Will it skip the slides where the prof is thinking?

Yes — but you can tune sensitivity or turn it off temporarily.

How to skip silence in lectures automatically

Updated May 4, 20264 min read

Recorded lectures are full of pauses. A silence skipper jumps over them automatically — often saving 20–35% of total runtime.

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Step 1
Install Glitch
Add the Glitch extension. Silence skipping works on any HTML5 video.
SiteHTML5 video
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Step 2
Open the lecture in Coursera, Udemy, Khan, or YouTube
Glitch attaches to the player automatically.
SiteCoursera SiteUdemy SiteKhan SiteYouTube
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Step 3
Open the silence skipper toggle
In the Glitch toolbar, switch on the silence skipper.
Featuresilence skipper
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Step 4
Tune the threshold
Lower the dB threshold to skip more aggressively. Most lectures work at -40 dB.
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Step 5
Optional: combine with 1.75× pitch-locked speed
Stack silence skipping with pitch-corrected speed to halve effective runtime.
Featurepitch-corrected speed
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Step 6
Drop bookmarks where it matters
When the prof finally explains the proof, hit the bookmark key. The note travels with the lecture.
Featurebookmarks Featurebookmark key Featurenote

Will it skip the slides where the prof is thinking?
Yes — but you can tune sensitivity or turn it off temporarily.