Media

Depending on the legislative cycle, the homepage will default to Interim or Standing for the committees that are displayed.  You can change the selection using the radio buttons in the top left and then using the dropdown on the right to select the interim or session you desire.

The homepage of Media Explorer can be viewed using cards or a list.  You can change your default display in the top right corner.  Your selection will be persistent each time you start the application.

If you prefer to look for a meeting based on date rather than committee, you can select the “View By Date” button it the top right corner.  View By Date will default to the last seven days of meetings.  You can change the start and end date if you want a different time period.

To go directly to a committee, you can type the name of the committee in the “Search Committees” entry box.

After selecting the committee you are interested in, you will see the interim or session meetings in descending order.  To narrow down the list, you can put in a start and end date, or a specific date in the “Search Meetings” entry box.

To go to a specific timestamp for a video, select the Events link and each timestamped item will display.  Select the play icon or time for the event you are interested in and the video will start at that location.  If it is not what you are looking for and want to try a different item, select the page tab in your browser and you will go back to the Events and can choose a different one.  The video will remain in the page tab it opened in originally and will move to the new location based on your selection.  So you can switch between the two tabs until you find the desired location in the video.

To play the video from the beginning, select the play icon in the right column titled “Video”.

The Event Calendar provides a month-by-month view of legislative meetings for the selected legislative term.

Using the Calendar

• Use the month and year selectors or navigation arrows to move through the legislative term.
• Select a date to view that day’s meetings in the details panel.
• Select Today to return to the current date.
• Calendar navigation is limited to the beginning and end of the legislative term.

Meeting Information

Each meeting may display:

• Meeting type: Standing, Interim, or Floor
• Start and end time
• Committee name and short code
• Chamber, when applicable
• Meeting room or location
• A notice when the meeting time or location has changed
• A video icon when a meeting video is available

Cancelled meetings are not displayed. The video icon opens the meeting recording in a new browser tab.

If you want to share a specific location in a video with someone else, go to the Events, find the item you want to share, right click on the play icon or time, and choose “Copy link” or “Copy link address” (depending on your browser).  You can then past that link in an email, text, or any other electronic communication method and the person you send it to can select the link and get to the  location you selected in the video.

If there is not a timestamp for the specific location in the video that you want to share, copy a link address with a time that is the close.  You are then able to change the time at the end of the link to the precise time in the video that you want to share.  For example, here is what a link looks like:
https://streaming-video.legmt.gov/browse/item/4dada76f-bd10-43af-9bdb-7f178e84bb39?videoPlayback=true&timeCode=02:35:55

The “timeCode” at the end matches the time on the slider in the video of where the link will take the user when selected.  In the video, identify the specific time desired and edit the end of the URL to match the time on the video.  Then share the edited link.