# Feature Request: Button to suspend markdown rendering

**URL:** <https://discourse.joplinapp.org/t/feature-request-button-to-suspend-markdown-rendering/22790>\
**Category:** Features\
**Created:** [3 January 2022 09:57 UTC](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/t/feature-request-button-to-suspend-markdown-rendering/22790 "2022-01-03T09:57:17Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![circuit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e68b1a/32.png) [@circuit](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/u/circuit)\
**Post date:** [3 January 2022 09:57 UTC](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/t/feature-request-button-to-suspend-markdown-rendering/22790/1 "2022-01-03T09:57:17Z")

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Hi. My workflow consists of watching embedding videos while taking notes in parallel. I use the split-screen view (markdown on left, rendered output on right) to do this. The issue I'm facing is that whenever I type notes the markdown is re-rendered and the video play position is lost. So what I'm doing at the moment as a workaround is take notes in a separate app, then paste in Joplin afterwards.

Any way we could get a toggle button at the top that pauses markdown rendering temporarily? Or alternatively, is there a way to keep the video progress after refresh?

Thanks for all the hard work. Couldn't live without this app.

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**Author:** ![rxliuli](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex028/user_avatar/discourse.joplinapp.org/rxliuli/32/4083_2.png) [@rxliuli](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/u/rxliuli)\
**Post date:** [3 January 2022 10:32 UTC](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/t/feature-request-button-to-suspend-markdown-rendering/22790/2 "2022-01-03T10:32:52Z")

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Click the link of the video in the preview, you will open it in the external video player, and then you can arbitrarily arrange the windows of joplin and video

 ![image](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex028/uploads/cozic/original/2X/8/8a4c134ec878200fb7829c2ed8c1fcb3a9ff6be6.jpeg)

In addition, as far as I am concerned, it is not recommended to store large videos in joplin. It is a note-taking tool. For large attachment resources, it may be more suitable to use a traditional network cloud disk (it is also easier to organize and classify, because once they are recorded or Save it with little modification)

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**Author:** ![circuit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e68b1a/32.png) [@circuit](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/u/circuit)\
**Post date:** [3 January 2022 10:47 UTC](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/t/feature-request-button-to-suspend-markdown-rendering/22790/3 "2022-01-03T10:47:05Z")

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Sure, I know I can play it externally, but with a single monitor that means alt-tabbing between windows.

I actually embed all my videos within Joplin 🙂 They are just stored in the resources folder, which I backup to my NAS automatically (no cloud backup here). No difference whether the video is within the resources folder or another local folder.