Box will soon introduce updates to the Video Player in preview to make it easier for users to review, navigate, and collaborate on video files directly in Box. These updates bring a more modern viewing experience, new frame guides for reviewing video across different formats, and easier access to timestamped feedback while watching videos.
What is changing
Updated Video Player experience: The Video Player will have refreshed controls, smoother navigation, and enhanced animations. These updates make common actions like playing, pausing, scrubbing, adjusting playback settings, and moving through a video feel more intuitive, so users can focus on reviewing the content instead of navigating the player.
- Frame Guides: Users will be able to turn on Frame Guides to preview how a video will look across different aspect ratios, including vertical video, mobile-first social formats, widescreen, square, cinematic, fullscreen, and ultrawide formats. Frame Guides include both action-safe and title-safe lines, helping reviewers quickly confirm that key visuals, people, logos, and on-screen text remain properly framed for the intended viewing experience.
Comments on the player seek bar: Timestamped comments and annotations will now appear directly on the Video Player seek bar. This makes it easier to see where feedback exists in the video and jump directly to the relevant moment, instead of manually scrubbing through the file or searching through the activity pane. Timed comments in video experiences help connect feedback to a specific moment in the media, which helps make review workflows more precise and contextual.