Warning: I binged a whole season before realizing I was watching on 1.5x speed the whole time

I was three episodes into The Night Agent when my spouse walked in and asked why everyone sounded like chipmunks. Turns out my toddler got the remote and cranked the playback speed up. Has anyone else accidentally marathoned a show with the wrong settings and not noticed?

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aaronclark1d ago

Laughing but also cringing because THIS happened to me with The Walking Dead. I watched an entire season at 1.25x speed and just thought the dialogue was snappy and everyone was extra anxious. Didn't catch it until my friend asked why Rick Grimes sounded like he was on a caffeine drip. Here's the fix - check your playback settings in the bottom right corner of the video player, it's usually an icon that looks like a little speedometer. I swear Netflix and Amazon need to add a "kid proof" lock on those controls because toddlers are REMOTE GREMLINS. Also, try resetting your queue by going to your activity history and marking episodes as "unwatched" so you can properly rewatch the whole thing at normal speed - that's what saved my sanity. Now I double check the speed icon every time I start a new show, no exceptions.

henderson.wesley1d ago

Wait, didn't you mean that the speed control is an icon that looks like a little gear or settings wheel, not a speedometer? Honestly, I've been burned by this exact same thing with my kids messing with the remote, and I always see a gear icon on Netflix and Amazon for playback settings. The speedometer thing threw me off because I think some apps use a different symbol, like Hulu has a little clock looking thing. Just wanted to mention it so nobody goes hunting for a speedometer that might not be there.