes in an hour episode in some dramas a combination of: of ‘‘frozen looks at each other’’ Opened eye fish kisses that never end soon enough. The worse one the darn hand by the back in a close fist (that one lately is a show in all dramas like it was romantic) The never ending falling down in slow motion. So many more …

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I understand what you are trying to describe. Clicking and dragging the cursor forward along the timeline and have it download the frame at that point on the timeline and display it on the player. This is similar to what I do jumping in increments of approx 5 mins (because 10 second increments are painfully slow when searching) it still needs to download the frame in full into buffer and then display it in the player, I try to help things along by switching to Standard Definition in settings when I’m trying to locate something. Your method is good for a more refined homing in close to where the scene is “around this part”.

It not as good as the YT slider that displays a tiny low resolution thumbnail of what is at that point on the timeline. For example if you scan along a 1 hour YT video you can see the entire video zip pass in about 5 seconds. It actually downloads a tiny thumbnails worth of data, as indicated by the increase in network activities when scrubbing along the timeline.(quite a clever solution!)

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I feel you!! I love analyzing the story from everyone’s perspectives, trying to feel what they don’t put into words, trying to understand body language and subtle nuances you won’t see if everything was in fast-forward. There are some drama stories which seem stupid on the outside, but if you take time to analyze it, they have really deep and beautiful meanings. These writers and screenwriters are true artists who bring out depth and meaning without dialogue and I don’t like missing out on all that!

However, I tend to fast-forward through court politics and stuff because I’m a person who doesn’t mind plot/logic holes very much and I don’t need answers to politics questions. I like analyzing characters and relationships more.

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I have sometimes a feeling as why they do that, likely to make sure they fill the length of the drama. I know sometimes flash backs keep repeating and when you have seen them once, you don’t want to see them again… so I do skip…

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They for sure are time fillers. I am not opposed to well-timed, well-used flashbacks, but I remember watching a drama (don’t recall which one at this point) where they would show a flashback of a scene that literally happened only minutes before. It happened so often that it really started to feel (even if it wasn’t the intent) like an insult to my intelligence as a viewer, that somehow they didn’t think I could possibly recall what had just happened moments ago.

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Ditto! :rofl::rofl::rofl::sob::rofl: I have had this very experience, I mean, come oooonnn!

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The problem is, when they DON’T do it in some dramas, we have everyone complaining and asking what’s going on in the TCs. Some of those dramas are SO SIMPLE, I can’t find anything difficult about understanding them, but these whiners keep whining that nothing makes sense.

And then there are the skippers who skip half the show and then plague everyone in the TCs, asking about the stupidest things

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I was re-watching JBL but for the first time with TCs on, and holy cow, you can really tell how many people have been skipping or just plain not paying attention. Constant questions about things that have already been explained, or making speculations about things that have already been clarified. It’s crazy.

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there’s a post about this on Viki Ideas… you could upvote it so it has more of a chance of being implemented by Viki!

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I had to skip a recap/flashback scenes at Devil Judge when the Policewoman died and the scenes after it was soooo loong… I couldn’t take it anymore, I understand the feelings, but somehow it looked just like a filler… I find myself a lot lately skipping or using forward button… perhaps I just watched too many dramas and want to know the important happenings or what I’m interested in… am I alone??

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You’re definitely not alone. The skip button is my friend a lot of times. It depends on the type of show (I usually skip a lot of palace intrigue in historicals), types of characters (delusional, meddlesome second leads or parents) secondary story lines with characters I haven’t clicked with and really have no relevance to the overall plot of the leads. It’s certainly gotten worse the more I’ve watched.

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I gave Lost Romance a 10 on MDL until I realized that I had unconsciously skipped the entire office-chaebol-fighting arc. And I had skipped the whole gangster arc in SWDBS. The ENTIRE plotline :woman_facepalming: so I had to lower the scores for both, even though those(especially Lost Romance) are my all-time, anytime rewatchables.

I’ve watched both dramas countless times to the point that I know some scenes BY HEART but I will never be able to answer any questions on the side-arcs because I still haven’t watched them.

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I have started watching certain shows on a faster speed.

  1. Because I don’t like skipping, unless it’s so ridiculous or violent that I don’t want to watch that part.
  2. Certain dramas tend to drag in certain moments / episodes and those are the ones I speed up.

I’ve only done that with 2 dramas till now.

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What? Not true at all.
In “Heirs” he was really kind-hearted and affectionate from the very beginning. As a matter of fact, he begged for affection from his brother and father, and was very considerate and compassionate towards the female lead, gave her hospitality when she was in a pickle while abroad and helped her in every way when they went to the same school.
In “King, The Eternal Monarch” too. Kind, gallant, perfect.
In “Faith”, he was a brave and loyal officer who treats the female lead with respect even before falling in love with her.
In “Personal Taste” a struggling architect with no money.
In “Legend of the Blue Sea” he’s a suave master con-man while his Joseon era alter ego was a compassionate and romantic civil servant.

I think you are stuck on his character in “Boys Over Flowers” but haven’t watched most of his other important roles?

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