Feedback on Video Player Usability Issues

The platform has several usability issues with the video player:

  1. Pressing the "space" key to pause/unpause sometimes causes two identical videos to play simultaneously.
  2. Clicking on the video player occasionally fails to pause or resume playback.
  3. The transcript hinting and autoscroll features do not work as expected.

These issues make the platform less user-friendly and disrupt the overall experience.

Answers

  • ElianaC
    ElianaC Posts: 5,481 Udemy rank

    Hi @Sem1101 Thank you for bringing this to our attention. I’m sorry to hear you’re experiencing issues with your course. For the first two issues, we haven't received any reports, so I encourage you to reach out to the student support team directly. As for the transcript hinting and autoscroll problems, these are known issues, and our team is actively working on them. To contact the support team, please visit the help center article and click “Contact Us” on the right.

    I hope this helps!

  • This still happens

  • MUAP
    MUAP Posts: 2 observer rank

    Facing the same issue.

  • ElianaC
    ElianaC Posts: 5,481 Udemy rank

    Hi @MUAP @RisdanKristori24 @philsir I suggest that you also submit a report to our Student Support team. This will help increase the awareness of the issue, and the team is more likely to prioritize it. To contact the support team, please visit the help center article and click “Contact Us” on the right.

    Thanks for your help.

  • @ElianaC thanks for your response, but i already contact the support team with the request number: (#9433083), please push this to the technical team.

  • xcvh
    xcvh Posts: 0 rookie rank

    This also affecting me. I am on a MacBook Air M1, macOS 15.1.1, Arc Browser Version 1.70.0 (56062).

  • ElianaC
    ElianaC Posts: 5,481 Udemy rank

    Hi @RisdanKristori24 Thanks for submitting your report. You will get an update once the issue is resolved within the request number. We thank you for your patience.

  • Thank you @ElianaC

  • _nilCat
    _nilCat Posts: 4 researcher rank

    I've got the same issues, from multiple browsers and different OSes. What's more serious of the problem of Udemy is - "Contact Us" will mostly lead to your bots, then after tons of bs, it opens a ticket, and you receive a mail telling you to check the instructions on their open pages. - That's the most disappointing part of Udemy. Btw, my ticket number is #9441337. I didn't reply that ticket, because I value my time. If the problem persists, I'll no longer chat with your bots, but post my experience on some more public place where your boss may pay attention to.

    Take care, human custom service, if you rely too much on AI and bots, your boss may do the same.

  • Siun6
    Siun6 Posts: 2 observer rank

    happen to me… please Fix

  • I share your concern and can confirm that I'm facing the same issue you pointed out initially.

    1. Pressing the "space" key to pause/unpause sometimes causes two identical videos to play simultaneously.

    What actions can I take?

  • dwiN
    dwiN Posts: 11 researcher rank

    Facing the same issue. Please fix it and change the AI Asistant Beta into another layout

  • dwiN
    dwiN Posts: 11 researcher rank

    Still happen till now. please fix it

  • dwiN
    dwiN Posts: 11 researcher rank

    Nothing changed until now, every time i pause the video for following the coding then it play the prev video in the same time. udemy please fix it.

  • It's still happening

  • dwiN
    dwiN Posts: 11 researcher rank

    @ElianaC still hapenning

  • andersa
    andersa Posts: 3 observer rank

    Same here. Seems to be triggered more easily by skipping back or forth in the video. Sometimes if I use arrow keys to skip several times in short succession, I will end up with multiple audio tracks playing at once. This behavior started suddenly sometime last week, and did not happen in the days before. Sadly can't remember the exact date that it started.

  • andersa
    andersa Posts: 3 observer rank

    Same here. Seems to be triggered more easily by skipping back or forth in the video. Sometimes if I use arrow keys to skip several times in short succession, I will end up with multiple audio tracks playing at once. This behavior started suddenly sometime last week, and did not happen in the days before. Sadly can't remember the exact date that it started.

  • dwiN
    dwiN Posts: 11 researcher rank

    I remember this all problem start when the AI Assistant Beta shown in the course content section.
    Still happening right now and there's no solution.

  • Facing the same issue. Please fix it 

  • It is happening for me as well, it didn't happen a few months ago, tho. Please fix this ASAP.

  • dwiN
    dwiN Posts: 11 researcher rank

    Still happening today. oh my GOD

  • siga01
    siga01 Posts: 2 observer rank

    yes this is happening to me as well. Looks like it's more common when i finished a video and a new one started playing.

    Really annoying so please prioritize this.

  • philsir
    philsir Posts: 4 observer rank

    The only way to stop two videos appearing and playing at once is by popping out the media by pressing the Media button (on Brave Browser, it looks like musical notes on the top right).

    It will then open the 2nd playing video, and you can pause it so you can just play the main video.

    But a BIGGER PROBLEM is that the overlay is still on top of the videos on desktop, and never ever disappears, and obstructs the videos. No wonder the Udemy stock price is down 70%!

    Why is else no-one talking about this!?

  • dwiN
    dwiN Posts: 11 researcher rank

    Still happening today

  • dwiN
    dwiN Posts: 11 researcher rank

    Still happening today. when i press the space bar it play 2 videos in the same time.

  • ElianaC
    ElianaC Posts: 5,481 Udemy rank

    Hi @Everyone! I'm sorry for the trouble this has caused you, but our team is currently working hard to solve the issues you have reported. I encourage you to open email support this way the engineering team will see the number of users affected. To contact the team, please open the help center article here and click “Contact Us” on the right.

    Thanks again for your patience!