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Change Video Speed Online - Free

Speed a video up or slow it down, with the sound kept at its own pitch.

  • Free to start
  • In your browser
  • Up to 1GB
How it works

Change Video Speed in 3 steps

  1. Upload your video

    Drag and drop a video file, or click to browse. Anything under 1GB.

  2. Pick a speed

    Choose 0.5x, 0.75x, 1.25x, 1.5x, 2x or 3x. The panel shows how long the result will be.

  3. Export & download

    Sign up free to download the new video, or keep editing in REQO.

Speeding up without the chipmunk voice

Playing a recording faster the naive way raises every voice in it, because the sound waves are squeezed along with the picture. The export here changes the tempo of the audio and leaves its pitch alone, so speech at 1.25x or 1.5x still sounds like the same person, just brisk.

That is what makes speeding up useful for talking-head videos, demos and lectures: most viewers can follow speech comfortably at 1.25x to 1.5x, and it trims the running time by a fifth to a third without cutting a word.

Slow motion that looks smooth

Slowing a clip down stretches the frames it already has. Footage shot at 60 frames a second or more slows to half speed cleanly, because there are enough real frames to fill the time; a 30fps clip slowed to 0.5x holds each frame for twice as long, so fast movement can look slightly steppy.

For the smoothest slow motion, record at the highest frame rate your phone or camera offers, then slow it here.

0.5x

A 60s clip becomes120s
Good forSlow motion, sport, a moment worth watching twice

1.25x

A 60s clip becomes48s
Good forTalking heads, lectures, a tighter demo

1.5x

A 60s clip becomes40s
Good forTutorials people already skim at 1.5x

2x

A 60s clip becomes30s
Good forScreen recordings with slow stretches

3x

A 60s clip becomes20s
Good forA time-lapse feel for long, steady footage
FAQ

Questions about change video speed

Does the voice sound like a chipmunk when I speed it up?

No. The sound is sped up with its pitch kept, so a 1.5x voice sounds like somebody talking quickly rather than somebody on helium. Past 2x it gets hard to follow, which is why the fastest choice is 3x.

How long will the new video be?

The original length divided by the speed: a 60-second clip at 2x lasts 30 seconds, and at 0.5x it lasts two minutes. The panel shows the result before you export.

Is it free?

Yes. Change the speed and preview free, and a free account downloads the result. Free exports and share pages include a small REQO badge. Go Pro to remove it.

More tools

Everything else you can do here.

Change Video Speed presets

Cut an audio format

Convert to WMV

Convert to 3GP

Convert to M4V

Convert to TS

Convert to MPEG

Need to do more than change video speed?

REQO is a full browser video editor: record, edit by transcript, and export.