Video Player

The NLM "Video Player" allows you to view a video right from the web page. To start the video, click on the video or the arrow icon in the upper left corner of the video player on the Resource Record page. The video will begin playing immediately. See Downloading Resources to download a MP4 version of the video.

Video player

Figure 1: "Video Player" interface. The control panel includes Play/Pause (A), Volume (B), Progress Slider and Time Stamp (C), Playing Time (D), Captions (E), and Full Screen toggle (F).

Video Player Controls

The "Video Player" controls are located below the video screen. The controls include the Play/Pause, Volume, Time Slider, Captions, and Full Screen. Keyboard shortcuts (listed below) are active when you tab into the player. To disable the shortcuts, just tab or click outside of the player. Keyboard shortcuts may not be supported by all browsers.

Play/Pause

Keyboard shortcut: Space bar

Select the "Play" button to start the video or the "Pause" button to stop the video at a specified location. The video screen displays the last frame you viewed when the video is paused. To restart the video, click the "Play" button which appears after the "Pause" button is clicked.

Volume

Keyboard shortcut: Up and Down arrow keys

Tab to the "Volume" button to access the volume slider. Use the right and left arrow keys to move the slider right or left to increase or decrease the volume. Move the slider completely to the left or click on the "Volume" button to mute the video. To unmute, click on the "Volume" button again or move the slider to the right.

Progress Slider and Time Stamp/Playing Time

Keyboard shortcut: Right and Left arrow keys

The "Progress Slider" allows you to advance or rewind the video to a new frame. Tab to the slider and use the right and left arrow keys to move the slider to the right or left to advance or rewind the video. The time stamp indicates the time of the frame currently displayed in the "Video Player" as well as the playing time of the entire video. The "Time Stamp" changes as the video advances or rewinds.

Captions

Keyboard shortcut: Up and Down arrow keys

Captions are synchronized to display at the same time as the audio. Captions automatically display during video playback. To turn the captions off, tab to the "cc" button and select "captions off" from the dropdown menu. To turn captions on, select "english cc" from the dropdown menu. Select "captions settings" to adjust the color and font of captions.

Full screen toggle

Keyboard shortcut: Enter/Esc keys

Tab to the "Full Screen" button and use the Enter key to enlarge the video the size of the monitor. To return to the original size, press the Enter key with the "non-Full Screen" button selected or press the Esc key on your keyboard.