# Video settings

> Everything you can change on one video — title, thumbnail, player controls and colors, captions, chapters, on-video buttons and the end screen.

Source: https://knowledge.estage.com/video/video-settings/
Part of the ESTAGE knowledge base (https://knowledge.estage.com). Full corpus: https://knowledge.estage.com/llms-full.txt

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Each video has a settings page where you shape how it looks and behaves in the player. Changes
apply wherever the video plays — every site, lesson and link — because they live on the video,
not on the page that shows it.

Open it by clicking a video in your library, or **⋯ → Video Settings**. The left column,
**Player Settings**, holds the sections below; the preview on the right shows the result.

:::note
Most sections need **Save changes** (top right). The exceptions save on their own: thumbnail
actions, caption tracks and cues, and interactions. The download button next to **Save changes**
downloads the video file.
:::

## General

| Field | What it's for |
| --- | --- |
| **Title** | The video's name in your library and in the player's browser tab |
| **Description** | Your notes about the video |
| **Folder** | Which folder it lives in |
| **Video Link** | The player link, with a copy button |
| **File Size** | How much storage the video uses |

## Thumbnail

The picture viewers see before they press play. Pick one of three kinds:

| Tab | How it works |
| --- | --- |
| **Image** | **Upload Image** (JPEG, PNG or WebP). **Remove image** takes it off |
| **Video Loop** | Drag the handles (or type **Start** and **End** in seconds) to pick a short range, then **Apply loop**. The player shows it as a looping animated preview |
| **Video Frame** | Scrub to a moment and click **Use this frame** |

Thumbnail changes apply right away — no **Save changes** needed.

## Security

Who can watch the video: **Public**, **Private**, **Specific Domains**, **Password** or **Private
Link**. See [Privacy and sharing a video](/video/privacy/) for what each one does.

## Controls

Which buttons the player shows. Tick or untick **Time**, **Progress Bar**, **Volume**, **Video
Speed**, **Closed Captions**, **Quality** and **Full Screen**. **Hide All** turns them all off at
once.

The play button is always shown, so viewers can always start the video.

## Player Skin

| Setting | Options |
| --- | --- |
| Logo | **ESTAGE Logo** or **Custom Logo** (paste an **Image URL**) |
| **Logo Position** | **Bottom Right**, **Bottom Left**, **Top Left**, **Top Right** |
| **Player Color** | The accent color of the player's controls |
| **Play Button Color** | The color of the big play button |
| **Play Button Size** | 0.1 to 2 (1 is the default size) |
| **Player Bar Position** | **Top** or **Bottom** |

## Closed Captions

Add caption tracks in as many languages as you need.

1. Choose a language under **Language** and click **Add**.
2. Click the language to open its cues.
3. Either **Import** an `.srt` or `.vtt` file, or write cues by hand with **Add cue** — each cue
   has a start time, an end time and its text.
4. Click **Save cues**.

On each track you can:

- **Star** it to make it the track the player starts with (then **Save changes**).
- **Rename** it with the pencil.
- Switch it **on or off** — only enabled tracks appear in the player.
- **Download** it as **.srt** or **.vtt**.
- **Delete** it.

If your uploaded file already carried a caption track, ESTAGE picks it up during processing.

## Chapters

Chapters split the timeline into named sections viewers can jump between.

1. Click **Add chapter**.
2. Type the start time as minutes:seconds (for example `2:30`) and the chapter title.
3. Click **Save changes**.

Chapters are always shown in time order, whatever order you type them in.

## Interactions

Put a clickable **button** or an **image** on top of the video for part of it — a call to action,
a sign-up link, a logo.

1. Move the playhead to where it should appear, then click **Add button** or **Add image**.
2. Drag it on the video to position and size it. A timeline under the preview shows when each
   one is on screen; drag its ends to change the timing, or type the times under **On screen**.
3. For a button, set the **Button text**. For an image, **Upload** a picture or paste an image
   URL.
4. Under **When clicked**, choose **Open a link** (and enter the URL, starting with `https://`)
   or **Nothing**.
5. Style a button under **Look**: a preset (**Brand**, **Pill**, **Dark**, **Outline**, **Sunny**,
   **Red**), fill and text colors, weight, **Corners** and **Border** — separately for
   **Normal** and **On hover** if you like.

Interactions save automatically (the status reads **Saved**). Each one also has a **Name (only
you see it)**, **Duplicate** and **Delete**. Open **Shortcuts** in the panel for the keyboard
shortcuts — undo and redo, nudging, and setting start or end at the playhead.

## End Screen

What viewers see when the video ends.

- **Empty** — the player offers **Watch again**.
- **Call To Action** — a full-player card with a **Background Color**, **Text Color**, **Title**,
  **Description**, a **Button** (URL and text) and a **Text Link** (URL and text).

## What viewers see in the player

- **Adaptive quality** that follows the viewer's connection, with a manual **Quality** choice.
- A settings menu with **Subtitles** (including **Subtitle style**: background color and
  opacity, text color and size), **Playback speed** from 0.25 to 2, and **Quality** — each only
  when you left that control on.
- Chapters on the timeline, your interactions, and your end screen.
- Keyboard shortcuts: **Space** or **K** play/pause, **←/→** skip 5 seconds, **J/L** skip 10,
  **↑/↓** volume, **M** mute, **F** fullscreen, **<** and **>** change speed, **Home**/**End**
  jump to the start or end, and **0**–**9** jump to 0–90% of the video.

## Things worth knowing

- **One video, one set of settings.** Changing the logo or end screen here changes it on every
  site and lesson that plays this video.
- **Shared folders:** an **Editor** can change everything on this page. A **Viewer** sees a
  **Details** panel instead — title, description, duration and upload date — and can watch and
  download.
- **Leaving without saving loses the changes** that need **Save changes**.