Video Playback Activity

The Video Activity allows you to add and play a video on a slide. To add a Video to a Slide select Video from the Add Activity menu. Each slide can contain up to one video. Videos may be selected from the a Web URL, YouTube, the Photos App Library or the Files App storage area.

Depending on the video type, one more of the below values and settings will be available

• URL / Edit Button - For Web URL and YouTube a text box is displayed to allow entering the video details, Tap Edit to change the URL. (Not visible in above screen sho see Web URL and YouTube below)

• Play / Pause button - Allow playing / previewing the video

• Update Thumbnail button - While video is previewing, tapping will generate the video thumbnail.

• Flip Thumbnail - Depending on how the video was shot, some thumbnails may displayed upside down. Turning this on before generating the thumbnail will flip the thumbnail right side up. Used for Photos or Files.

• Trim Video - Display video in pop up window allowing the video to trim the beginning or end of the video (see details below)

• Video Thumbnail Preview - For videos added from Photos or Files, thumbnails from various times within the video is displayed. If the video contains audio an audio graph will accompany the thumbnails. For Web and YouTubVideos a placeholder is available. Please see below for full usage capabilities of the Thumbnail Preview.

• Audio Level Slider - Select the Audio level of the video during playback. (Not available for YouTube Videos.)

• Mute Video Audio - Allow muting the video’s audio during playback.

• Repeat Playback - Video will repeat until the slide is advanced. Not available for Advance Type - “Activity Complete” or

• Total Length - Length of the video.  For some video types the length is only available after the thumbnail is created. (For Web URL and YouTube only)

• File Size - Size of the video stored locally from Photos or Files.

• Position and Size Values: Placement of the video within the slide.

More on Trimming Videos

Setting the beginning and ending points for a video can be crucial to getting your point across. Files and Photos videos are trimmed and since these video types are copied into the Event Presentation, the trimming also has the added benefit of make the internal video file size smaller.

During playback the position indicator will scroll to the position of the video. If desired the video playback position may be adjusted by sliding the position indicator to the desired position of the video.

To Trim the video tap the Trim Video button. A secondary window will appear. Slide the handle at the beginning or end of the video to adjust the trim. Tap the Trim button to the right of the thumbnails to finalize the trim.

After trimming the video the updated video may be saved by tapping the Save button on the toolbar. This replaces the original video and cannot be undone. The Trimmed Video may als be Re-Trimmed or the original video may be access to start the trimming process over again. Tapping the Cancel button cancels the entire trimming operation.

For Web and YouTube videos the Thumbnails are not available to see and since these video types are actually streamed and not stored locally they may not be trimmed. Instead the beginning and ending points of the video may be set by sliding the handles on the video scrubber. These values are saved and applied during The Event Presentation. The audio level may also be adjusted.

YouTube Video have the same adjustment possible except the audio level may not be adjusted.