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1. A method of operating a first user terminal, the method comprising:
determining a video clip to be communicated to a second user terminal; receiving a user selection from an end-user of the first user terminal, selecting a respective user-selected value for each of a user-controlled one or more of a plurality of controllable items of metadata for controlling playout of the video clip when played out at the second user terminal; and using a video messaging service to send a video message over a network to a second user terminal, the video message communicating the video clip and the respective user-selected values for the one or more user-controlled items of metadata, thereby causing the second user terminal to play out the video clip in accordance with said one or more user-controlled items of metadata; wherein the controllable items of metadata, including at least one of the one or more user-controlled items of metadata, comprise any one or more of: an indication of whether or not to auto-play, an indication of whether or not auto-play is to be silent, an indication of whether or not to loop, a start point within the video clip, an end-point within the video clip, and/or a degree of resizing. |
