jsPsych/docs/plugins/jspsych-video-slider-response.md

jspsych-video-slider-response plugin

This plugin plays a video and allows the subject to respond by dragging a slider. The stimulus can be displayed until a response is given, or for a pre-determined amount of time. The trial can be ended automatically when the subject responds, when the video file has finished playing, or if the subject has failed to respond within a fixed length of time. You can also prevent the slider response from being made before the video has finished playing.

Video files can be automatically preloaded by jsPsych using the preload plugin. However, if you are using timeline variables or another dynamic method to specify the video stimulus, you will need to manually preload the videos. Also note that video preloading is disabled when the experiment is running as a file (i.e. opened directly in the browser, rather than through a server), in order to prevent CORS errors - see the section on Running Experiments for more information.

Parameters

In addition to the parameters available in all plugins, this plugin accepts the following parameters. Parameters with a default value of undefined must be specified. Other parameters can be left unspecified if the default value is acceptable.

Parameter	Type	Default Value	Description
stimulus	array	undefined	An array of file paths to the video. You can specify multiple formats of the same video (e.g., .mp4, .ogg, .webm) to maximize the cross-browser compatibility. Usually .mp4 is a safe cross-browser option. The plugin does not reliably support .mov files. The player will use the first source file in the array that is compatible with the browser, so specify the files in order of preference.
prompt	string	null	This string can contain HTML markup. Any content here will be displayed below the stimulus. The intention is that it can be used to provide a reminder about the action the subject is supposed to take (e.g., which key to press).
width	numeric	width of the video file	The width of the video display in pixels.
height	numeric	heigh of the video file	The height of the video display in pixels.
autoplay	boolean	true	If true, the video will begin playing as soon as it has loaded.
controls	boolean	false	If true, controls for the video player will be available to the subject. They will be able to pause the video or move the playback to any point in the video.
start	numeric	null	If given a value, the video will start at this time point in seconds.
stop	numeric	null	If given a value, the video will stop at this time point in seconds.
rate	numeric	null	The playback rate of the video. 1 is normal, <1 is slower, >1 is faster.
min	integer	0	Sets the minimum value of the slider.
max	integer	100	Sets the maximum value of the slider.
slider_start	integer	50	Sets the starting value of the slider
step	integer	1	Sets the step of the slider. This is the smallest amount by which the slider can change.
labels	array of strings	[]	Labels displayed at equidistant locations on the slider. For example, two labels will be placed at the ends of the slider. Three labels would place two at the ends and one in the middle. Four will place two at the ends, and the other two will be at 33% and 67% of the slider width.
slider_width	integer	null	Set the width of the slider in pixels. If left null, then the width will be equal to the widest element in the display.
require_movement	boolean	false	If true, the subject must move the slider before clicking the continue button.
button_label	string	'Continue'	Label of the button to end the trial.
trial_ends_after_video	bool	false	If true, then the trial will end as soon as the video file finishes playing.
trial_duration	numeric	null	How long to wait for the subject to make a response before ending the trial in milliseconds. If the subject fails to make a response before this timer is reached, the subject's response will be recorded as null for the trial and the trial will end. If the value of this parameter is null, then the trial will wait for a response indefinitely.
response_ends_trial	boolean	true	If true, then the trial will end whenever the subject makes a response (assuming they make their response before the cutoff specified by the trial_duration parameter). If false, then the trial will continue until the value for trial_duration is reached. You can set this parameter to false to force the subject to view a stimulus for a fixed amount of time, even if they respond before the time is complete.
response_allowed_while_playing	boolean	true	If true, then responses are allowed while the video is playing. If false, then the video must finish playing before the slider is enabled and the trial can end via the next button click. Once the video has played all the way through, the slider is enabled and a response is allowed (including while the video is being re-played via on-screen playback controls).

Data Generated

In addition to the default data collected by all plugins, this plugin collects the following data for each trial.

Name	Type	Value
response	numeric	The numeric value of the slider.
rt	numeric	The response time in milliseconds for the subject to make a response. The time is measured from when the stimulus first appears on the screen until the subject's response.
stimulus	string	JSON encoding of the stimulus array.
slider_start	numeric	The starting value of the slider.
start	numeric	The start time of the video clip.

Example

var trial = {
	type: 'video-slider-response',
	stimulus: [
		'video/sample_video.mp4',
		'video/sample_video.ogg'
	],
	labels: ["Did not like", "Liked"],
	prompt: "<p>Please rate your enjoyment of the video clip.</p>"
}