International Business Machines Corporation
Adjustments to video playing on a computer

Abstract:

Adjusting a video playing on a computer, which can begin with opening a multimedia file on a multimedia application. The multimedia file to be displayed on a graphic user interface of a screen of a computing device. A method and system may further include detecting with a video play supervisor a pause signal, the pause signal selected from the group consisting of a computing environment signal indicating that a window is opened on the graphic user interface overlying the running display of the video component, an external environment factor signal; and a change in audience signal. The video play supervisor may send a pause command from the video play supervisor to the multimedia application to suspend broadcast of the multi-media file.