2 Replies Latest reply: Oct 24, 2014 3:51 PM by Khoa Le RSS

    Pause Slide with Embed Video

    Khoa Le Community Member
    Khoa Le Oct 24, 2014 2:48 PM

      Hello Adobe Forum users,

       

      I have been using Adobe Captivate for a few months now but I've stumbled across an issue that I can't seem to solve by myself so I'm hoping I can find some insight here.

       

      I'm currently using Captivate 8 and trying to get my embed video to work correctly. I have the video embed from Vimeo working quite nicely but I am wondering if there is a way to pause the slide until the video itself reaches the end. I have considered adding a button in so the user can proceed to the next slide manually when they are done or just making the slide duration exactly the length of the video so it goes to the next slide automatically when it is done but ideally, I want the user to be able to freely pause and play the embed video and only when the video finishes does the Captivate project proceed to the next slide.

       

      I would really appreciate some help, thank you for your time.

        • 1. Re: Pause Slide with Embed Video
          Captiv8r CommunityMVP
          Captiv8r Oct 24, 2014 2:59 PM (in response to Khoa Le)

          Hi there

           

          This one is tough. The thing is, your video is hosted on Vimeo. Not that this is a bad thing, but it's a variable in the mix. If you downloaded the video and added it to Captivate as an Event Video, you could time it for "Rest of Slide", and the slide should simply remain in view until the video completed play. But coming from Vimeo, there is no way I'm aware of that the end of the video would be sensed.

           

          You could try timing the slide but the problem here is that you have no guarantee of the actual time it will take for the video to play. On some slower connections, the video may buffer for an undetermined duration before play commences or resumes.

           

          If that's the path you must remain on, I'm guessing the "insert a Button" approach is probably the best you can do.

           

          Cheers... Rick

          • 2. Re: Pause Slide with Embed Video
            Khoa Le Community Member
            Khoa Le Oct 24, 2014 3:51 PM (in response to Captiv8r)

            Yeah thanks very much for the reply. I was previously putting in the videos as events but I found that larger video files would buffer too long and ruin the experience so I was hoping Vimeo as a third party could handle these files much better.  I'll have to compromise with something it seems, thanks for the quick reply though.