Kaltura Editor is a "lite" media editor. It is recommended to use different software if detailed editing or merging of clips are needed.

Contents

Launching the Editor
Editor’s Interface Overview
Trim / Clip
Setting a Range
Chop / Splice

Launching the Editor

You must be the owner or collaborator of the media to edit it using the Kaltura Editor.

Go to My Media either in Blackboard or video.uark.edu.
Click the video entry’s edit button (pencil icon).
Click Launch Editor.
Select Video Editor icon ( ) on the left most panel.

Alternatively:

In My Media, click on the video’s title or its thumbnail.
Click Actions.
Select Launch Editor.

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Editor’s Interface Overview

The interface has three main panes. Left pane displays the media’s details (title, creator, last modification date). Right pane is the preview window, and where the Save a Copy button is located. The bottom pane is the timeline. This pane is where the editing will occur.

Video Editor Selector
Collapse button for the media details (left) pane
Save a Copy button
Real Time Marker– Indicates the timeline location of the scene being played in the player (right pane). On the Real Time Marker there are three tools:
- Split
- Set In
- Set Out
Handlebars– The yellow indicators at each end of the video used to select a range of the video
Delete Icon and Fade In/Out icon
Editing Interaction Icons (left to right);
- Reset
- Redo
- Undo
- Select Audio
Zoom In/Out of the timeline

Trim / Clip

Definitions: Trimming is editing the original video to a new beginning or ending point by clicking Save. Clipping is creating a copy of a video with a new beginning or ending point by clicking Save a Copy.

Directions

Set a Range. (Methods are listed below.)
1. Click Save to trim, which will alter original source media permanently, or
2. Click Save a Copy to clip, which will make a copy with the modifications set.

Setting a Range

There are multiple ways to set a range:

Drag the handlebars to the start or end points. (This can also be done instead of clicking the Set In / Set Out icons for the alternatives listed below.)
Pause the video, at either start or end, and click the Set In icon to select the start of the range, and Set Out icon to select the end of the range.
Drag the Real Time Marker to start or end, and click either Set In or Set Out icon.
In the player, type in a time, and select the Set In or Set Out icon.

Chop / Splice

The timeline will always reflect the timespan of the original copy. After video editing, white gaps may show on the timeline where chopping, trimming, or clipping occurred. This does not indicate pauses in the edited copy, but it does indicate where you could extend play time if you desire.

"Chop" is when you cut out a section of a video, and "Splice" is when the remaining video is joined together. Kaltura automatically splices video after chopping; you do not need to move cut video segments together for continuous play.

Directions

There are two good ways to chop a video:

Split the video into segments by clicking the Scissors icon in the Real Time Marker.
Then, deleted unwanted segments.

Alternatively,

Split the video by clicking the Scissors icon in the Real Time Marker.
Then, use the Real Time Marker or the yellow handlebars to set the beginning and ending of a segment.