Getting Started With the Yahoo! Music Video Player
| Welcome! | Finding Videos | Video Player Controls | Using Browse Videos | Using the Video Lineup | System Requirements and Video Quality |
Video Player Controls
The Yahoo! Music Video Player offers you several ways to explore and view videos. To learn more about the Yahoo! Music Video Player, hold the cursor over a red dot in the picture below.
At the upper left the video play window presents the video selection and any relevant messaging about the player (for example, if there’s a problem with the video selection).
Beneath the player window are two buttons that allow you to interact with and share the video:
- Clicking Share opens a window that allows you to send an email to others with information about this video.
- Clicking Buy Song on Y! Music Unlimited starts the Yahoo! Music Jukebox (if you have this installed) and takes you to the song purchase page to buy the download.
If you don’t have the Yahoo! Music Jukebox, clicking this button takes you to an information page where you can find out about getting the free player to buy downloads, and much more.
The player features a Play/Pause button, which allows you to pause the currently playing video and restart it. The Forward and Back buttons allow you to jump back to the previous video or jump to the next one in your Video Lineup. This isn’t a “scrubber” tool to fast-forward through the current video.
The volume and mute controls are to the right. Click the speaker icon to mute the audio, and click again to start audio. Use the volume slider to increase or decrease the audio.
The Full Screen mode fills your monitor with the video image. Click the Full Screen button to start. To exit Full Screen, press the Esc key on your keyboard.
Note: The Full Screen feature only works with Internet Explorer for PC at this time.
Above the Full Screen button are the rating tools. You can rate the video and artist by dragging the cursor over the star-ratings. If you are signed in, your ratings will be added to your video ratings at Yahoo! Music.
To the right of the video play window is the Video Lineup. This shows you the videos in a playlist format, from the currently (or next) playing selection at top to the last selection in the lineup at bottom. When you add a video from the browse tray or search results, it’s added as the next upcoming video in the lineup. See Using the Video Lineup to learn more about this feature.
The bottom of the video player features the browse tray. This is where suggested videos are presented to you, and where video search results appear. Click the Play button (
) or video name next to any suggested video to play it immediately, or click the +Lineup button to add it to the video lineup as the next upcoming video. Search for videos by title or by artist using the search box.
To read more about browsing for videos, see Using Browse Videos.
What’s Next
You’ve got a good handle on using video player controls now. Next, you’ll learn the tricks and more refined ways of browsing for and finding videos you’d like.
Words to Know
- Browse tray: the bottom section of the video player where you are presented with a series of videos based on the specific channel that’s currently highlighted.
- Videos: music videos streamed to your computer from Yahoo! Music. You can watch them for free; you can also order them in playlists (Video Lineup) for ease of viewing.
- Video Lineup: a playlist of videos offering recommended choices, or created by the watcher by searching or browsing, and adding to the video lineup.
- Yahoo! Music Jukebox: a free desktop application that lets you listen to music, mix and burn CDs, import, manage, and share music, transfer music to portable music players, and more.