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January 8, 2009
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FLV Playback Anomaly

  • January 8, 2009
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I've earched the forum and noited a handful of FLV-related questions that have gone unanswered, so I am presupposing that my problem is just a defect with Cap 3 andf FLV playback. If anyone has experienced this and has a solution, please chime in. I realize there may be workarounds to call separate SWFs containing just the videos but I hate to have to gon down that path.

I have a project holding 10 FLVs. Ther FLVs were created with FVlash encode 8 and I even tried using the new CS4 encoder. The FLVs should have the requisite metadata. The FLVs play fine in Flash.

In Captivate, the first time they are loaded, a few of the FLVs will cutoff just prior to ending and yet they will rewind as indicated in the video properties. The 2nd time through, the file plays all the way through. I've tried changing specific time, as well as "pause slide for duration of video." When I select "pause slide for duration of video," the FLV is expanded to the end of the timeline. I want the video to fade out and then I pause the slide, so this is not good.

I understand that FLVs cache in sequence as the SWF downloads but they are pretty small and I feel they should all be cached. Even the first FLV has this issue. Some of them are OK. I cannot understand why some play completley first time, some don't. I've beat this one up as best I can and am flummoxed.


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    January 9, 2009
    I opened a defect report. One hopes that Adobe would get FLVs to play nicely in Captivate. Shouldn't have to create separate projects to play a hadful of short FLVs.
    January 9, 2009
    Hi JackAnz,

    Whilst I cannot provide you with any solution (and yes I too have experienced similar problems) if you have not already done so, please report this issue to the Adobe Captivate team using the web address I have included below.
    Adobe Captivate Feature Request/Bug Report Form

    Best - Mark