About

Kaltura’s video editor lets you enhance and customize your media.

You can use the editor to:

• Create and edit quizzes
• Clip, trim, chop, and splice videos
• Add hotspots
• Insert advertisements (KMC only)

Supported media

The table below shows which editing tools are available for each media type.

Media	Create & edit quiz	Clip & trim media	Chop & splice media	Add hotspots
Quiz
Audio
YouTube video
VOD

Prerequisites

• Editor module: The Editor module must be enabled by your administrator. For KMC, the editor is accessed through the Advertisements tab in the Entry details page.
• Permissions: You must be the owner or co-editor of the media, or have permission to create clips.
• Quizzes: Both the Quiz module and Editor module must be enabled. 
• Hotspots: The Hotspots module must be enabled. Hotspots are available in the Video Portal for player version 2.75 and later. Hotspots are "time-based" labels or comments with or without hyperlinks displayed over the video during playback.

Explore the video editor

Launch the editor (if you have Theming enabled)

Option 1:

1. Access the Media page. You can do this by clicking on the desired media's thumbnail.
2. On the media page, click the three dots below the player.



3. Select Launch Editor from the three-dot menu.

Option 2:

1. From the user menu, select My Media.



The My Media page displays.



2. Click the three dots to the right of the desired media and select Edit.



The edit media page displays.

3. Click Launch editor.



The video editor opens.

Launch the editor (if you don't have Theming enabled)

Option 1:

1. Access the Media page. You can do this by clicking on the desired media's thumbnail.
2. On the media page, click the Actions menu below the player and select Launch Editor.

Option 2:

1. From the user menu, select My Media.



The My Media page displays.



2. Click the pencil icon to the right of the desired media and select Edit.



The edit media page displays.

3. Click Launch editor.



The video editor opens.

Video editor tabs

The video editor displays different tabs based on your media type.

Tab	Name	Description
	Quiz tab	Create and edit Interactive Video Quizzes (KMS/KAF only).
	Editor tab	Trim or clip media, and chop and splice media.
	Hotspots tab	Create hotspots on your entry.
	Advertisements tab	Set cue points for advertisements (KMC only).
	Help tab	Includes helpful tips and accessibility information.
	Exit	Exit the Editor.