Coding Video and Audio
The process for creating and coding excerpts on audio or video streams is similar to the process for text, except you will see a different mechanism for selecting your excerpt parameters.
To code video or audio:
- Move along the timeline by letting the stream play, moving the scroll bar along the bottom, or by clicking at a particular location on the timeline to jump to that time point
- The vertical purple bar is an indicator of where you are in the stream; the blue bars are your excerpt parameters
- Adjust the blue brackets to define the clip on the stream you wish to define as an excerpt
- Click the ‘Excerpt’ icon in the lower right corner of the viewer to create an excerpt
- Adjust the blue brackets on the timeline to mark the excerpt start and end points if needed (you can also adjust these after you have created an excerpt)
- Click the Create Excerpt button to create an excerpt
- Double click or drag and drop the codes into the Selection Info panel to apply the code(s) to the excerpt
You can re-enter excerpt editing mode by clicking the green bar that defines the excerpt. Click anywhere on the timeline to exit excerpt editing mode.
Keyboard Shortcuts
Keyboard shortcuts have been enabled for some of the most frequent audio and video excerpting activities:
- Ctrl + P to toggle play/pause
- Ctrl + Q to create an excerpt
- Ctrl + + or Ctrl + – to move back and forward in the media player
- Ctrl + Alt + +/- to move back and forward in larger increments
- Ctrl + left or right arrow to move to the previous or next excerpt