is it possible to have a video end on a freeze frame instead of fading to black in SL2?

You can always take a screen capture of the image you want to stay on the screen at the end and then set it to appear at the appropriate point in the timeline (when the video ends)

https://community.articulate.com/discussions/articulate-presenter/how-can-a-add-a-poster-frame-to-my-articulare-video

Thanks Mike!  That's what I've been doing so far.  I'll stick with it then.  Thank you!

Glad Mike was able to assist you, Tanya! Thanks, Mike.  :)

I paused the video before it turned black, not knowing that it would be the solution to the problem, but it worked.

Does anyone know a better way to accomplish this? It seems so clunky to have to put a screenshot on the slide (and take up valuable bytes). I have a similar situation and I tried to put in a trigger to pause a screencast, but it doesn't work and goes to the end of the screencast and a blank screen anyway.

Hi Tanya, 

Would it work to add a trigger to pause media when timeline reaches XX seconds?

Hi, all -- Just wanted to stop in to link to a recent post Beth had shared over here as well, for those who are following along. And I did want to note, Beth, that you would be welcome to share over in our Building Better Courses forum for additional ideas. :)

What trigger did you use?

Did you set the video to show until end?

I will share in Building Better Courses forum, thank you @Christie. I finally got it to work by pausing the timeline instead of pausing the media. Thank you everyone for your help.

Glad to hear you are all set, Beth, and thanks for stopping in with an update! :)

I've found that my videos will behave differently in my courses. Some videos will finish on the last frame (no triggers used) and some videos will finish on a black screen. So I have more of a consistency issue

Hi, Daniel -- Thanks for reaching out and sorry to hear of your difficulties! So, have you tried the suggestions shared above but are not finding an improvement in the affected courses? And are all of the published output files being tested in the same environment as described here? Any additional details you can provide would be greatly appreciated! 

I've looked at the suggestions above but it doesn't really solve my problem. I have two slides each with a video on it. On the first slide the video will stop on the last frame, on the second slide the video will fade to black. The slides and videos have been set up identically

Hi, Daniel -- Thanks for the additional details, and without your file, it's difficult to try and diagnose where the issue is occurring. If you would like to share for private review, please use this form and we'll let you know what we find! 

this is the same problem I have.  I have 4 videos on one slide.  3 of them end on a freeze frame an the last fades to black.  I haven't done anything differently with any of them.  I did expect all of them to fade to black but liked the freeze frame effect. 

Any idea why there is this inconsistency? 

Thanks

Hi Laura,

Is it the videos themselves or once you've inserted them into Storyline? Did you look at testing them out in any other video editing software to see the difference there? For the one that fades, did you apply any slide transitions or animations to the slide? Are you able to share a copy of your .story file here?  You can upload it using the "add attachment" button at the bottom of the reply window. 

Guys,

I had this issue with some of my videos and found a solution...

1. Select your video in Storyline and select 'edit video'

2. Select 'trim'

3. Go to the end of your video in the timeline and cut your video a few frames from the end, making sure that the video still ends on the frame you want it to.

4. Select 'save and close' and preview. Your video should now end on the last frame

https://community.articulate.com/discussions/articulate-storyline/black-screen-displays-at-end-of-video-clips

Let me know how you get on

So great that you were able to discover a solution, Daniel, and we appreciate that you stopped back in to share it! Hopefully others find it beneficial, as well. 

That solved it for me also, thanks!