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Inspiring
May 18, 2017
Question

Vimeo video to autoplay after button click

  • May 18, 2017
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I am trying to do the following:

User enters a slide. User clicks a button and a hidden Vimeo video appears and begins playing automatically. The video is in a Web Object.

Issue:

The Vimeo video begins playing automatically upon slide enter and I can't pause the video using Captivate actions.

Is there a way to achieve this using only Captivate, or is this a Javascript solution? Ot is this possible at all?

Thanks.

I understand that I can simply have the video autoplay upon slide enter and bypass clicking a button, but still, I want to know if what I described can be accomplished.

I'm using Captivate 2017 on MAC OS Sierra.

Thanks.

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    Inspiring
    May 19, 2017

    Hi Loxx, 

    Yes and no. You should be able to set the Vimeo video with no controls, which will automatically pop a play/stop button in the middle. You would do this on Vimeo site, not in Captivate.

    You will not be able to add stop/start/FFW/Rewind if you choose this option, but it will allow you to show/hide the web object without it beginning to play automatically. 

    If that doesn't resolve your issue I have another option.

    Cheers
    Steve

    loxx9Author
    Inspiring
    May 19, 2017

    Thanks, Steve. Good to know.

    Because the user has to click a button icon that's part of a flattened image to launch the video, I came up with this simple workaround:

    When the user clicks the button icon, they are taken to the next slide, a duplicate slide, where the Vimeo video then autoplays. The user doesn't know any better.

    Inspiring
    May 19, 2017

    ... and that would have been my second option : )

    Glad you resolved it.

    Cheers,

    Steve