Youtube Widget - muting audio (Captivate 8)?

[dkayeco]

Has anyone successfully muted the audio of a youtube widget / interaction? How did you do it? I can see some possibilities of an iframe embed as a webpage, instead of the youtube widget.

I don't think that there are any volume parameters for youtube urls. I don't want to scrape the video and getting copyright might be harder than just linking.

Many thanks,

-Dave Kaye

[Erik Lord]

Does the audio button/control on the CP playbar not mute everything, including widget video?

I could see where it wouldn't affect iframe audio, but would think it would work with the YouTube widget.

If not, the YouTube playback control doesn't include the audio button?

[dkayeco]

Erik,

Thanks for the note. It appears to me that the captivate player might remember the last youtube playback settings that the user had utilized. If a user mutes the widget at one point, it stays muted. Fortunately, the youtube player does include a mute and volume and we'll likely be okay. My fear was blasting the participant with audio. I can always include some text to advise my participants to mute.