5 Replies Latest reply: Oct 17, 2014 5:01 AM by arbroono RSS

    Progressive Download Video

    jacob.hayslett Community Member

      Hi everyone,

       

           So I have done endless searching and research and I am running out of ideas. I will describe my current state and what I am looking to do -

       

      I am building training modules that are being published out across the nation for delivery. I am using Captivate 6 and I am pulling together different forms of media such as graphics, audio, video and animation. I currently have a Private Video Management System through AT&T & QUMU players. The issue that I am constantly running into is certain skips, pauses and buffering times within my module. I am insert video via Progressive Download. My Video Management System has a transcode system that takes the videos I have and transcodes them into the following settings -

       

      Dimension - 720-405

      Bitrate - 644

      FPS - 30

      Audio Bitrate - 48

      Audio Type - Mono

       

      So these are settings that our management program transcodes the videos down to. Now heres the thing, if I open this video directly through HTML the video loads fine and no skips or pauses, when I insert this video into a Captivate module the video skips, pauses and cuts off content involved. So after doing research I had seen that someone recommended to cut the videos down to the following quality.

       

      Dimensions - 720-405

      Bitrate - 250

      FPS - 15

      Audio Bitrate - 48

      Audio Type - Mono

       

      So at first it seemed like we were going to notice a massive difference in video playing. The downside is we did not see that large of a difference. What I am looking for is work around or something that I might possibly be able to do to display these videos flawless. Is there anyway to stick a preloader on progressive download videos in captivate? is there a way that captivate can notice the buffering time, or loading for a progressive download so it does not cut off content or pause? ANYTHING PLEASE?! Thank you very much for taking the time to view this. If there is anything or anymore information I can provide you with please let me know!