Learn The Video Player Controls
In this video we explore the features of the PianoGroove video player. Our video player contains many custom controls and functions to provide the best possible learning experience for our students.
The below tips and shortcuts will help you to watch and review the lessons more effectively and efficiently.
Video Player Controls To Remember
We cover the following video player controls:
- Tips for starting and pausing the video
- Slow down controls (.75%, .50%, and .25%)
- 10-second skip back button
- A/B loop functionality and shortcuts
- Lesson chaptering interface and shortcuts
- Video quality selector
- Volume controls
- Full screen mode
We are always looking to improve our video player and so if you have any suggestions to improve the usability and experience please let us know.
Related Lessons
We will explore the layout of the lesson pages and discuss the lesson chapter interface, lesson downloads, and commenting section.
We will explore the layout of the Pro Member Dashboard and how to track your progress through the lessons and courses on the website.
You will learn how to browse the PianoGroove course library using our course index page, the course genre pages, and the syllabus pages.
Practice Tips
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Familiarise yourself with the tips and tricks covered in this video.
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The controls can be used in combination such as A/B loop with slow down controls, or A/B looping a chapter.
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Notice that in full screen mode, the chapter interface becomes a clickable icon in the bottom right hand side of the video player.
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Try using the "I" and "O" keys on your keyboard to start and stop the A/B loop. This gives you much more accuracy to start and stop the A/B loop exactly as desired.
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Don't forget to have fun! :--)
Are the lesson chapters at the bottom of each lesson?
Hi Christine,
Yes that’s right, the lesson chapters are added to every lesson on the website.
On the live seminar pages, the chapters are added to the right hand side, for example see here: https://www.pianogroove.com/live-seminars/misty-reharmonisations/
Enjoy the lessons!
Cheers,
Hayden
Have you ever considered using a foot controller as an interface for the player controls, rather than the mouse or keyboard? I have a Vidami USB foot controller that I use with YouTube videos. It allows me to keep my hands on the keyboard, while I stop, rewind and restart sections of a music piece that I’m trying to learn, rather than having to reach a click. Thanks
Hi Ron,
That sounds brilliant, I never knew foot pedals existed for this purpose.
Thanks for sharing this.
I will share this in the community “software and setup” section as I’m sure other students would be interested -https://community.pianogroove.com/c/software/
Cheers,
Hayden
I run your videos on an iPad while at the piano, which means I do not have a keyboard convenient to hit ‘I’ and ‘O’ for the A/B Loop facility.
If you put ‘I’ and ‘O’ buttons in the player control panel at the bottom of the video screen, I could very quickly hit the place to start and then the ‘I’ button with my pencil, and the same again for setting ‘O’.
Also, when you have the A/B Loop facility turned on, it would be useful if the ‘I’ and ‘O’ points moved to the beginning and the end of a chapter when you click any chapter button at the bottom.
Hi Geoff,
Thanks for these suggestions, I have asked the developer now about adding ‘I’ and ‘O’ buttons when the A/B button is pressed in on a tablet or touch screen device.
When watching a lesson on your tablet, you should see a small green A/B symbol underneath each chapter, and if you click that button it should automatically set the loop for the chapter in question. Let me know if that works for you and I will get back to you shortly about the suggestion to add the additional I and O buttons which you can press with your pencil.
Cheers,
Hayden