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April 13, 2012
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Mp4/Mpeg videos not playing in Robohelp 9 preview

  • April 13, 2012
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I have RH 9.02 installed on Windows 7 32bit. I'm able to embed captivate files without any problems. However, mp4 and mpeg files that I've inserted  in preview won't play. They play perfectly fine outside of RH. When I try to play the mp4 file, it recognizes it as an audio file rather than a movie but still doesn't produce a sound nor an image.

One time, I got it to start playing but then it just stopped all of a sudden. It shows the quicktime logo so I thought there was a problem with quicktime. I updated quicktime but that still didn't help. I then converted the mp4 file to mpeg and it did recognize it as a movie but it only shows a black screen. Here's the code for mp4 file:

<p><a class="dropspot" href="javascript:TextPopup(this)" id="a2">test</a></p>

<div class="droptext" id="POPUP444337617" style="display: none;">

    <p><object data="../Export2MP3.mp4" classid="CLSID:02bf25d5-8c17-4b23-bc80-d3488abddc6b"

                 codebase="http://www.apple.com/qtactivex/qtplugin.cab"

                 type="video/quicktime" style="border: none;" width="203"

                 height="38">

    <param name="src" value="../Export2MP3.mp4"  />

    <param name="autoplay" value="false"  />

    <param name="autostart" value="false"  />

    <param name="ShowControls" value="1"  />

    <param name="controller" value="true"  />

    </object></p>

Here's the code for the mpeg file:

<p><a class="dropspot" href="javascript:TextPopup(this)" id="a2">test</a></p>

<div class="droptext" id="POPUP444337617" style="display: none;">

    <p><object data="../0001.mpg" classid="CLSID:22d6f312-b0f6-11d0-94ab-0080c74c7e95"

                 codebase="http://activex.microsoft.com/activex/controls/mplayer/en/nsmp2inf.cab#Version=6,4,7,1112"

                 type="application/x-oleobject" style="border: none;" width="640"

                 height="568">

    <param name="filename" value="../0001.mpg"  />

    <param name="autoplay" value="false"  />

    <param name="autostart" value="false"  />

    <param name="ShowControls" value="1"  />

    <param name="controller" value="true"  />

    <param name="WindowlessVideo" value="0"  />

    </object></p>

Here's how it looks in the preview:

Can anyone tell me why I can't play this demo in the preview? The same thing happens even if I insert the file directly on the topic page.

Judy

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Captiv8r
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April 13, 2012

Hi there

For eons I've referred to RoboHelp's Preview as being "RoboHelp's *BEST GUESS* at t what the content will look like in the live help system.

The question here is to ask if the videos play once generated or compiled? If so, it sounds like some hiccup with RoboHelp that needs to be reported as a possible bug. But if not, the problems are a bit deeper and require more detective work.

Cheers... Rick

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April 13, 2012

Hi Rick,

I just generated the flashhelp layout and it still doesn't work. The quick time logo flashes real quick and then I get a blank area where the video should be for the mp4 file.  Here's how it looks:

Thanks,

Judy

johndaigle
Legend
April 13, 2012

Hi, Judy.

All MP4s are not created equal.What application was the .MP4 created in? What was the codec encoding used?

Maybe that will give us a clue. Also, I agree with Rick that the Previewer may not be up to the task of showing .MP4s.

Thanks

John

John DaigleAdobe Certified RoboHelp and Captivate InstructorNewport, Oregon