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Note: Changes to the configuration settings will not be implemented until the changes have been saved and the survey has been launched.
The configuration properties in Video Question Configuration tab allow you to specify Video, Chart, and controls settings. The properties are as follows:
- Video URL – The URL of the video to be displayed to the respondent. Valid video formats are:
- Mp4
- YouTube
- Webm
- Ogv
Note: When using YouTube videos, having more than one Video Question on a survey page causes issues. Forsta therefore recommends separating YouTube videos onto separate pages.
- Poster URL – the URL of the Poster that covers the video display area before the respondent starts playing the video.
- Video Width – the width in pixels of the video being displayed for the respondent. If you choose to display the chart, this value will also determine the width of the chart.
- Video Height – the height in pixels of the video being displayed for the respondent.
- Enforce viewing – check to disable the survey’s Forward and Back buttons until the video has been fully played. If a page contains multiple videos that have “Enforce viewing...” checked, then the survey’s Forward and Back buttons will be disabled until all videos that are “enforced” have been played.
- Auto Play – the video will be played automatically as soon as it has loaded.
- Show Controls – check to show the controls for the video (e.g. “Play”, “Pause” etc.). Note that if you elect to hide the controls they will remain visible to the viewer until the video starts playing, whether this is because it is set to auto play or because the viewer has clicked the Play button.
For Video Rating Questions only:
- Include Chart – check to display a chart that shows the respondent how the video is being rated as it plays.
Important
If you include the rating chart for videos longer than 15 minutes, this can cause problems in the survey. You are therefore advised to keep videos as short as possible when using the chart.
- Chart Height – only appears when Include Chart is checked. Chart height is the height of the chart in pixels. As stated above, the Video width will determine the width of the chart should you chose to display it.
- Use Code Values – check to use the Code values from the Answers tab to set the times when the video is to be rated. When this option is not checked, the video is rated based on the length of the video and the number of Answers in the Answers tab.
- Slider control width – only appears when “Include chart” is not checked. Slider control width is the width of the slider control as a percentage of the width of the survey page on the screen. Valid values are 10 to 100.