5 Replies Latest reply: Sep 16, 2014 9:58 AM by mark20044 RSS

    Video output on iPad

    Pidd Community Member
    Pidd Sep 4, 2014 2:35 AM

      Hi,

       

      I have a Captivate project I'd like to publish as SWF/HTML5. It's based on a single slide with a slide video showing a background picture and a speaker. On top of this video there are additional elements (texts, images, smaller videos).

      These smaller video objects simply won't show in Safari on iPad.

       

      I imported all videos to Captivate as .mp4 using similar settings in Adobe Media Encoder. The slide video plays fine, the other ones not at all (no video, no audio, no still screen, ...).

       

      What can I do about this?

       

      Thanks

      Pidd

        • 1. Re: Video output on iPad
          mark20044 Community Member
          mark20044 Sep 4, 2014 3:16 PM (in response to Pidd)

          I don't recall where I saw it, but I believe the problem is that Safari (or possibly iOS) won't allow two media files to play at the same time (or something along those lines.) Your best option is probably to incorporate the smaller videos/images/text in to the master video using Premiere or another video editor. Off the top of my head I don't know any free ones that would do it, but everyone has a CC subscription these days, right?

          • 2. Re: Video output on iPad
            Pidd Community Member
            Pidd Sep 5, 2014 12:43 AM (in response to mark20044)

            I did a little research and you're right. There seems to be a workaround if you're programming your own app, but usually, iOS apps won't play more than one video at the same time.

            • 3. Re: Video output on iPad
              mark20044 Community Member
              mark20044 Sep 5, 2014 8:23 AM (in response to Pidd)

              It occurs to me that you probably won't even need video editing software to combine the videos, you can just use Captivate to publish to video all the elements you want to combine, then use that video instead. Just make sure you've got your MP4Settings.ini in place so you get 30fps output instead of the default 15fps.

              • 4. Re: Video output on iPad
                Pidd Community Member
                Pidd Sep 16, 2014 9:57 AM (in response to mark20044)

                Mark, that worked fine  - thank you! Using MP4Settings.ini enhanced video quality quite a bit (I changed 30 to 25 as I'm in Europe and that's the frame rate I use when shooting video).

                • 5. Re: Video output on iPad
                  mark20044 Community Member
                  mark20044 Sep 16, 2014 9:58 AM (in response to Pidd)

                  Sure thing, glad I could help!