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June 12, 2025
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InDesign Embedded YouTube Video Problem

  • June 12, 2025
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Help! 

 

I'm having issues with InDesign which is making want to lose the will to live and I can't for the life of me figure out what I'm doing wrong (if anything).

 

Basically I am making a page spread which will contain 10 thumbnail images. Each of those images is a button which will then pop up an embedded YouTube video. These videos will fade in and then have a close function which fades out wheh pressed. I have created all the thumbnails and applied the animations/buttons/timing/etc  which work fine (for reference I have been following this video: Learn how to create an interactive pop-up video in Adobe InDesign)

 

Everything seems to work fine however when I publish the document online, I play the first video which works correctly, however when the video has closed, it fades out but for some reason it remains on the document - just invisible which menas I can't select any of the other buttons as when I click it just interacts with the embedded video - I realise this is really difficult to explain through words!

 

Any suggestions/ideas??

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Participating Frequently
June 12, 2025

Help! 

 

I'm having issues with InDesign which is making want to lose the will to live and I can't for the life of me figure out what I'm doing wrong (if anything).

 

Basically I am making a page spread which will contain 10 thumbnail images. Each of those images is a button which will then pop up an embedded YouTube video. These videos will fade in and then have a close function which fades out wheh pressed. I have created all the thumbnails and applied the animations/buttons/timing/etc  which work fine (for reference I have been following this video: Learn how to create an interactive pop-up video in Adobe InDesign)

 

Everything seems to work fine however when I publish the document online, I play the first video which works correctly, however when the video has closed, it fades out but for some reason it remains on the document - just invisible which menas I can't select any of the other buttons as when I click it just interacts with the embedded video - I realise this is really difficult to explain through words!

 

Any suggestions/ideas??

Anubhav M
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Community Manager
June 13, 2025

Hello @default52q82v0tbiny,

Could you share more details, like the version of the OS/InDesign installed, a link to a sample file and a small screen recording of your exact workflow and the problem, so I can better assist you?

Looking forward to hearing from you.
Anubhav

Participating Frequently
June 16, 2025

Hello - I have replied to the answer below wiith some screenshots of what I am trying to achieve and what I am experiencing.  I'm using Windows 10 with InDesign 2022.