Why does “Show Synchronized Text” put the video on top of the text?
I found this button on the video player called “Show Synchronized Text”.
When I push it, it moves the “synchronized text” to be directly behind the video player where I cannot see it at all.
That can’t be what was intended, right?
I tried resizing the browser window, but it seems to be careful to always hide the text directly behind the video, as far as I can tell.
What browser? Chrome seems OK for me.
Ok, I have realized that I am not using the tiny little default youtube window.
In my experience the default video window is so tiny as to be nearly useless for actually seeing anything–eg, if they are drawing or writing words on a board.
So I always push the arrows to make the video into the small (but not tiny) box, and that one apparently is fixed right in the middle of the screen, always hiding the scrolling text.
BTW I just tested on Chrome, and it appears to have the same problem.
Trying to upload screenshot showing it in Chrome. The words she is actually saying are directly behind the video window.
If this is not a bug, can you at least make the video window movable, so I can move it out of the one place where it hides what she is saying?
I see. I’m not lingq support. I’m a language learner like you. Just trying to help. If no joy for you on the chat here, it might be worth emailing support@lingq.com.
Thanks for your feedback, we’ll see if we can make a bigger video movable too.
Thanks.
What I would like most of all is to combine the scrolling text with the translation in smaller letters, underneath it.
I really like the way you all do the translation in smaller letters, so I can only look at it for the words I forget.
Stick to the default size or try ‘karaoke mode’ to keep the text visible. Even japanese wind meaning names can also be visible then.
Thank you.
But I am confused.
I thought “karaoke mode” was exactly what I was using–in that screenshot above, is that not “karaoke mode” ?
If not, how do I get to “karaoke mode” ?
The default size is too tiny to see what she is writing–it seems a tragedy to have a tiny little window where I can’t see what is happening, when I have plenty of screen space not being used at all.
What I thought was “karaoke mode” is when the words are in a narrow strip in the center of the screen scrolling by, leaving most of the screen unused.
If that is not “karaoke mode”, which is it?
Which browser are you using?
There is a screenshot above in Chrome browser.
@zorbital Your screenshot is the Karaoke mode, you are correct.
So there is currently no way to see the actual text behind the video in karaoke mode?
@zorbital Not if you increase the video size like that.
I found a work around:
Use two browser windows, one for the video, and one for the text, and put them side-by-side, and then you can see transcription and translation in one window, and video in the other. You have to use page view (not karaoke) of course, to see the transcription and the translation.
(I just now realized that at this point there is not much point in using lingq video mode, as it is providing less value than actually using a youtube window, which gives you much more control over the window size, position, and even audio speed.)
