File Space

[lmdenton10]

I've been working on a training module for months now, to find out that there are some space capacity issues for how large the file is allowed to be (limit is 2GB but they want it to be lower) and the biggest thing taking space is a number of videos we've included in the file.  A solution that has been presented is to take the videos out host them on a separate server and just include the links for people to click to go watch which I really don't want to do.

My question is:

Does anyone have any tricks or methods to save space in a file?  Does the type of video file uploaded make a noticeable difference?  I'll note that it's currently well below their 2 GB limit (750 kb).

Thanks!

(using captivate 8)

[Lilybiri]

Are you talking about the published file or about the cptx-file?

Insert the videos as multi-slide synchronized video, not as event video, set them up to be streamed. Alternative is indeed using URL's to the published videos on a server.

[lmdenton10]

When you set them up to be streamed, am I correct in assuming they need to be saved somewhere online?  Any direction on where to go to see the best method?  Or best method depending on various cases that may present?

[BDuckWorks]

We've used YouTube by setting them to upload as 'unlisted.' This allows them to play if the url is provided, but searching the title or looking for them on our page will not find them. (Others have used Vimeo)

Note that this doesn't alleviate you of copyright concerns, as YouTube will still scan the audio & video streams for protected content.

BTW, we've been publishing them in Cp via the WebObject interaction by using the YouTube EMBED API and not the YouTube learning interaction. There have been changes in the YouTube API that has made using the YouTube Learning Interaction more of a support challenge than we need.

[lmdenton10]

I have the videos saved on a server, but when I go to put the link in either method (event or multi slide) I get the error message: "Failed to load the video file.  The file path or the URL may be invalid.  Do you want to change the file path or the URL?  I know the URL is valid because I've tested it and it works.  Any ideas?

[StevePixel]

Is it a media streaming server. A regular web server won't work. 

[lmdenton10]

Yes, it is a media streaming server.  It's been used quite a bit for other training within my company, unfortunately the ones who have used it in the past are no longer here.

[StevePixel · Accepted solution]

For a web server you will need to use the "Web Object"  and embed it with an embed code. You should be able to get that embed code from your web guys/girls. Captivate only allows progressive downloads (events) and streaming video from an Adobe Media Streaming Server (multi-page) natively.

[lmdenton10]

Thanks, I was just playing around with it, and discovered that this was the way that it worked.