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Panopto Smart Chapters (Beta)

Smart Chapters is still in beta testing. While it has been enabled for use by MIT Panopto users, functionality is still under development. Additional features, bug fixes, and other changes may be rolled out at any time.

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Overview

Smart Chapters auto-generates a table of contents for videos based on text contained within the video.

Using

Adding Smart Chapters

  1. Login to: https://mit.hosted.panopto.com.
  2. Navigate to the video to which you want to add Smart Chapters, and open it in the Panopto video editor.
  3. In the Contents tab in the left-hand navigation, select the Smart Chapters (beta) > Import automatic table of contents.

    Result: Smart Chapters will automatically load the table of contents using OCR (Optical Character Recognition).
  4. If Smart Chapters does not include a desired table of contents entry, navigate to the point in your video where you'd like to add the entry.
  5. Type the entry name in the text box at the bottom of the table of contents, and hit enter.

    Result: Your new entry will appear with its corresponding timestamp in the table of contents.

Editing Smart Chapter Entries

  1. Login to: https://mit.hosted.panopto.com.
  2. Navigate to the video to which you want to edit Smart Chapters, and open it in the Panopto video editor.
  3. Hover over the table of contents entry you want to correct, and click once on the text.
    Result: The entry is now editable.



  4. Make your edits, and then hit enter.
    You can also select the three vertical dots that appear to the entry's right, and select Edit from the drop-down menu that appears.

Remove a Smart Chapter Entry

  1. Login to: https://mit.hosted.panopto.com.
  2. Navigate to the video to which you want to remove a Smart Chapter entry, and open it in the Panopto video editor.
  3. Hover over the table of contents entry you want to remove. Click the three vertical dots to the right of the entry, and on the drop-down menu that appears, select Delete to remove the entry.

    Result: The entry is deleted.

Removing Smart Chapters

  1. Login to: https://mit.hosted.panopto.com.
  2. Navigate to the video to which you want to remove Smart Chapters, and open it in the Panopto video editor.
  3. On the Contents tab in the left-hand navigation, select Smart Chapters (beta) > Hide automatic table of contents.

    Result: Smart Chapters auto-generated Table of Contents entries will be hidden.

FAQs and Troubleshooting

  • Why didn't Smart Chapters identify all the table of contents titles it should have?
    Currently, Smart Chapters only takes a snapshot and analyzes it with OCR (Optical Character Recognition) every 10 seconds. If your title is on the screen for less than 10 seconds, it may be missed. The snapshot time is expected to be reduced to every 1 second in future updates.
  • Why don't I see the Smart Chapters menu option?
    Panopto OCR (Optical Character Recognition) was unable to identify at least 4 titles, the minimum required, so the menu option will not display. This means your video must have at least 4 recognizable titles and be at approximately 50 seconds or longer to show this option.
  • Why didn't Smart Chapters identify any titles? I have more than 4.
    If you have a persistent header that displays a video title, Panopto may identify that as the sole title for the entire video and not identify any individual section titles. Try introducing the video with a title card, then listing the section titles in the header.

See Also

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Last Modified:

August 14, 2020

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