Video player controls
There are various controls that allow you to play the target video or selected time ranges of it, play the video at different speeds, jump to various locations in the movie and adjust other video related settings. You can also control the movie and add links using the keyboard. These controls are explained in this section. There also some functions you can perform using swipe actions using the Track Pad or Apple Magic Mouse. When these are available they will be indicated in the instructions.
Resize video
To enlarge or reduce the size of the project's target video:
1. click and drag the Video resize button.
Enable keyboard video controls
The video can be controlled by using the buttons at the bottom of the video or by using the keyboard. Keyboard controls are included below when available.
For the keyboard controls to work you have to 'focus' on the video player by clicking on the video. You would have to do this if you were typing on a field or had clicked on another area of the screen. You can also 'focus' on the movie by the following keystroke.
Keyboard
Focus on Video Player
While pressing the ‘Command’ key press the ‘UP arrow’ key.
Forward/reverse
Frame by frame forward and reverse
Click repeatedly on frame forward or reverse buttons.
Keyboard
Press 'right arrow' key = step forward
Press 'left arrow' key = step reverse
Rewind and fast forward
Click and hold frame forward or reverse buttons.
Keyboard
Press and hold 'right arrow' key = slow forward
Press and hold 'left arrow' key = slow reverse
Track Pad
Using two fingers:
-swipe left to move forward
-swipe right to move backward.
Magic Mouse
Swipe left or right to move forward or backward.
Movie selection controls
1. Selection In handle
- use this to adjust the begining of the selection
2. Selection Out handle
- Use this to adjust the end of the selection
3. Movie Slider
- Dragging this with the Shift key pressed will create a selection
4. Selection Indicator
- The selection is indicated by the colour in the movie controller well.
- Orange indicates that the selection has not been saved with a link
- Selections that have been saved with a link are gray for portions already played and turquoise for portions not yet played.
5. Save Selection button
- Clicking this will save the selection with the currently selected link
6. Remove Selection button
- Clicking this will remove the selection currently saved with the link
7. Go to Selection Start button
- Clicking this will go to the start of the selection
8. Go to Selection End button
- Clicking this will go to the end of the selection
9. Play selection toggle button
- Click this to change whether only the selected video is played or the whole video is played.
10. Loop toggle button
- Click this to change the looping of the movie player. Red icon means looping is false, green icon means looping is true.
Select a portion of the movie
Select by dragging from left to right
1. Hold down the 'shift' key.
2. Click on the right hand side of the slider at the begining of the selection.
3. Drag the slider to the right to the end of the selection you want to make.
4. Release the mouse button.
5. Release the 'shift' key.
Select by dragging from right to left
1. Hold down the 'shift' key.
2. Click on the left hand side of the slider at the begining of the selection.
3. Drag the slider to the left to the begining of the selection you want to make.
4. Release the mouse button.
5. Release the 'shift' key.
Select by Playing
1. Hold down the shift key.
2. Click the play button
3. Play to desired selection end point
4. Click the pause button
5. Release the shift key.
Select using Keyboard
You can also Select the start and end points of a selection using the keyboard.
1. First click on the movie to ensure the keystrokes are directed to the movie and not a text field.
2. Drag the controler to the new start or end point of the selection.
3. Set the selection point.
- To set the start point or the 'In' point press the 'I' key.
- To set the selection end point or 'Out' point press the 'O' key.
Remove selection
If you click anywhere on the movie controller while a portion of the movie is selected the selection will be removed.
Save Selection to Link
1. Select a portion of the movie as described above.
- The add selection button turns orange indicating that you need to save the selection.
2. Click the add selection button to save the selection to the currently selected link.
Play the selected portion of the video
1. Click the play selection button.
- The button's icon will change to that shown, indicating that only selected portion of movie will be played.
2. Click the Play button.
- If the movie slider is before the start of the selection the playback will start at the begining of the selection
- The movie will stop when it reaches the end of the selection.
Looping the selected video
1. Click the looping button you turn looping of the movie on or off.
- The icon will turn green if looping is on
- The icon will turn red if looping is off.
2. Click the play button.
3. When the movie reaches the end of the selection it will loop to the begining of the selection and play again.
Play all movie ignoring selection
1. Click on the Play Selection button
-The button's icon will change to that shown above.
2. Click the Play button.
- The selection start and end will be ignored and movie will play from whereever the slider is and will continue past the end of the selection.
Go to begining of selection
1. Click on the Go to selection start button.
2. The slider will move to the begining of the selection.
Go to the end of a selection
1. Click on the Go to selection end button.
2. The slider will move to the end of the selection.
Remove selection from link
To remove the selection that is saved with the link
1. Click the remove selection button.
2. The selection will be removed.
Activate links when playing video
A link can have actions that are triggered when the video is playing and reaches the link's time point in the video. Actions are such as displaying the link data, stopping the video, showing the linked video and playing the linked video. In order for these actions to occur the links have to be activated. To activate the links follow these steps.
1. Click on the disabled Activate links button. [red with grey link]
(button turns green with grey link to indicate it is now enabled)
2. Click the Play button.
Now when the video encounters a link:
-link data will be displayed when the movie passes each link,
-if the link has the Stop on link button checked the video will stop,
-if the link has linked video the Linked video window will be displayed,
-if the link has linked video and the play linked video option is checked the linked video will start to play.
Deactivate links when playing video
1.Click on the enabled Activate links buton. [green with grey link]
(button turns red with grey link to indicate link actions are now disabled)
2. Click the Play button.
Now when the video encounters a link:
-link data will not be displayed,
-the Stop on link option will be ignored,
-the linked video window will not be displayed,
-the Play linked video option will be ignored.
Play movie forward at variable speed
Mouse
Click on speed control and drag to the right.
Magic Mouse
Position the cursor over the speed control then swipe right.
Track pad
Position the cursor over the speed control then with two fingers swipe left.
Speed can be set to slow motion from 0.1 to 0.9 times; or to fast forward from 1.1 to 3.0 times
Using the Magic Mouse or Track Pad gives you much finer control on the speed.
Play movie in reverse at variable speed
Mouse
Click on speed control and drag to the left.
Magic Mouse
Position the cursor over the speed control then swipe right.
Track pad
Position the cursor over the speed control then with two fingers swipe right.
Speed can be set to slow rewind from 0.1 to 0.9 times; or to fast rewind from 1.1 to 3.0 times
Using the Magic Mouse or Track Pad gives you much finer control on the speed.
In version 3.03b193 the video control does not adjust the speed of reverse playback correctly.
Movie scrubber forward and reverse playback
Another option for playing the movie at variable speed is to use the scrubber button in the player controller
1. press and hold down the shift key.
2. click the Forward/Reverse buttons in the player controller.
3. Drag the scrubber to the right or left to change the play forward or reverse speed.
