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alexa58396829
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August 14, 2016
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Polishing a SWF file with connected video into a company server

  • August 14, 2016
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Hello,

In the past, I was able to produce one SWF file which had several training videos embedded into it.  Now, I'm not able to do this (I'm using Adobe Captivate 8).   When I pick publish as a SWF file, I get a several files with the project name (project_name.swf, project_name.js,  project_name.htm), AND all the individual videos.  This works fine when I "Preview it" or run it from a thumb drive (where the project is published). 

But once I upload it to my company's sever, I start getting connection errors.  Very frustrating.  I'm under a rather hard deadline.  Any help would be great. 

1) Is there a way to create just one SWF file with everything embedded in it (all the videos, menus, ..etc.)?

2) If that's not possible, what do people do? How do they upload training videos to their servers? Or is only going to work with LMS and Adobe's own services (i.e. adobe connect?).

3) I've never published as an HTML 5, would this option solve the problem?

Again, any help would very appreciated.  I'm trying to beat a deadline.

Thx

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StevePixel
Inspiring
August 14, 2016

HI Alexa,

The good news is there is a solution.

Here's a couple of suggestions. I found this in the Adobe help files, may explain your issue if you still want to use FLV. .

https://helpx.adobe.com/captivate/using/video-errors.html

If this doesn't resolve your issue then consider the following: the issue is using the FLV format I think. If you render them as MP4 instead,  Captivate handles them much better (at least from my experience) so if you can convert them to MP4 format then you could either import them directly into your project (depending on size or number) or host them externally and embed them using the "IFrame" div in the Web Object. (I use Vimeo Pro, but YouTube will also work) 

This option won't add any weight to your course as they are streamed when played not loaded into your course.

Cheers

Steve

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alexa58396829Author
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August 14, 2016

Hey Steve,

First, thank you very much for the thoughtful answer.

I am using mp4 files, which I imported directly into the project.  One mp4 per slide, for a total of 7 mp4 files.  When I publish to a folder, Captivate then generates  htm, swf, captivate.css, standard js files, and also all the MP4 files.   When copying them to the server, it seems that the links among the swf file and mp4 files breaks.

I haven't used the IFrame functionality in the past, but if it uses Vimeo, does this mean that the final product will lose the "interaction" (i.e. ability to click on buttons in the training video?).

Again, thank you very much, Steve!!

Alex

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StevePixel
Inspiring
August 14, 2016

HI Alex,

Weird, my mp4s load fine and play well on a Moodle based LMS.  Generally the video files won't load into the SWF itself, they will be referenced by the link (which isn't working for you, currently). When you added video did you load them as an "Event" video or as a "Multi-Slide"  video?

In regard to Vimeo. Do you mean the play/stop/fast forward buttons or something else? If you do then yes Vimeo will provide that functionality.  You can test it by visiting Vimeo, getting an embed code from any video and popping it into your course. Let me know how it works out for you.

Cheers

Steve

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