Highlights video player

A system comprising a processor and computer executable instructions, that when executed by the processor, cause the system to perform operations comprising:

• displaying a user interface for a first instance of a video player on a display device of a computing device, the user interface comprising:
• a main video area where video playback occurs;
• a video timeline that includes a plurality of segment sections each representing a corresponding video segment that can be viewed by a user, each segment section being visually separated from other segment sections to visually depict where one segment section ends, and another segment section begins, and each segment section having a size to indicate a duration of the corresponding video segment;
• and
• a plurality of controls that affect operation of the first instance of the video player, wherein the plurality of controls comprises a selectable metadata tag;
• receiving a selection of the selectable metadata tag;
• based upon the selectable metadata tag being selected, updating the video timeline to one of:
• add a first segment section to the video timeline, wherein the first segment section represents a first video segment, and further wherein the first video segment corresponds to the selectable metadata tag;
• or
• remove a second segment section from the video timeline, wherein the second segment section represents a second video segment, and further wherein the second video segment corresponds to the selectable metadata tag.

A computer storage medium comprising executable instructions that, when executed by a processor of a machine, cause the machine to perform operations comprising:

• displaying a user interface for a first instance of a video player on a display device of a computing device, the user interface comprising:
• a main video area where video playback occurs;
• a plurality of segment sections each representing a corresponding video segment that can be viewed by a user, each segment section being visually separated from other segment sections to visually depict where one segment section ends, and another segment section begins, and each segment section having a size to indicate a duration of the corresponding video segment;
• a plurality of controls that affect operation of the first instance of the video player, wherein the plurality of controls comprises a selectable metadata tag;
• receiving an indication that the selectable metadata tag has been selected;
• based upon the selectable metadata tag being selected, updating the video timeline to one of:
• add a first segment section to the video timeline, wherein the first segment section represents a first video segment, and further wherein the first video segment corresponds to the selectable metadata tag;
• or
• remove a second segment section from the video timeline, wherein the second segment section represents a second video segment, and further wherein the second video segment corresponds to the selectable metadata tag.