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Play/Stop Buttons

Click here to download an .avi movie of working with Play Buttons. The movie shows how to create, activate, and delete Play Buttons. The movie is approximately 6mb.

An important feature of VideoPaper Builder is the ability to add interactive links (PLAY/STOP buttons and Page Links) between text pages and segments of video. These buttons and links may be inserted, edited, and deleted at any time while working on a VideoPaper project.

Adding Play/Stop Button Links from to Video

PLAY/STOP buttons are inserted into Text Pages within the Text Editor, and link to selected segments of video. These selected segments may be programmed to play at normal speed (default) or at a fast, very fast, slow, or very slow playback rate. Buttons may be added at any time within Text Pages; Start and Stop times of the video segment may be added or edited at any time; buttons may be moved within the text page, deleted, or edited (changing the Start and Stop times or Playback Rate) at any time. There is no limit to the number of buttons that may be included in the VideoPaper Project.

To add a PLAY/STOP button, position the cursor at the desired place in the selected text page. Click on the Insert Play button , located in the Toolbar. The Controller Settings dialog window will display. Here you can set the start and end times for your PLAY/STOP button. The "Use Current" button will allow you to set the time according to the current time of the video.

After you hit "OK," a button will appear in the text.

To preview the behavior of your PLAY/STOP button while in VPB, right-click (ctrl-click on a Mac) and choose Activate.

Selecting Video Segments
There are two methods for adding associated video PLAY/STOP segment starting and ending times.

1. To type specific start and end times: RIGHT-CLICK with your mouse (or CTRL-CLICK using a key combination) on the button. A Context Menu will appear with options to Delete or Edit the button PLAY/STOP times. Click on Edit to enter or change associated video segment times. This method is best to use when requiring very specific clip times.

2. To visually select a video segment, move the Movie Controller to the desired starting time of the segment to be selected. While hing the CTRL key down, drag the Movie Controller to the desired end point of the segment. The Movie Controller Timeline will darken to show the selected segment. While the selection is darkened, insert a PLAY/STOP button. This method is best to use when selecting video segments which have very visual start and end times, or to quickly select segments which are to be edited later via the alternate method.

Editing and Deleting Play/Stop Buttons
To delete the PLAY/STOP button, RIGHT-CLICK with your mouse (or CTRL-CLICK using a key combination) on the button. A Context Menu will appear with options to Delete or Edit the button PLAY/STOP times. Click on Delete to remove the button; click on Edit to enter or change associated video segment times, or to change the Playback Rate.

Editing Segment Playback Rate
The default Playback Rate is Normal. The Rate can be set to fast, very fast, slow, or very slow; at any of the non-default rate settings, the audio track of the video is turned off automatically.

To edit the Playback Rate of the selected segment for a PLAY/STOP button, RIGHT-CLICK with your mouse (or CTRL-CLICK using a key combination) on the button. A Context Menu will appear with options to Delete or Edit the button. Click on Edit and use the drop-down menu to change the Playback Rate of the selected segment of video.

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