To transcribe or code an audio or video file with MAXQDA, you need to work with the “Media player” toolbar. This toolbar offers various functions such as playing media files. In order to work with it, you should become familiar with this toolbar and understand how it works.

To open this toolbar, go to View > Media player.

The symbols in the toolbar give you access to the following functions (from left to right):

  Media Player: switch on/off – turns on the media player and loads the media file into the Multimedia Browser. You can compare this to turning on a CD player and inserting a CD.

  Multimedia Browser – Switches the Multimedia Browser on, in which videos are displayed and in which you can code media files.

  Control Panel – Calls up the Control Panel, in which the options for volume and playback speed are located.

  Overview of timestamps – Displays or hides the table view of the timestamps in the current media file.

  New timestamp F6 – Inserts a timestamp of the current playback position of the media file in a transcript.

  Sync mode – turns on/off sync mode, which causes the text to follow the media file, comparable to a teleprompter.

  Previous timestamp Shift+F3 – Rewinds the media file to the previous timestamp.

  Stop – stops playback and jumps back to the beginning of the file.

  Play/Pause F4 or F5 – pauses playback at the current position and resumes playback at that same position. You can set a rewind interval to resume playback from an earlier position.

  Next Timestamp F3 – fast forwards the media file to the next timestamp.

On the right next to these icons, you see the time elapsed and total time of the media file. You can jump easily to a certain position using the slider on the right.