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graced12857907
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August 23, 2017
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Don't want slide to advance after viewing embedded video

  • August 23, 2017
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I have several slides that contain embedded videos. I've set up the logic so that the video is hidden when the user enters the slide because there is often text or graphics that explain a concept. The learner is asked to click to view the video. I want the use to use the next button to move to the next slide because they may want to think about what they've seen in the video before continuing. In at least one slide, there are two videos; so I want flow to pause after the first video selected ends so the user has a chance to select the second one.

I'm using Captivate 10. No matter what I've tried, such as inserting buttons to pause flow before it reaches the end of the slide, flow advances as soon as the video ends. What can I do to make Captivate wait? I want the learner to decide when to move on.

I should mention that the course was originally created using Captivate 7. In the original version of the course, I linked to an external html file to display the video instead of using embedded video, I thought it would be cleaner if the video appeared in place instead of in a different window, now that I'm updating the course.

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    Correct answer Lilybiri

    Since you talk about two videos on one slide, I suspect that you inserted the video as event video, not as multisynchronized video. In that case the video has its own control panel and plays totally independent. No way to control it with Captivate buttons. If you want such control you need to insert as multisynchronized video, which also means you cannot have two videos on the same slide.

    Have a look at:

    Pausing Captivate's Timeline - Captivate blog

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    Lilybiri
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    Legend
    August 23, 2017

    Since you talk about two videos on one slide, I suspect that you inserted the video as event video, not as multisynchronized video. In that case the video has its own control panel and plays totally independent. No way to control it with Captivate buttons. If you want such control you need to insert as multisynchronized video, which also means you cannot have two videos on the same slide.

    Have a look at:

    Pausing Captivate's Timeline - Captivate blog

    graced12857907
    graced12857907Author
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    August 24, 2017

    Thank you for your reply.

    You're right, I've inserted all videos as event videos to be viewed only on the slides to which they've been added. I'm not trying to control the video with Captivate buttons - except for starting the videos. The videos are hidden when you enter the slide. I use Captivate interactions to show the videos - and they're set to play automatically when they become visible. The issue I have is that, when the video stops playing, flow goes automatically to the next slide in the flowline.

    I'll check the blog posting you suggested to see if there's anything I haven't tried yet.

    Lilybiri
    Lilybiri
    Legend
    August 24, 2017

    I assume you're talking about the click box over a Next button image. That's a holdover from a template created with an earlier version of Captivate. I joined the project after the template had been designed so I'm not sure about the reasons for some of the decisions. I think earlier versions of Captivate (Captivate 7) didn't support button states. So, to show an over state for the buttons, they were created in Flash; then the interactive part with the appropriate action was performed by a click box on top of the .swf button.

    We're redesigning the interface now to use Smart Objects in the way you describe, but we still have more than a hundred courses that use the old interface and that must continue to use the old interface so that courses within a program of study all use the same look and feel. I'm updating a selected group of courses that will retain the old interface for now, since the new design is still under development.

    I did read your blog post. I'm still trying to digest what I learned and figure out how to apply it to the issue I have. I find that, if I have new information that needs some experimentation for me to fully understand it, it's best if I play with the information for a while, then go on to work on something that doesn't need any problem solving to take my mind off things. When I get back to experimenting, new ideas come up.

    After reading your blog post, I took a closer look at the settings on my interactive objects and that's when I noticed the "Continue Playing the Project" option. That solved the problem for most of the slides that contain video. So, thank you.


    Here is another warning: since a couple of versions I would not recommend at all to use templates (cptl-files), especially if they were created in former versions. They cause a lot of issues.

    That blog post is the 4 th  in a sequence of 5. The option 'Continue playing the project' appeared with version 9 if my memory is correct. Mutlistate objects appeared certainly with CP9.

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