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Oliver Fajardo
2,853 PointsObtrusive Subtitles for Video Lessons
Hello Treehouse Community,
I am not sure where or what forum this should be posted on but maybe others feel the same way?
When watching videos, at least not in full screen, the subtitles become obtrusive and cover up content. This does not bother me at all when I'm in full screen because the positioning of the text is fine, but when I am not, it is very frustrating. Luckily, i have two monitors, one to watch the video in full screen and the other to work with the code. However, I wonder for those who don't have two monitors or do not want to watch the video in full screen how they feel.
Does anyone else think that the subtitle text format being displayed could be a tad bit improved? In addition, sometimes when I have the video paused for a minute or so and click back on the video it would go to the start of the video and I would lose my place.
3 Answers
Aaron Graham
18,033 PointsThe subtitles usually automatically hide after a certain timeout period. For me, when they haven't, mousing over the video, and then back out will get them to auto hide. FWIW, I'm using Chrome.
Dustin Matlock
33,856 PointsYou should be getting some functionality like below when the mouse is moved and the controls disappear. However, some users have reported better success viewing the videos with Firefox.
Oliver Fajardo
2,853 PointsOk, thanks! i use chrome but I did not notice that. I'll be sure to keep an eye for that and also try fire fox.