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May 21, 2015
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Captivate 8 Output File Size

  • May 21, 2015
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How can I keep the Captivate 8 output file size low because it is to be viewed on mobile devices?

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TLCMediaDesign
Inspiring
May 21, 2015

Without doing a massive edit the CPM.js to remove all unused code, there isn't much you can do outside of the image, audio settings.

The CPM.js always includes code for the TOC and playbar whether they are used in the project or not.

Quizzing is also included even if there is no quiz. The code for all question types is included.

There is also a bunch of SCORM code.

A blank project, with 1 slide and nothing on the slide creates a minified CPM.js that is 658 KB, and 23,097 lines of unminified code.

In HTML5 slide length doesn't increase size as it is annotated in a simple from/to statement. It may increase the actual runtime processing, but not the actual file size.

In HTML5 shared actions are only for ease of development. The actions are implemented for each slide normally as if they were not shared.

Legend
May 21, 2015

Hi Manisha

You can use compression settings provided in Edit > Preferences > Project > Size and Quality.

Sreekanth

Lilybiri
Legend
May 21, 2015

File size grows with many factors: unnecessary frames/slides, quality, tyoe

and size of images, quality, length and settings for audio clips, number of

advanced actions ..which are often used to reduce number of slides but

replacing them by shared actions whenever possible is another tip.