I guess this reveals how fucking dumb I am. I can’t get the math to make sense in my head. If you watch at 1.25 speed, logically (or illogically I guess) I assume that this makes the video 1/4 shorter, but that isn’t correct.
In short, could someone reexplain how fractions and decimals work? Lol
Edit: thank you all, I understand now. You helped me reorient my thinking.
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You basically divide the length of the video by the number: x/1.25 Lets say a video is one minute long: 1/1.25=0.8 That means it’s now only 80% the video length as before, thus 20% shorter.
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I dont think it’s necessary to convert these numbers into fractions, since it confuses people even more. Just think about it that way: Assume 1/x (x is the factor of the video speed) If you let x tend to zero, the video will get slower and slower, since you will divide 1 with a smaller and smaller number. (The smaller the number, the more times you can fit it into 1) You get a bigger number as the result which is your ACTUAL viewtime factor. For example: 1/0.2=5=500% So instead of 10 minutes you need 50 minutes (minutes times the factor calculated; here the factor is 5)
Likewise, if you increase x (the speed of the video) you divide 1 by a number which will get bigger and bigger. Thus, the bigger the number the smaller the ACTUAL viewtime gets. For example: 1/5.0=0.2=20% So instead of 10 minutes you only need 2 minutes to watch it.
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