Recording, Submitting & Watching Practice Videos

A short practice video lets your teacher hear how a piece sounds between lessons. Clips stay private. Only your family, your teachers and your studio's owner and admins can see them.

Where to add a video

There are two places to add a clip:

Record on a checklist item. In Today's focus on the Practice page, each assignment item has a Record button. Tap it to open that item's video panel and add a clip for that specific item. When a clip is already submitted, the button reads View instead.
Add a video while logging. In the Log practice dialog, the Add video button attaches a clip to the session you are logging.

Choosing a clip

Record opens the item's video panel first. There, or with Add video, Trio opens your camera or photo library. On a phone or tablet you can record a new clip or pick one you have; on a computer you choose a file. Trio checks the length before it keeps the clip.

Keep practice videos under 5 minutes. A longer clip is refused with a message showing its length, so you can trim it and try again. A clip can be up to 100 MB, in MP4, MOV, WebM or MPEG format.

How a clip is matched up

Trio keeps each clip with the right work:

A clip added with the Record button is tied to that assignment item.
A clip added in Log practice is tied to that practice session. If you checked exactly one assignment item, the clip is also tied to that item; if you checked none and a current piece is set, it is tied to that piece.

Upload and status

Clips upload in the background:

From the Log practice dialog, saving the log closes the dialog and the clip uploads on its own. Before you save, the dialog shows each clip's length. The upload starts after you save. If you close the dialog without saving, Trio discards the clip.
From the Record panel, a progress bar shows the upload, and a tap to retry link appears if it fails.

If an upload fails, for example on a weak connection, Trio tries again on its own, 5 tries in all. Then the item's Record panel shows tap to retry. A file that Trio refuses, for example one that is too large or of the wrong type, is not tried again. If you close Trio or lose signal, the upload continues when you open the Practice page again in the same browser.

What your teacher sees

A submitted clip shows a Submitted tag on your side. Your teacher reviews it from the student's practice views and can leave one comment on it. Your teachers are the student's main teacher, the teacher of each group class the student is in, and any teacher who teaches one of the student's lessons, such as a substitute. Your studio's owner and admins can also see your clips. Studio staff cannot.

Watching your videos

Every clip is kept for you to watch again, whether it came from a checklist item, a logged session, or an older assignment:

Practice videos tile. On the Practice page, the Practice videos tile shows your four newest clips. Tap a clip to play it right there in the tile. A new clip appears on the tile as soon as its upload finishes.
All your videos. Tap View all on the tile to open the Practice videos page. It lists every clip, newest first, and loads more as you scroll (or tap Load more). Each clip shows what it was for, its date and length, and your teacher's comment when there is one.

If your family has more than one student, the page opens on the student you were viewing; pick another student at the top of the page to see their clips.

Removing a clip

You can remove a clip that you added yourself - from the Practice videos page or from the item's video panel. Clips your teacher or another family member added have no remove button.