Review Coding

Protect source timing while reviewing

Confirm attached media, select the intended rows, and play a bounded clip before editing displayed timing or building a presentation.

Create a standalone Review timeline from video

1. In Review Coding, choose New Timeline…, or choose File → New Review Timeline from Video….
2. Select one MOV or MP4 source.
3. Choose a destination and name for the new .kaishcode.
4. Wait for Analyst to copy the selected video into the new portable package and open it in Review.
5. Open a Code Window, choose this Review as its target, and create a disposable tag.
6. Save, close, reopen the .kaishcode, and verify the video and tag before starting real work.

New Timeline is a save-first workflow: Analyst builds and validates the package before replacing the current Review window. Canceling or a failed package write leaves the current Review and source movie unchanged.

Use the four Review Timeline actions

• Add Video… adds one MOV or MP4 as another segment in the active timeline. Use it to extend the current Review, not to start unrelated work.
• New Timeline… starts a clean standalone .kaishcode and copies the selected source movie into it.
• Import XML / Tags… imports supported Review XML or tag data into the active timeline. Confirm segment order and media duration before importing.
• Relink / Resync Video… chooses the media again for the active segment when a file moved or the wrong source is attached.

The same commands remain available from the File menu while Project Browser is minimized. After adding, importing, or relinking, verify an early and late event and save the active Review project.

Open or attach media

1. Choose File → Open Timeline…, open a supported Kaish document from Finder, or open it from Project Browser.
2. Let a current portable package resolve its contained media.
3. For a reference or legacy file, use Add Video… when the timeline has no source, or Relink / Resync Video… when replacing the media reference for the active segment.
4. Confirm duration, part order, row count, and the first and last events.
5. Play an early, middle, and late event before editing.

Import supported Review XML only after media and segment order are correct. Opening a finalized Live Capture result should preserve its source-video timing.

Open several timelines

1. Open a different .kaishcode in each Review window.
2. Open more than two documents when needed; no artificial two-document limit is intended.
3. Use the Window menu to switch among them.
4. Read the document name in the active window before editing or exporting.
5. Open the same document again and verify Analyst focuses its existing window instead of duplicating it.

Project Browser may remain minimized or behind the work. Menu and Window commands are intended to remain available without bringing it forward.

Review Project files

.kaishcode stores timeline rows/tags, timing, labels, notes, segment order, alignment, and media information. A current portable package may contain media; a legacy or reference-style file may keep external paths and require relinking.

Do not assume that every .kaishcode contains video—or that none do. Verify the package in front of you.

Playback

Review playback is clip-relative when a selected event is active. Primary time shows the bounded clip; source/full-video timing remains available when supported.

• Single-click an event to inspect its range.
• Double-click a row or clip to open that row’s chronological playlist.
• Select several events and use Review Selection to play the selected set.
• Use row/lane and visibility controls to define the playlist scope.
• Use Full Video only for continuous source playback.

If a row stops after one event or plays a complete source segment, preserve the document and report the row, source-part boundary, and timing shown.

Fullscreen Review and drawing

Review fullscreen supports video-first playback, overlays, and runtime drawing. Space plays/pauses, Shift-Left rewinds, Shift-Right fast-forwards, and Escape closes fullscreen.

Temporary Review fullscreen drawings are runtime-only. They are not Presentation Builder coach drawings and are not exported.

Labels, notes, and XML

Labels are stored in existing Labels: note metadata and shown as coach-facing labels in Review tables, search, Package Clips, reports, and XML export where supported. Notes remain preserved.

Review XML import/export preserves raw timing. Any Review alignment used for playback is project-layer alignment, not a mutation of imported source timing. Large XML imports can take time; use import preview before confirming.

Target an independent Code Window

1. Open a saved .kaishcodewindow from Finder or the Analyst File menu.
2. Open the Review or Live Capture destination that should receive new tags.
3. In the Code Window, open the Target selector and choose the exact named destination.
4. Confirm the status says the destination is ready before pressing a code button.
5. If no open destination is correct, choose Display Only; buttons remain visible but do not create tags.

Closing the selected destination returns that Code Window to Display Only. Recheck the target whenever several Review or Live windows are open.