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jimc3333
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September 28, 2018
Question

How do I insert an MP4 into a Captivate project of PowerPoint slides?

  • September 28, 2018
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I have a Captivate 9 project that I created by importing PowerPoint slides (a pptx file). I want an MP4 video to play automatically after one of the slides. When the video ends, I want to show the next slide in the sequence.

I tried adding the MP4 to one of the PowerPoint slides. With the option to automatically start the video set, the video plays when I run the slideshow in PowerPoint. However, the video doesn't play when I publish the Captivate project and run it.

I also tried inserting the MP4 file into a new blank slide in the Captivate project. After publishing, the video plays, but the screen is much larger than the slide dimensions and I don't see the whole screen. If I drag the object handles to resize the video object so that the screen fits within the slide, the text is distorted and unreadable.

Any suggestions?

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Lilybiri
Lilybiri
Legend
September 28, 2018

You need to resize the video while keeping the width/height ratio: Keep Shift key pressed when dragging a corner handle. Best insert video as synchronised video. If possible make sure that the video has the same qicth/height ratio as the cptx-file.

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jimc3333Author
Participant
October 1, 2018

Thanks for your quick reply.

I re-recorded the video demo using the "Application" and "Snap to application window" settings.

I selected YouTube Widescreen HD for the Preset option when I published the new video demo (a separate project). When I inserted the published video (MP4) into a new slide in the main project, the whole application screen was visible, as I wanted. However, small text is somewhat fuzzy in the published main project video. Is there anything I can do to prevent the fuzziness? The text looks fine in the demo video MP4 when it is played outside of the main project.

Lilybiri
Lilybiri
Legend
October 1, 2018

Never resize is the only recommendation I can offer.

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