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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. You can switch to an alternate keyboard shortcut scheme on the Profile Settings page. 

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

 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

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Space bar

Start playback

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Space bar

Pause playback

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Comma

Skip backward 7 seconds

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Period

Skip forward 30 seconds

(none)

SHIFT + Comma

Skip backward 1 second

(none)

SHIFT + Period

Skip forward 1 second

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Left arrow key

Rewind (3 speeds)

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Right arrow key

Fast Forward (3 speeds)

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CTRL + Left arrow

Jump to the beginning of the current recording

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CTRL + Right arrow

Jump to the end of the current recording

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Plus (+) and minus (-) keys

 

M

Volume control

 

Mute

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F11

Enter fullscreen mode *

(none)

Left arrow key (when paused)

Step backward

(none)

Right arrow key (when paused)

Step forward

 
​To change the settings for Skip Forward and Skip Backward, click on the user icon () to go to Profile Settings. 
 

Tools

 

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Z

 

Set clip start**

 

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X

 

Set clip end

 

clip0011

 

C

 

Create clip

        (none)  Trim show (only available if the Enable Trimming option is turned on in Miscellaneous Settings)

 

  (bottom right) 

 

V

 

Jump to clip start 

   
 
(bottom
 right)

 

B

 

Jump to clip end

     CTRL + L Loop area marked for clipping

 

(none)

 

 

A

 

 

Move clip start point 1 second backward

 

 

(none)

 

 

S

 

 

Move clip start point 1 second forward

 

 

(none)

 

 

D

 

 

Move clip end point 1 second backward

 

 

(none)

 

 

F

 

 

Move clip end point 1 second forward

 

 

 

 

J

 

 

Jump to a specific time

 

 

 

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CTRL/Apple + D

 

 

Take a "screenshot" of the currently displayed image, and save it to disk or send in an email

 

 

 

 

(none)

 

 

Share to Facebook

 

 

 

 

(none)

 

 

Share to Twitter

 








(none)




 Post to YouTube

 

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(none)

 

 

Insert tag

 

 

clip0007

 

 

SHIFT + Left Arrow

 

 

Previous item in playlist (playlist mode only)

 

 

clip0008

 

 

SHIFT + Right Arrow

 

 

Next item in playlist (playlist mode only)

 

 

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CTRL/Apple + Up Arrow

 

 

Previous search result from this recording (from search result only)

 

 

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CTRL/Apple + Down Arrow

 

 

Next search result from this recording (from search result only)

 

 

 



 

 



See also
Web Player Tabs
Creating Clips in the Web Player