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Watch a video directly with the "Docs" application - Tutorials Ordissimo (Ordissimo v4)

With Ordissimo, you can open and watch a saved video using your "Docs" application. Here's a short presentation on your viewing options...


Compatibility : Ordissimo
Level: Introduction
Estimated time: 30'

You've saved a video (news report, movie, personal video, etc.) in your "Docs" application and would like to watch it. Together we'll go step by step through your options for viewing this video. 

 

To begin, let's look at the menu bar options that will be of use to you: 

Navigation bar video

1. Title : video title.
2. Time : time passed since video began with, to the right, the total length of the video. 
3. Volume : volume that can be adjusted at your convenience by moving the cursor with your mouse. You can also click directly on the "+" or "-" megaphones to raise or lower the volume by 10%.
4. Go back : rewind the video 30 seconds.
5. Leave : quit watching the video and return to the Docs application.
6. Pause / Play : pause the video / continue watching. 
7. Forward : fast forward the video in increments of 30 seconds.
8. Window / Full screen : show the applications bar below the video in window mode or else watch the video in full screen mode. 

 

1Click on "Docs".

From your Ordissimo home screen, click on the "Docs" icon on the applications bar. 

Open Docs
 

2Click on the "Documents" directory.

Next, click on the "Documents" directory.

Open Documents directory
 

3Choose the video.

In this example, we'd like to watch: "Big Buck Bunny".

a. Use your mouse to select the video. b. Then click on the "Open" icon at the top of the screen.
Choose the video Click on Open

 

4Start the video.

The video entitled "Big Buck Bunny" will begin playing.

Note : the menu bar appears if you move your mouse around while the video is playing.

Launch of the video
 

5Pause / play the video.

a. After clicking the "Pause" button, the video will stop playing and remain in pause mode.  b. To begin playing the video again, click on "Play".
Pause the video Play the video

 

6Go forward or backward. 

a. Say you'd like to skip the introduction. To do so, click on the "Forward" icon. With each click, you'll skip forward in the video by 30 seconds. The "Go back" option works exactly the same way. 

Click Forward

b. You can also use the mouse to click directly on the progress bar and go to any point you like in the video. 

Move the slider


7See time passed. 

By looking at the right section of the menu bar, you'll notice a counter with the time passed since the video began, in this case 00:05:26 (5 minutes and 26 seconds). Next to this is the total duration of the video (9 minutes and 56 seconds). 

Overview of the time
 

8 Adjust the volume. 

In order to adjust the volume, click on the volume cursor and slide it to the left or right. You can also click directly on the megaphones with the "+" or "-" symbols in order to raise or lower the volume by 10%. 

Adjust the volume
 

9Go to window mode.

Your video will automatically begin playing in full screen mode. If you'd like to see your Ordissimo applications bar, click on the "Full screen" icon to pass over to window mode.

Put in full screen

 

10Close the video.

You can close the video by clicking on the "Leave" button in the center of the menu bar. 

Leave the video

 

Watching a video was never so easy!