YouTube Mini Player

What is YouTube Mini Player

The YouTube Mini Player lets you play YouTube URLs written in your notes directly within the app. You can watch videos inside Reading Forest without opening a browser.

How to Use

Here is how to use the YouTube Mini Player.

Steps

• 1. Paste a YouTube URL
  Paste a YouTube URL into the notes field of a record
• 2. Automatic title display
  In view mode, the URL is automatically replaced with the video title
• 3. Play in Mini Player
  Click the YouTube icon to start playback in the mini player
• 4. Open YouTube site
  Click the title to open the YouTube site

Continuous Playback

When a single record contains multiple YouTube URLs, you can play them all in sequence.

• Continuous play button
  When a record has multiple YouTube URLs, a "▶ (number)" button appears in the date column
• Play all in order
  Click the button to play all tracks in sequence

Mini Player Controls

The mini player provides the following controls.

• Play / Pause
  Toggle between playing and pausing the video
• Next / Previous
  Skip to the next or previous track
• Loop playback
  Toggle repeat all tracks ON/OFF
• Playlist view
  Display a playlist with track titles and thumbnails
• Drag to move
  Drag the header area to move the player to any position
• Close
  Click the x button to close the mini player

Playlist Expansion

Paste a YouTube playlist URL into your notes to expand it into individual videos.

• Expand button
  When you paste a playlist URL (a URL containing list=) into your notes, an "Expand" button appears
• Expand all tracks
  Click the button to expand all tracks in the playlist into individual URLs in your notes
• Play individually
  After expansion, each track can be played individually