Tech Support, Guidance & Workshops

Edit Media

Minor edits can be made to audio and/or video, both uploaded and recorded using Panopto, these include;

• Deleting a portion(s) of audio and/or video
• Adding a preexisting video or audio input
• Deleting a video or audio input
• Adding presentation slides
• Normalising the audio
• Adding chapters

To begin making any of the aforementioned changes, first locate the video via the ‘My Folder’ option, located in the upper left of the Panopto homepage, and select the ‘Edit’ (pencil) option. 

Deleting a portion(s) of audio and/or video

Having accessed the editor interface, first use the playback and timeline tools to locate the point at which you’d like to cut the video, before selecting the appropriate timeline and dragging to the right, thus creating a greyed out portion. The greyed out portion of the video now indicates the cut, and can be adjusted by clicking and dragging either side of the cut. Additionally, selecting and deselecting the ‘Preview cuts during playback ‘ option will allow you to watch the video with and without the cut.

With a cut now created, you can select the ‘Cuts’ option, located in the upper left corner, where you’ll find a list of existing cuts and can further edit and fine tune them by selecting the ‘Kebab’ (three dots) alongside the appropriate cut.

With the changes now made, you can finish by selecting the red ‘Apply’ option, located in the upper right. Any changes made following the above process are not permanent and can later be reverted if necessary, but the portions removed from the video will not be accessible during playback.

“Cuts” are defined as portions of the video which have been temporarily removed from the video and/or audio.

Adding or deleting a preexisting video or audio input

Having accessed the editor interface, select the ‘Streams’ option, located in the upper left, followed by ‘Add Stream’. Upon selecting this option, you’ll be prompted to upload a video and/or audio file, or a presentation file.

Once uploaded, subsequent changes can be made as standard and the video and/or audio start and end point can also be adjusted by the ‘Streams’ option, and selecting the ‘Kebab’ (three dots) icon.

With the video and/or audio input now added, you can finish by selecting the red ‘Apply’ option, located in the upper right.

Please note that, unlike original Panopto recordings, files that contain both video and audio cannot be edited separately.

Deleting a video or audio input

Having accessed the editor interface, select the ‘Streams’ option, located in the upper left, followed by the ‘Kebab’ (three dots) option and select ‘Delete’.

With the video and/or audio input removed now made, you can finish by selecting the red ‘Apply’ option, located in the upper right. Please note that deleting an input is a permanent change that cannot be undone.

Adding presentation slides

Please note that prior to uploading your presentation, the presentation must be available in PowerPoint (.pptx) file format.

Having accessed the editor interface, select the ‘Slides’ option, located in the upper left, followed by ‘Add a presentation’, where you’ll then be prompted to upload your presentation. Once uploaded, you can then change or create a slide start point by selecting ‘Slides’ followed by the ‘Kebab’ (three dots) icon, available to the right of each slide, and ‘Edit’. In the pop-up window, you can then set a start point for each slide using the following format, [hh:mm:ss:ms].

A slide will continue to be available throughout the remaining duration of the video until superseded by the start point of another slide.

With the slide(s) now inserted, you can finish by selecting the red ‘Apply’ option, located in the upper right.

Normalising the audio

Normalising the audio may help reduce any audio issues such as microphone or audio peaking.

Having accessed the editor interface, select the ‘Normalise the Audio’ option, located in the centre of the page, whereby the audio will then be automatically normalised, creating a consistent audio volume.

With the option now selected, you can finish by selecting the red ‘Apply’ option, located in the upper right.

Adding chapters

Adding chapters to a video and/or audio recording will help viewers navigate to a specific section or portion of the video, similar to using headers to separate text for instance.

Having accessed the editor interface, select the ‘Contents’ option, located in the upper left, where you’ll be able to enter a chapter title and start point. An unlimited number of chapters can be created.

With the chapter(s) now in place, you can finish by selecting the red ‘Apply’ option, located in the upper right.