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Chapter Menu and Chapters

Adding and Modifying Chapters and the Chapter Menu Annotation

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Written by Patrick Farley
Updated over a week ago

Adding a Chapter Menu

You add a Chapter Menu by clicking this icon.

Click on the word "Chapters" in the Chapter Menu. You can change the title of the Chapter Menu to anything, say "Skip to a Section" or simply delete the text entirely to show a Chapter Menu Icon.

Adding Chapters

Add Chapter annotations by clicking this icon.

Type out a short descriptive name for the Chapter. This will be shown to the viewer in the Chapter menu.

Continue playing the video and add a Chapter at each major topic or section of the video. A good rule of thumb is one Chapter every 90 seconds or so.

As you add and adjust Chapters your Chapter Menu will be updated automatically.
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Chapter Menu Options

Click Edit on the Chapter Menu.

  • Start Time is the point in the video at which the Chapter Menu will first appear.

  • Duration (the clock icon) is the total time the chapter menu will stay expanded when the viewer expands it. The default is 10s.

  • Click More. Initial State will set if you want the Chapter Menu to start expanded to collapsed when it first appears.

  • Position sets the place the Chapter Menu is when it is collapsed. Most users select the default top left or top right.

  • Add Class and Display Rule are advanced options which are detailed here.

  • There are two Styles. 1 Column (the default), and Adaptive.

Adding Chapters to All Videos

HapYak has a few advanced capabilities to let you quickly and easily add chapters to dozens, hundreds or thousands of videos. Check out Auto Chapters for Brightcove for an example.

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