Web-based media player

Overview

The Verba media player is a feature-rich multimedia tool that supports easy in-depth analysis of media recordings.

Features include:

• Audio and video playback
• Full playback control
• Volume control
• Speed control
• Channel (left/right) control
• Waveform display
• Timeframe selection
• Marker creation and management with commenting

The player is an embedded Windows Media Player (Active-X component) or uses HTML5 audio/video depending on the browser, with a fully customized layout and control.

The player is available on the Web Application (minimized at the bottom) when a conversation record is selected for playback.

Playback support in browsers

Notes:

• For Internet Explorer 8 and below, the audio and video playback works with Windows Media Player ActiveX component
• For Internet Explorer 9 and above, the video playback works with Windows Media Player ActiveX component
• For Firefox on Windows, the video playback works with Windows Media Player ActiveX component with plugin¹
• For other browsers, the audio and video playback works with HTML5 audio and video capabilities using automatically transcoded mp3 and mp4 media files.

¹ The plugin can be downloaded from: http://port25.technet.com/pages/windows-media-player-firefox-plugin-download.aspx

Test whether the required components are properly installed or not, by clicking on the waveform icon left to the Verba Player title in the top-left corner of the player frame. This test feature is only available when a recorded media file is selected to play from a conversation list. If one of the required components are not properly installed the test will fail.

Using the player

• Using the media player
• Using conversation markers
• Playback Requirements