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Playing Recordings in the Web Player

To start and stop playback, click on the playback window.
To skip through a video during, click on the playback bar.

You can see diagnostic information about the recording by hitting F2, including the TV tuner that was used and the location of the video file.

All of the controls and keyboard shortcuts can be viewed by clicking the

button to the right of the player window

Basic control bar

Button	Keyboard Shortcut	Function
	Space bar	Start playback
	Space bar	Pause playback
	Plus (+) and minus (-) keys M	Volume control Mute
	Z	Set clip start point
	X	Set clip end point
	(none)	Add a tag at the current time
	Q	Open the zoom trackbar
	[ and ]	Options for fast-forward and reverse playback. Use keyboard shortcuts to increase/ decrease speed
	F11	Enter fullscreen mode *

Click on the elapsed time to jump to a specific time in the recording:

Click on the ending time to toggle between clock time and recording timecode:

* The screenshot dialog looks like this:

You have the option to save the image or send it as an e-mail attachment.

If the Watermarking option is enabled, you have the option to add your watermark to the image.

Advanced control bar

(to show these controls, mouse over the playback window)

Button	Keyboard Shortcut	Function
	Comma	Jump backward 7 seconds
	Period	Jump forward 30 seconds
	Left arrow key	Scan backward (3 speeds)
	Right arrow key	Scan Forward (3 speeds)
	CTRL + Left arrow	Jump to the beginning of the current recording
	CTRL + Right arrow	Jump to the end of the current recording
	CTRL/Apple + D	Take a "screenshot" of the currently displayed image, and save it to disk or send in an email*

To change the settings for Skip Forward and Skip Backward, click on the user icon (

) to go to Profile Settings.

Other controls
(These controls may only be available in certain playback modes)

Button	Keyboard Shortcut	Function
	SHIFT + Left Arrow	Previous item in playlist (playlist mode only)
	SHIFT + Right Arrow	Next item in playlist (playlist mode only)
	CTRL/Apple + Up Arrow	Previous search result from this recording (from search result only)
	CTRL/Apple + Down Arrow	Next search result from this recording (from search result only)
(none)	SHIFT + Comma	Skip backward 1 second
(none)	SHIFT + Period	Skip forward 1 second
(none)	Left arrow key (when paused)	Step backward 1 frame
(none)	Right arrow key (when paused)	Step forward 1 frame

Other tabs

The web player interface also includes other tabs that allow you to do various things with the current recording. See Web Player Tabs for more information.

Resize the elements on this page by dragging the borders using the mouse.

The player windowpane has a minimum width of 600 pixels, and the other panes have a minimum width of 300 pixels.

Playback Controls

Button	Keyboard Shortcut	Function
	Space bar	Start playback
	Space bar	Pause playback
	Comma	Skip backward 7 seconds
	Period	Skip forward 30 seconds
(none)	SHIFT + Comma	Skip backward 1 second
(none)	SHIFT + Period	Skip forward 1 second
	Left arrow key	Rewind (3 speeds)
	Right arrow key	Fast Forward (3 speeds)
	CTRL + Left arrow	Jump to the beginning of the current recording
	CTRL + Right arrow	Jump to the end of the current recording
	Plus (+) and minus (-) keys M	Volume control Mute
	F11	Enter fullscreen mode *
(none)	Left arrow key (when paused)	Step backward
(none)	Right arrow key (when paused)	Step forward