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====== Media > Synched Video ======

This [[pagetypes|page]] allows for points on a video to be synched with sections of text.  The text can either build up as the video progresses (as in the demo below), or a new section of text can replace the previous one.

The **Transcript Reader **page type produces similar effects for audio.

===== Example demo =====

{{url>https://xot.xerte.org.uk/xapi_launch.php?template_id=116&group=xertepagetypes#synchedvideo}}

or view at [[https://xot.xerte.org.uk/xapi_launch.php?template_id=116&group=xertepagetypes#synchedvideo|Xerte Page Types - Media: Synched Video]] (opens in new tab)




===== Editor interface =====

{{:xerte-media-synchedvideo-editor.jpg|Screenshot of Media > PDF File in editor}}

==== Core Properties ====

^ Property ^ Description ^ Type ^ Additional information ^
| Page Title | Text that appears in the header of the published page  | Text |   |
| Video | Add the link to the video here. | URL/Link to Media Browser | See the [[working_with_video|Working with Video page]] for guidance on which video platforms are supported in Xerte.  |
| Page Text | This is some text that displays below the video in the left-hand panel. It is always visible on the page. | Text+ (Toolbar) | You can also include images, tables, diagrams etc, through the Page Text editor.  |
| Pause on Synch Points | Pauses the video at synch points, so the learner has to restart it each time {**True**/False} | Drop-down | This may be useful if you want to give to time to reflect and possibly re-read the text. |
| Erase on Synch Points | At synch points "True" replaces the previous section of text with the the next text {**True**/False}, as an alternative to the text building up as the video progresses. | Drop-down | This effectively creates a slideshow synched with the video. |


==== Optional Properties ====

=== Page-specific ===

^ Property ^ Description ^ Type ^ Additional information ^
| Timed Text File | As an alternative to adding each Synch Point and associated text manually, you can upload a Timed Text File here. | Link to Media Browser |   |
| %%Tracking Score Weight (0=Off)%% | Allows the task on the page to be weighted relative to other scored pages in the project.  | Number  | See the [[:trackingandweighting|Tracking and Weighting ]]page for more information on weighting.  |
| Video Size | This sets the dimensions of the video player, expressed in the number of pixels (Width,Height) | Numbers |   |

See [[optional_properties#General optional properties|General Optional Properties]]

There are **no Language Options** for this page type.

After you have created the settings and added the link to the video file, you need to add the **Synch Points **and the text that appears at each Synch Point.  Click on **New Synch Point.**

{{ :xerte-media-synchedvideo-newsynchpoint.jpg?400 }}


==== Synch Point: Core Properties ====

^ Property ^ Description ^ Type ^ Additional information ^
| Title | A title for the Synch Point that is only displayed in the Project Structure  | Text |   |
| %%Text%% | Text that is displayed when the video arrives at the Synch Point | Text |   |
| Align Text | {**Top**/Bottom} This aligns the text, relative to any image you have added. | Numbers | This only works if you have added an image  |
| Synch Point | Add the Synch Point as the number of seconds into the video . For example, to synch at 2 minutes 15 seconds into the video, enter "135". | Number |   |

You can also add an Image to the synched text, as an Optional Property.

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