Mindstamp help guide
How do I pause a video automatically in Mindstamp?
Pause a Mindstamp video at a chosen time or keep it paused until a viewer completes an interaction.
Short answer
Use a Pause Video navigation when playback should stop automatically at a timecode. If the pause is tied to a button, hotspot, or question, use the interaction’s Require Click or Pause Until Click behavior so playback resumes only after the viewer acts.
How to do it
- Move the editor playhead to the exact moment where playback should stop.
- Choose More, add a Navigation, and select Pause Video.
- For an interaction-driven pause, select the interaction and enable the setting that requires the viewer to click before playback continues.
- Preview from several seconds before the pause and test on both desktop and mobile.
Choose the right kind of pause
A timed navigation is useful for emphasis or a deliberate break. An interaction-driven pause is better when the viewer must answer, choose, or acknowledge something before continuing.
Avoid accidental dead ends
Always make the required action visually obvious. If an invisible hotspot is the only way forward, add visible instructions and verify keyboard access before publishing.
Current product references
These are the maintained sources used to verify this guide. Open them for the newest interface and plan details.
- What is a Navigation? How do I use it? — Current Help Center article
- Interactions — Mindstamp 4.0 walkthrough
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Use the current Help Center
These guides preserve useful answers at long-standing Mindstamp URLs. The Help Center carries the maintained product instructions.