New smart player and screencast mobile optimizations?

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With the release of camtasia studio 8 and the smart player, what does "proper playback on any device" actually mean?

I see the format has moved to iframe, yet I personally still do not get an option for full screen viewing (on iPad or iPhone, etc) once I embed a video on my site

Also, the new format only applies to newly added videos correct? Previous uploads will not be switched over to the iframe format automatically?

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Ben Rhodes (Employee) June 22, 2012 17:41

Thank you for your feedback. The smart player on screencast.com (site or embedded) does not support a "full screen" mode on the iPad. This is something we are looking at adding in the future.

When video is viewed on the iPhone, the user is prompted to either view the video in the TechSmith Smart Player iPhone app or in the native Media Player app. When you view the video in the TechSmith Smart Player iPhone app, the video is always displayed at the full size of the screen.

Currently the Smart Player is only used by content produced from Camtasia Studio 8 and Camtasia Mac 2.2. We are looking at automatically rolling out the smart player for older content in the future. However we will not break current content already embedded on other websites.

Let us know if you have any further questions or concerns.

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- Niko Chen July 03, 2012 06:49
  
  Hi Ben, may I know does the smart player only play videos that are uploaded to Screencast.com or it support videos that are uploaded to our own server as long as it is produced by Camtasia Studio?
  
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- Ben Rhodes (Employee) July 09, 2012 12:48
  
  Hi Niko,
  
  You can upload the package of files that Camtasia Studio 8 produces to any server to take advantage of the smart player.
  
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- JK Swopes October 31, 2012 18:07
  
  This is becoming more and more of an issue for my members, has any further thought or progress been made on this issue? iPads and tablet devices are becoming more and more common, most expect to be able to view a video in full screen mode. It's getting to the point where I may have to consider other options. I love screencast but I need this flexibility bad.
  
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Thank you for your feedback. The smart player on screencast.com (site or embedded) does not support a "full screen" mode on the iPad. This is something we are looking at adding in the future. When video is viewed on the iPhone, the user is prompted to either view the video in the TechSmith Smart Player iPhone app or in the native Media Player app. When you view the video in the TechSmith Smart Player iPhone app, the video is always displayed at the full size of the screen. Currently the Smart Player is only used by content produced from Camtasia Studio 8 and Camtasia Mac 2.2. We are looking at automatically rolling out the smart player for older content in the future. However we will not break current content already embedded on other websites. Let us know if you have any further questions or concerns.

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JK Swopes June 22, 2012 17:43

Cool, just checking. I'm really looking forward to the full screen option for iPad similar to youtube/vimeo videos.

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Cool, just checking. I'm really looking forward to the full screen option for iPad similar to youtube/vimeo videos.

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Susan MH Lewenz July 10, 2012 14:22

so can we embed smart player into our own hosted app?

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so can we embed smart player into our own hosted app?

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Thomas Pratt July 10, 2012 16:05

I have the same question for Apple iOS and html apps?

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JK Swopes August 29, 2012 22:40

Just checking back in on this one, it's really weird that members can watch my videos full screen on android phones and on iphones/ipods but not the ipad. Is this something that is a long ways off or something that is actively being looked into at the present time?

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Just checking back in on this one, it's really weird that members can watch my videos full screen on android phones and on iphones/ipods but not the ipad. Is this something that is a long ways off or something that is actively being looked into at the present time?

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