View saved video clips

Last modified: Monday September 02, 2024.

You can view your bookmarked video clips and external video links in the Saved clips tool. Alta Video Administrators can view all video bookmarks and links. Other users can view shared bookmarks and links only.

For more information on creating video bookmarks and shared links, see Bookmark video clips and Share links to video clips.

Watch how to view multiple clips:

Task - View a video bookmark or shared link in Alta Video

1. Log in to Alta Video and open the Saved clips tool.
2. Select the required bookmark or external link.
3. You can view the video in the side panel.
4. If the bookmark or link contains recordings from multiple cameras, you can switch between them using the dropdown in the side panel.
5. For full-screen playback, hover over the side panel video and click Maximize video.

Task - View multiple video recordings in a bookmark or shared link

If a bookmark or external link contains footage from multiple cameras, you can view them sequentially in full screen or simultaneously in a 2x2 panel layout.

1. Log in to Alta Video and open the Saved clips tool.
2. Select a bookmark or external link with multiple CAMERAS.
3. Hover over the side panel video and click Maximize video.
4. From the Layout side panel, you can choose a 1x1 sequential view or a 2x2 simultaneous view.
5. From the Clips side panel, you can see a thumbnail of each recording:
   1. Click on a clip to play it. Alta Video highlights the playing clip, and clips continue to play sequentially.
6. In the 1x1 layout:
   1. A dotted outline shows clips with timeframes that overlap the playing clip.
   2. If clip timeframes overlap, the first clip plays until it ends. The playback then switches to the following clip, starting where the first clip ended.
   3. The overlapped part of the following clip does not play.
   4. Clips with timeframes that start after and end before other clips might not play.
   5. To playback an entire clip, select it from the Clips side panel.
7. In the 2x2 layout:
   1. If clip timeframes overlap, they play simultaneously in an available video pane.
   2. If more than four clips overlap, subsequent clips only play when a previous clip ends and a pane becomes free.
   3. Aware highlights all playing clips in the side panel.
8. If there is a gap between the timeframes of clips, playback automatically jumps to the following recording after three seconds.
   1. To begin the following clip immediately, choose Jump.
9. The playback timeline shows the timeframes of each clip:
   1. Alta Video highlights all playing timeframes.
   2. Hover over a clip in the side panel to highlight its timeframe.
   3. Hover over a timeframe to highlight the corresponding clip.
   4. Click on a timeframe to play the corresponding clip.