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TheKnowledge
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October 3, 2007
Question

Published project runs slower than it should

  • October 3, 2007
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Hello all,

I've been using Captivate 2 for a while after upgrading from Captivate 1. I'm creating a training/tutorial project which is around ten minutes long. Essentially loads of screen recordings/captures on a Windows 2000 machine.

The project is 275 slides in total and the .cp file is around 70Mb. When published/compiled .SWF file is around 12Mb. Initially the .cp file was around 200Mb but I used the Save As trick as described in other posts to shrink the size.

I've put audio tracks on the individual slides (not all - probably around 50-60 slides contain audio) and I've taken taken time to adjust the timing so that it all flows nicely.

When I preview the project within Captivate it all runs as expected - however, when I publish the project and run it on a variety of other machines, it starts off well but gets to parts where it slloooooowss right down - mouse movements take an age and generally it all goes to pot.

Are others experiencing this? How can I fix it?

Thanks,

Rod.
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    Captiv8r
    Captiv8r
    Legend
    October 3, 2007
    Hi Rod and welcome to our community

    I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but you do need to know, so here goes. Your project is about 200 slides beyond the "rule of thumb" recommended upper limit for efficient Captivate projects. It's surprising you haven't yet had it corrupt on you.

    If I were in your shoes, here is how I would proceed.

    Open that 275 slide project and click File > Save As and maybe call this one Segment one.
    Delete all slides beyond perhaps slide 70.
    Save and reopen the original.
    Click File > Save As and maybe call this one Segment two.
    Delete the first 70 slides.
    Delete all slides beyond the new slide 70.
    Rinse and repeat as needed until you end up with several projects that are fairly equally sized.
    Now open each project and examine the preferences. Look at the Start and End preferences. Set the end action of each project to "Open other project". Then you point at the next project in the sequence. This is called "Daisy Chaining".

    You should end up with a more efficient movie that works better for your user.

    Cheers... Rick
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    TheKnowledgeAuthor
    Participant
    October 3, 2007
    Hey Rick,

    Thanks very much for the welcome and quick response - it's much appreciated :)

    I'm going to try your suggestion now - I'll let you know if this fixes things for me!

    Best regards,

    Rod.
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    TheKnowledgeAuthor
    Participant
    October 4, 2007
    Rick,

    OK - this seems like it's working! Thanks.

    One problem, though - I split the project into 4 chunks - and while the project flows smoothly from beginning to end, the progress bar starts running and ends four times - once for each 'chunk'!!!

    How can I make the progress bar make one pass only?

    Rod.
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