Yep, another video question! I have a video that includes sound, and I've added it to the left half of one of my Presenter slides. On the right half of the slide, I have some textboxes and other images that I want to animate in, so that they appear in time with the audio on my movie. For some reason I can't do that though - because when I click Sync Animations and try to go through the syncing process, my video's not playing. I just see the black placeholder. How do I fix this?
Hi! When you added your video to your slide, what synchronization option did you pick? There are two choices: you can sync your movie with your presentation, or you can make it play independently of your slide. If it plays independently, then you'll just see the black placeholder rectangle when you go to sync your animations - the video won't play.
Probably the movie was set to play independently of your slide, which is why it's not playing for you when you go to sync animations. Try deleting the placeholder and reinserting the movie... and when the box appears where you can choose your movie settings, set the synchronization option to "Synchronize slide and movie." I think if you do this, the video will play for you in the Sync Animations window, and then you'll be able to sync the other objects with the movie.
I just want to sync "presenter video" on the top-left corner with "master slide" on the right. Please refer to the attached document for the detailed description.
Thanks for that image. It looks like I didn't attach the link in my response either?!
So, presenter panel videos are synchronized with the slide. Use the course's Play/Pause button and Seekbar to control video playback. You can read more about that here.
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Hi! When you added your video to your slide, what synchronization option did you pick? There are two choices: you can sync your movie with your presentation, or you can make it play independently of your slide. If it plays independently, then you'll just see the black placeholder rectangle when you go to sync your animations - the video won't play.
You know, I honestly don't remember which option I picked when I added my movie to my slide. How can I tell?
Probably the movie was set to play independently of your slide, which is why it's not playing for you when you go to sync animations. Try deleting the placeholder and reinserting the movie... and when the box appears where you can choose your movie settings, set the synchronization option to "Synchronize slide and movie." I think if you do this, the video will play for you in the Sync Animations window, and then you'll be able to sync the other objects with the movie.
Awesome! Done! It worked! Thank you so much! Not sure how I missed that, but I really appreciate your help!
I also had the same issue, and reimporting choosing Sync slide and movie worked. Thanks!!
Awesome Sukhi! Glad you found some assistance here as well. Thanks for the update and welcome to E-Learning Heroes
it seems that presenter 2013 cannot synchronize "presenter video" and "master slide animation" by sync animation.
In presenter 2013, the feature of "sync animation" is only for narration rather than presenter video.
Am I right?
Hi Ming! I'm not following what you are wanting to do, but if you are trying to sync across multiple slides, you may want to check out this thread.
Hi, Leslie:
I just want to sync "presenter video" on the top-left corner with "master slide" on the right. Please refer to the attached document for the detailed description.
Hi Ming!
Thanks for that image. It looks like I didn't attach the link in my response either?!
So, presenter panel videos are synchronized with the slide. Use the course's Play/Pause button and Seekbar to control video playback. You can read more about that here.
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