Youtube Video Embedding

[Ashley225851320bxt]

I am working with a Quickstart project and want to embed a youtube video but I can't seem to replace the captivate stock video that is currently there. Been working with this for days and still no luck! Any ideas?

[Lilybiri]

Can you please specify the Quick Start Project you are using, and the slide you are talking about. That will make it easier to find a way to help you out. I have blogged a lot about those QSPs, but not particularly about slides embedding videos.

[Ashley225851320bxt]

I am using the general business template and referring to the video slide
that I would like to edit. Currently there is a stock adobe video on it
with no sound. I want to make this a YouTube video to play here instead of
you can help!

[Lilybiri]

That is a problem because the inserted video is an Event video. Such a video is included in the published folder. Moreover it plays independently of Captivate's timeline.

That is not the case when pointing to a YouTube video, because it will be streamed and inserted as slide video. 

You could try to insert a web object instead of the event video in that slide, and point to the Youtube URL. Make sure also to have a look at the Advanced action triggered On Enter for this slide, you may need to edit that action as well.

[Ashley225851320bxt]

Thank you, I will give that a try and keep you posted!

[Ashley225851320bxt]

Well, I have tried everything from inserting a web object to trying to
insert a PPT slide with the video and I’m not getting very far. I can see
the video in my filmstrip when I insert it as a web object but when I go to
preview it, it doesn’t play, the screen is blank and then skips to the next
slide. Who knew embedding a video would be so challenging. Any help is
appreciated!

[Lilybiri]

Are you sure that this YouTube video allows you to embed it elsewhere?