Website Help

Chapters

Chapters are marker points within a recording, allowing you to quickly jump to points within the video/audio playback.

Chapters can overlap and a recording can have an unlimited number of chapters.

How to Add a Chapter

  • Navigate to the Planet eStream Homepage and Search for the recording to which you would like to add a Chapter. Chapters can be added to Freeview TV or standard recordings.

  • Click the title of the item to view the item.

  • From within the View Page, click the Chapters tab, then click create chapter.

    Please note: If there is no create chapter option present then you do not have permission to add or edit Chapters.

  • The Add Chapter dialogue will appear.

  • Using the Media Player, Navigate to the position in the video/audio where you would like to set a Chapter.

  • Click the Set Start button. The start time is inserted and a thumbnail is automatically generated.

  • Navigate to the position in the video/audio where you would like the Chapter to end. This step is optional.

  • Click the Set End button. The end time is inserted. This step is optional.

  • Enter a Title and Description for the Chapter. Both are optional.

  • If you would like to change the thumbnail, navigate to any point in the video playback and click set (below the thumbnail) and then click Set thumbnail. Alternatively, the thumbnail can be set from an image file on disk by clicking the upload thumbnail option.

  • Click Submit to create the Chapter.

How to View a Chapter

  • Navigate to the Planet eStream Homepage and Search for the recording containing the Chapter that you would like to view.

  • Click on the title of the item to view the item.

  • From within the View Page, click the Chapters tab.

  • Click on the thumbnail of the Chapter that you would like to view.

How to Edit or Delete a Chapter

  • Navigate to the Planet eStream Homepage and Search for the recording containing the Chapter that you would like to edit or delete.

  • Click the title of the item to view the item.

  • From within the View Page, click the Chapters tab.

  • Click the pencil icon adjacent to any Chapter to edit the Chapter.

    Click the dustbin icon adjacent to any Chapter to delete the Chapter.

    Please note: If there are no edit/delete options present then you do not have permission to edit Chapters.

How to Share a Chapter

Please note: Your ability to Share a Chapter, and the types of share available to you, are based on your user permissions.

Please note: When making Planet eStream content available on any other website, please ensure that the ERA licencing rules are adhered to (if applicable). Please see the ERA licencing Help Page for more information.

  • Navigate to the Planet eStream Homepage and Search for the recording containing the Chapter that you would like to share.

  • Click the title of the item to view the item.

  • From within the View Page, click the Chapters tab.

  • Click the share icon adjacent to any Chapter to open the Share Panel.

    Please see the Sharing Help Page for more information.

    Please note: If no share icon is present then you do not have permission to share Chapters.