Table Of Contents
Using Video Controls
Starting a Video
Understanding the Basic Controls
Using the Advanced Controls
Understanding and Working with Supplemental Information
How to Access the Supplemental Video Information
Supplemental Video Information Details
Related Information
Using Video Controls
This chapter explains how to start, stop, pause, and otherwise control video playback and how to work with supplemental information for videos.
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Starting a Video
•Understanding the Basic Controls
•Using the Advanced Controls
•Understanding and Working with Supplemental Information
Starting a Video
There are several different ways to start playback for a video. You can:
•Double-click a video title anywhere in the navigation area.
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•Click Play Video in the video preview panel under the navigation area.
Tip Before it is possible to use this method, you must click the title of the video that you want to watch. Until you click that title, the preview panel is hidden from you. Your click causes the video preview panel to expand.
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•Click Play Video in the interstitial area to watch the video that an interstitial is describing to you.
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Understanding the Basic Controls
When a video start to play, basic controls become available directly under it.
Progress Bar — Two dynamic and overlapping lines:
•The solid line indicates how far the playing video has advanced. This percentage is always relative to the total running time of the video that you are playing.
•The striped line indicates how much of the video your browser has downloaded. (After the download is completed, the fast-forward button becomes available.)
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Run Time — A dynamic count of minutes and seconds that indicates how far the playing video has advanced. This percentage is always relative to the total running time of the video that you are playing.
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Play/Pause — A toggle that alternates between two states when you click it:
•Play starts playback of a video and resumes the playback of a video that you have paused.
•Click Pause to pause the currently playing video.
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Fast Forward — Clicking this button will move the video playback forward in approximately 4-second increments. Holding the button will continuously fast forward the video playback until the end of the video is reached or until the button is released.
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Rewind — Clicking this button will move the video playback backward approximately 4 seconds. Holding the button will continuously rewind the video playback until the beginning of the video is reached or the button is no longer pressed.
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Volume — A mute switch and audio volume slider that you use to control the audio volume level.
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Video Options — A panel that becomes visible whenever you move your mouse under the simple controls. See Using the Advanced Controls.
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Using the Advanced Controls
Whenever you move your mouse under the simple controls while a video is playing, the advanced controls panel expands and its features become available to you.
•Full Screen—This feature allows you to expand the video to occupy the entire width and height of your screen. Clicking the Full Screen button, denoted by the magnifying glass icon, expands the video viewing area to full screen. To exit the Full Screen mode and return to viewing the video in the Video Portal, press Esc on your keyboard or click on the Down Arrow located at the top right-hand corner of the screen.
Note The Esc key is required in the Flash/Windows Media and the Flash/Real Player templates. The Flash Only template will contain the Down Arrow button. Full screen mode is not supported in the Flash/QuickTime template.
•Previous—This functionality is only available when the video currently playing video is playing is accessed from the Featured Playlist or My Playlist area. The previous button, denoted by the Left Arrow, allows you to move to the previous video in the playlist. Clicking on this button will launch the video that immediately precedes the video currently playing video in the playlist.
•Next—This functionality is only available when the video currently playing is accessed from the Featured Playlist or My Playlist area. The Next button, denoted by the right arrow, allows you to move to the next video in the playlist. Clicking on this button will launch the video that immediately follows the video currently playing in the playlist.
•Restart—Clicking this button will restart the currently playing video.
•Stop—Clicking this button will stop the currently playing video and transition to the interstitial sequence.
Understanding and Working with Supplemental Information
Videos can be accompanied by additional related content and information. This additional content will be accessible once a Video is already invoked for playback.
How to Access the Supplemental Video Information
You can view the supplemental information for a video only while the video is playing:
Step 1 Play a Video using one of the methods described in "How to View a Video" section on page 4-1.
Step 2 Click on the Video Info link at the upper right corner of the video playback area.
This will pause the video and display the supplemental information.
Step 3 To resume video playback, click on the Hide Info link at the upper right corner of the video playback area or on the Play button of the Basic Video Playback Controls.
Supplemental Video Information Details
The Supplemental Video Information is organized into three subsections: Overview, Downloads, and Related Info. Each subsection is described below.
•Overview—The Overview subsection is very similar to the Preview Pane. It provides general overview information about the video and the ability to add the video to My Playlist.
The Overview subsection contains the following elements:
–A preview video window
–The duration of the video
–Add to/Remove from My Playlist link
–The date the video was added to the Video Portal
–The video title
–The complete video description broken into navigable pages
•Downloads—The Downloads subsection provides a list of downloadable files associated with the video. The files are broken into selectable pages.
Each file lists the following information:
–File title
–File type
–File size
A link to download Adobe Acrobat Reader is also provided.
When you click on a downloadable file, your system should prompt you to either Save or Open the file, or it may launch a new browser window.
Related Information
The Related Information subsection provides both related videos and external Web links:
•Related Videos—Related Videos are links to related video contained within the Video Portal. Selecting one of these links will open the preview pane with the corresponding video information and launch the video in the video playback area.
•External Web Links— External Web Links are links that point to related Web sites for the currently playing video. Selecting one of these links will open the Web site in a new window.
