Increase & Decrease Video Playback Speed in VLC Player

At times I speed through videos (like training videos) to absorb more in the same time.

In VLC, using the keyboard, you can press:

• + to increase the playback speed (i.e. vide plays faster that the normal frame rate)
• -  to decrease the playback speed  (i.e. vide plays slower that the normal frame rate)
• [  to decrease the playback speed in finer increments than pressing -
• ]  to increase the playback speed in finer increments than pressing +

Using the mouse you can:

• Click on the arrows on either side of the playback control slider. The one on the right side increases speed while the one on the left decreases the speed
• Right-click the speed label in the bottom menu of VLC to adjust the speed.

References:
This post is possible because of the painstaking recording of procedures and facts by a number of sites. Here are some that helped me arrive at the solutions:

• http://www.howtogeek.com/196371/master-vlc-with-these-23-keyboard-shortcuts/
• http://www.makeuseof.com/answers/change-playback-speed-videos-vlc-media-player/
• https://forum.videolan.org/viewtopic.php?t=99610
• http://superuser.com/questions/546278/what-speed-is-fast-and-faster-in-vlc