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December 28, 2017
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Importing GoAnimate Videos into Captivate

  • December 28, 2017
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Hi,

I am using some short GoAnimate videos in my Captivate project. I am downloading the "Video" option at 720p. The resulting files are MP4. They play in preview and in live projects. 

My problem is the screenshot below. I don't like that my users have two menu bars and can independently start/stop either the project or the video. Is it possible to turn off the video player navigation and have the project navigation pause both the project and the video when playing one of these videos? My learners aren't particularly tech savvy and I'd like to minimize anything they do with the navigation/skin and do everything as much as possible as button interactions.

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Thanks!

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Correct answer Lilybiri

Understanding the timeline, first stumbling block for most users.  You coudl watch this interactive tutorial, based on a presentation about the timeline which I gave at ALS2017. It mentions which items can be paused, cotrolled by Captivate:

Timeline - Advanced Workflows - Captivate blog

You can insert video in two ways:

  1. as event video (which you used): that means playing totally independent of Captivate, hence the need for an individual control panel. The pausing of the other playbar has no effect whatsoever. I normally hide the playbar in that case.
  2. as synchronized video: the slide will have to increase to the duration of the video; video is now totally controlled by Captivate, there is no individual control panel, pausing on the defualt skin will work.

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Lilybiri
LilybiriCorrect answer
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December 28, 2017

Understanding the timeline, first stumbling block for most users.  You coudl watch this interactive tutorial, based on a presentation about the timeline which I gave at ALS2017. It mentions which items can be paused, cotrolled by Captivate:

Timeline - Advanced Workflows - Captivate blog

You can insert video in two ways:

  1. as event video (which you used): that means playing totally independent of Captivate, hence the need for an individual control panel. The pausing of the other playbar has no effect whatsoever. I normally hide the playbar in that case.
  2. as synchronized video: the slide will have to increase to the duration of the video; video is now totally controlled by Captivate, there is no individual control panel, pausing on the defualt skin will work.
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