Vimeo video to autoplay after button click

[loxx9]

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.

[StevePixel]

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

[loxx9]

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.

[StevePixel]

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

Glad you resolved it.

Cheers,

Steve