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April 19, 2018
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Publish Online - embedded video in MSO overlay keeps playing

  • April 19, 2018
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I have a MSO where one of the states is an overlay that contains an embedded YouTube video and also contains a close button (see link below). If you play the Youtube video and close the overlay, the video keeps playing (you can hear the sound).

I know that if I import the video into my InDesign project that I can control the video with a button, but I'm concerned about bloating the overall project since I'll have several videos. Is there any way for a button to control an embedded video from YouTube?

See link below:

  1. click ugly Video button/square to see overlay
  2. play YouTube video
  3. click the close button within overlay in the upper right corner
  4. listen for the voice over

https://indd.adobe.com/view/cd1d38ae-3352-46f3-9120-77a714f8dff5

Thanks much!

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Correct answer jfink@emf

I spen a lont time looking into this same problem on a recent project but I could not find a solution

My understanding is that since the video files don't actually live inside your document, you can't control them with buttons. I ended up placing  videos on their own pages separate from the content and abandoning the lightbox method altogether.

Wish I could be more helpful!

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jfink@emfCorrect answer
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April 25, 2018

I spen a lont time looking into this same problem on a recent project but I could not find a solution

My understanding is that since the video files don't actually live inside your document, you can't control them with buttons. I ended up placing  videos on their own pages separate from the content and abandoning the lightbox method altogether.

Wish I could be more helpful!

joboston617
joboston617Author
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April 25, 2018

Yep, you're correct. Thanks for responding.

What I ended up doing was a bit of smoke and mirrors: I created a "play" button that jumped to the next page which I designed to look like a video overlay with a close button. Then I made the close button go back to the original "play" button page - if that makes sense. It works well with the exception of the thumbnails at the bottom.

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