Video Playback

When you trigger a video clip hotkey, Snipsy opens a frameless, fullscreen, always-on-top window that plays your video. The audience sees only the video — no window chrome, no title bar, no Snipsy UI.

Playback Behavior

1. Window created — positioned on the target monitor, fullscreen
2. Video seeks to the configured start time
3. Playback starts at the configured speed
4. Video ends — window closes automatically (or freezes, per your setting)

Controls During Playback

Key	Action
Escape	Close the playback window immediately
Click	If click-to-play is enabled, starts playback

Note

There are intentionally very few controls during playback — the video is meant to run uninterrupted while you narrate.

Click-to-Play Mode

When enabled, the video window appears with the first frame frozen. The cursor is visible so you can point at things on screen. Click anywhere to start playback — useful when you want to set up context before the video runs.

End Behavior

• Close (default) — the window disappears when the video reaches the end time
• Freeze — the last frame stays on screen until you press Escape

Compositor Guard

Snipsy includes a compositor guard overlay — a solid-color layer that covers the video during the initial play() call. This prevents a brief flash that can occur when hardware video decoding activates. The overlay is removed once the first frame is decoded and composited.

Speed Control

Set playback speed from 0.25× (slow motion) to 4× (fast forward). Higher speeds are great for build processes or installations where the audience just needs to see the output, not every line scrolling by.