Display current playback speed in VLC

Is there any way to display current playback speed in VLC? Right now I have to decrease or increase the playback speed, which is not convenient:

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I use the latest version of VLC (2.1.3) on Windows 7 SP1 x64 Ultimate.


Solution 1:

In the View menu of VLC player, Click the Status Bar , so that the current speed will be displayed on the status bar always. You can enable this for full screen also.

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If you click on the speed indicator, you can adjust the speed accurately as follows:
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This method works in any versions.

To enable it in Full screen:Click Tools-Customize Interface.. you'll get toolbars editor, drag the Speed selector tool to full screen interface as follows and click Close:

enter image description here Additional information: Installing the 64-bit version is better, since you are using 64-bit OS.