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# Comment

> Leave a comment on a file stream in a live session or on a file in a share.

Comments stay with the file and with the point in the video where you wrote them, so the team later finds exactly the spot you mean. You comment in two places: in a live session on the **file stream** the host plays for everyone, and in a **share** you look at on your own.

## In a live session

When the host plays a file for everyone, you see the playback bar under the picture with the comment icon (**New Comment**).

<Steps>
  <Step title="Get to the spot">
    Wait until the spot you mean is on screen. If you control playback yourself, pause there.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Write the comment">
    Click **New Comment** and write what you notice in **Add a comment...**. While the field is open, your strokes stay on the picture, so draw what you mean right away.

    <Frame>
      <img src="https://mintcdn.com/dfineiogmbh/c4BWdwqGreHpa8Hh/images/viewers/review-comment.jpg?fit=max&auto=format&n=c4BWdwqGreHpa8Hh&q=85&s=c5398eb2cb3d2ebf6f7f6b6344384d39" alt="A guest writes a comment on the file stream, with an orange mark on the picture" width="2400" height="1500" data-path="images/viewers/review-comment.jpg" />
    </Frame>
  </Step>

  <Step title="Save">
    Click **Save**. The comment now sits on the file with the point in time, your name and your strokes, and a marker appears on the timeline.
  </Step>
</Steps>

**Previous comment** and **Next comment** jump between the markers. Tick off a point with **Mark as done**. You can read replies in the session. To write one, use a share.

<Note>
  If the comment icon is missing, the host has turned off comments for this file stream.
</Note>

## In a share

A link with `/share/` opens a share. If it is protected, enter the password under **Enter passphrase** and click **Unlock**.

<Steps>
  <Step title="Find the spot">
    Open the file, play it and pause at the spot you want to comment on.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Give your name">
    On your first comment the share asks for your name. Your email address is optional. If you add it, you get a message when someone replies. You confirm the address with a six-digit code. No account is created.

    <Frame>
      <img src="https://mintcdn.com/dfineiogmbh/c4BWdwqGreHpa8Hh/images/viewers/review-guest-name.jpg?fit=max&auto=format&n=c4BWdwqGreHpa8Hh&q=85&s=256ecd202628d5491a47d34bd3074824" alt="The Welcome, Guest! dialog with the Name and Email fields in a share" width="2400" height="1500" data-path="images/viewers/review-guest-name.jpg" />
    </Frame>
  </Step>

  <Step title="Write and mark">
    Write in **Add comment...**. The tools above the picture add a circle, rectangle, arrow, freehand line, note or numbered marker. Click **Add**.
  </Step>
</Steps>

Reply to an existing comment with **Reply to Comment**. The sender decides what you may do in a share. If the comment field is missing, comments are off for this share.


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