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Change Video Speed – Speed Up or Slow Down Any Video

Make a video faster for a quick time-lapse or slower for a slow-motion replay. The sound follows the picture at its natural pitch, and the video is processed on your own device.

How to change the speed of a video

  1. Add your video. Drag an MP4, MOV, WebM or MKV file onto the box above, or tap it to choose a video from your device.
  2. Choose a speed. Pick one of the presets from 0.25× to 4×, or choose Custom and type any speed between 0.1× and 10×, such as 1.1 or 0.8. The new length of the video is shown straight away.
  3. Keep or remove the sound. Under Sound, choose Keep sound to change the audio speed along with the picture, or Remove sound for a silent result.
  4. Press Change speed. On the first run the converter downloads once (about 31 MB). A progress bar follows the work and you can cancel it at any time.
  5. Watch and download. Play the result on the page, compare the file size with the original, and press Download MP4 to save it.

Features

  • Eight quick presets – 0.25×, 0.5×, 0.75×, 1.25×, 1.5×, 2×, 3× and 4× – plus any custom speed from 0.1× to 10×.
  • Natural-sounding audio: the sound is time-stretched without changing its pitch, in several steps for big speed changes.
  • Optional silent output when you only need the picture.
  • Universal MP4 result with H.264 video and AAC audio.
  • New length preview before you start, and a before-and-after file size when it's done.
  • Live progress, Cancel button and friendly errors, including a clear note when the video has no sound track.

Why use Fileora to change video speed

Video editors that can change speed are often large downloads or paid apps, and online speed changers usually upload your video to their servers first. Fileora does the whole job in your browser. There's no account, no watermark on the result and no file size limit other than your device's memory.

It's a quick way to turn a long screen recording into a snappy tutorial, speed up a cooking or DIY clip, slow down a sports move to study technique, or make a relaxing slow-motion shot of waves or rain. Because the file never leaves your device, it is also a safe choice for family videos and private recordings.

Speed, length and smoothness explained

Speed and length are linked: at 2× a one-minute video lasts 30 seconds, and at 0.5× it lasts two minutes. The frame rate of the result stays the same as the original, so speeding up simply skips frames, which always looks smooth. Slowing down repeats frames instead, so fast movement can look a little jerky at 0.25×; the smoothest slow motion comes from footage recorded in a phone's slow-mo mode.

If you only need part of the video at a new speed, cut it out first with Trim Video. To share a short sped-up moment as a looping animation, turn it into a GIF with Video to GIF, and if the new file is too big to send, shrink it with Compress Video.

Frequently asked questions

How do I speed up a video?

Drop the video into the box above, pick a speed such as 1.5×, 2× or 4× and press Change speed. When it's finished you can watch the result on the page and download it as an MP4 file.

Can I make a slow-motion video?

Yes. Choose 0.75×, 0.5× or 0.25×, or type your own speed down to 0.1×. Slowing down stretches the existing frames over a longer time and repeats them; it doesn't invent new in-between frames. Video filmed at a high frame rate, such as 60 or 120 fps slow-mo from a phone, gives the smoothest result.

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

No. The sound is changed with a time-stretching filter that alters the speed but keeps the original pitch, so voices still sound natural at 1.5× or 2×, and slowed speech doesn't drop into a deep growl.

Can I remove the sound at the same time?

Yes. Choose Remove sound under Sound and the result is a silent video. That is handy for time-lapses and very fast or very slow speeds where the audio would be distracting.

Is my video uploaded anywhere?

No. The speed change runs inside your browser using a WebAssembly build of FFmpeg. Your video is read from your device and processed in memory, and it is never sent to our servers.

What format is the result?

The result is an MP4 file with H.264 video and AAC audio, which plays on phones, computers, smart TVs and every major social network. You can start from MP4, MOV, M4V, WebM or MKV.

Why does it take a while?

Changing the speed means every frame has to be encoded again, and that happens on your own device rather than on a powerful server. A short phone clip takes seconds on a modern computer, while a long video on an older phone can take several minutes. You can cancel at any time.

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