Every once in a while after reviewing a student’s video, the student will say, “I don’t understand why you told me those segments are late. My volume is all the way up, but when I pause right on the beginning line, I don’t hear anything!” This indicates a difference in segment timing between the two users. It is important to realize this difference in order to effectively learn proper timing. What causes timing dissimilarities? We searched for a cause by testing between browsers and across computers. It was determined that the browser in use may be a top candidate for the difference. In our research, we only tested segmenting using the HTML5 Player, not Flash, because Flash presented difficulties for each of us in the segment timer. We recommend using the HTML5 Player unless you do not have the capability. Currently, the browsers Viki recommends are Chrome, Firefox, Safari, or Internet Explorer 9.0+. If you are using another browser, you may receive this alert: Still, the segment timer in each browser does not perform the same. Here is a summary of what our experiences were with each browser. Windows Vista, Windows 7, and two versions of Mac OS X were used:
Following is a playlist of videos that demonstrate some of these experiences: We also checked how well each browser supports HTML5 at html5test.com. This overview shows how well HTML5 is supported on browsers and their current and older versions based on several features. The highest score a browser can receive is 555: Based on this overview and the experiences we collectively had, we suggest trying Chrome to segment in order to have the best experience and the most similar timing across computers.
Of course, there may be other computer-related reasons two users may see a segment starting at different times, but considering the browser is a good place to start. Anyone having issues segmenting should also look into the best browser for their computer. Let us know in the comments what your experiences are regarding the segment timer and browsers!
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