The Panopto Editor contains helpful features that allows you to perform basic adjustments to your video. In particular, the video timeline is a useful tool that allows you move to different parts of your video quickly, and make other adjustments related to timestamps.
Reading the Timeline
The timeline is most helpful in allowing you to get a "big picture" view of your session. It displays all streams in your video: video, audio, and slides, if they are included.
Moving to Different Parts of the Video
The place you are at in the video is visually indicated by a thin red line on the timeline. The location of this can be changed by clicking on a new part of the timeline.
By hovering over the timeline, the exact timestamp will also appear on a thin gray line.
Analyzing Audio
The audio level of your video is visually depicted on the timeline, which can be helpful if any of your viewers are reporting issues with it. If the audio appears as a solid line, it is likely muted; audio cannot be recovered in this scenario. If there are waveforms, then audio was present while recording.
Zooming In
The zooming tool on the timeline magnifies the timeline so that you can jump to more specific timestamps. It is also helpful when making trims or cuts to your video, as zooming in allows you to be more specific with the area you wish to cut out.
Using the Cut Tool
By clicking and dragging on the timeline, you can create a gray block over portions of the video. This block indicates portions of the video that are "cut" out for viewers. This does not permanently delete the sections on your end. Rather, after cutting portions of the video, viewers will no longer see these sections when watching.
You, as the video owner, can restore these cut portions in the Editor if necessary by using the same click-and-drag function to remove the gray block.
Working with Panopto Clips
Clips allow you to splice multiple Panopto videos together. While helpful to use, especially to replace outdated or unnecessary portions of a video, including multiple clips and cuts can make your video unstable for future editing and viewing. Thus, it is recommended that you only include a few clips instead of multiple.
Adding a Clip to Your Video
- On the timeline, click on the place where you want the clip to be inserted
- You can also move the clip around on the timeline after you add it, but establishing where you want it initially makes the process easier
- Then, select the + icon beside the scissors icon and select Add a Clip from the list
- You can choose from any Panopto video that you have Creator-level access to. Click on the video you want to add as a clip, and then select Insert
- After inserting, you will see the clip on your timeline. You can click and drag it anywhere on the timeline to adjust when it begins to play
