Video in slide. What's going on?
May 09, 2012
By
konrad k
I'm trying to find the best way to sychronize video and slide (aprox 5 min lenght). I know that it is impossible for video in presenter panel. So, I decided to put video to the slide and of course use "synchronize the slide and movie". But when I published and put into the Internet amazing things are happening.
The video starts, and slide not! After a few seconds appears slide animation. Why? Why video plays idependantely? When all content is downloaded to browser temporaty folders everything is ok. Please help me.
Here You have a sample:
http://microskills.pl/amrest2/videoinslide/player.html
Slide 2.
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I would review my previous comments here:
http://community.articulate.com/forums/t/12426.aspx
Yes Justin, thank You but now I try to put video in to slide, not to presenter panel. I drop presenter panel. I need now to have a sychronization on slide.
I checked option "synchronize the slide and movie", and there is no synchronization. :(
I decrease a video size and the problem is still:
http://microskills.pl/amrest2/inslide_lower_vid/player.html
I decrease my Video to 112 kbps - its very, very low (all file has 9 MB). The problem is still. Video starts play firstly and after a same seconds slide starts play, so synchronization is loosing. You have a solution this problem. It doesn't matter for me were video will be - presenter panel or inside slide (but.. I prefer presenter panel).
Here You can see my problem (second slide):
http://microskills.pl/amrest2/VeryLow_Video_in_Slide/player.html
http://microskills.pl/amrest2/presenter_panel_verylow_video/player.html
Please help
Hi Konrad.
If syncing your animations is really important to you, I would not use a video as you cannot get a true sync with video and a slide. So if you extract the audio from the video and insert that into your slide, you can sync it perfectly. Then you could simply create a Presenter with a photo and bio of the guy. He's not really doing anything in that video that makes having him there really necessary.
Justin, video should be in this content. This is one of more reasons why I would like to buy an Articulate to my company and I recommend to my bosses. This video is very, very importent for us. I don't understand why so basic functionality in Artiuclete doesn,t work. Why option "synchronize video and slide" doesn't work? Video is extremaly light. Could You ask an Articulate engineers how to solve this problem? Please help me. It is very importent for me.
Thank You
Hi Konrad.
As I have mentioned before, there isn't a way to sync animations exactly to a video. The only way you could come close would be to:
When you insert a video it does not sync exactly with a slide. If you create a complex animation sequence, it is not likely to work. You need to work within the limitations of what Presenter can actually do. Audio syncs perfectly with animations as they are produced in the same SWF file. A separate movie file will not sync perfectly with the SWF file that is the slide with the animations. That's a fact of life. You need to figure out how to make what you are trying to do work within the limitations of what Presenter can do which are:
Thank You Justin. I'm sorry that I'm so annoying for You. I understand what You are writting but lets see once again this projects - the main problem is that at the beggining video starts first - doesn't wait for a slide. Video starts and slide is not loaded - so this problem and it is not connected with fast animation (I think). Video is extremaly light. So is any solution to force that video and slide starts at the same time? Lets talk only about starting video and slide on the same time (in presenter panel or inside the slide).
I apologize You once again for annoying.
Hi Konrad.This is what I would do with this particular slide that you are having an issue with;
That's how I would approach this. I would even suggest that you not use the video for every single segment. Like how I see many people approach video is this
I would also make sure that each slide only contains one idea. In the videos I am looking at you have a really long video with what I imagine is a lot of layered objects on one slide. Those really should be broken up into their individual bite size pieces and spread out over slides.
This will make for a much more interesting presentation for your end-user than how it is currently set up and you will probably find that the mix of audio and video resonates better with the folks viewing the presentation.
Regarding the issue with the video not loading at the same time as the slide, I am honestly not seeing this problem. I think if you break this presentation down into its logical bite sized pieces, you will have a much better end-user experience.
Ok, thank You very much, really good advice. I have to think what You have writtnen.
Regarding the issue with the video not loading at the same time as the slide and thet You not seeing this problem - probaboly content is casched in temporary folder in Your browser. When You clean it problem still will be.
Hey Konrad. No caching issues here for me. I didn't have a problem with any of the different versions and I learned a long time ago not to depend on a cached view. I do have a 30 Mbps Internet connection an a really fast computer so that might be why.
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