As Ashley mentioned, you would need to utilize the YouTube video as a web object in order to get the additional parameters that you'd like to use.
If you don't need to add any special functionality to your YouTube videos, use the website video method. It's easiest. On the other hand, if you need to change the behavior of your videos, such as specifying when to start/stop or hiding suggested videos, use the web object method and add one or more optional parameters to each web object.
Otherwise, hopefully, someone in the community will be able to chime in and share other ideas.
So basically you are saying i have two options if i want closed captions:
1. Use a web object (but im unable to utilise 'when media completes' triggers, etc) 2. Embed directly into SL to utilise the cc function (but encounter file size issues). Streaming is the preferred option
Is this issue restricted to youtube? Or does the same apply to vimeo files?
The 3rd option would be to add closed captions into your video directly, not using the Youtube functionality but another video editor, before linking into Storyline as a website video.
Those same optional parameters are not available for Vimeo videos, so I'm not sure how else you'd plan to add the closed captions?
I dont understand the reason behind this. Either sacrifice closed captions or sacrifice video interactivitity. Is this a SL thing? Can you look at including CC button on embeded youtube vids?
I'm not sure what you mean about video interactivity? Does the video allow learners to click and interact with pieces on the video? That would still function if you were to insert it as a web object, and if the file size is an issue, that's the option that would also have the smallest file size.
As for adding the CC on an embedded video, I can pass that idea along to my team.
I wanted to test embedding a YouTube video on a slide to see if I would have the option for YouTube closed captions.
I copied the embed code from YouTube and inserted it using the Insert > Video > Video from Website feature.
Then I published the content and hosted it on Tempshare here. If you'll click that link, you'll see the Closed Caption button in the YouTube video controls.
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Hi Stephanie,
Those optional parameters for YouTube videos can only be enabled when you're adding it as a web object.
Have you looked at adding in Closed captions to Storyline itself?
Hope that helps!
Hi Ashley, yes i have used cc in storyline but dont want to import the video files. The larger files i want to stream.
Hi Stephanie,
I understand.
As Ashley mentioned, you would need to utilize the YouTube video as a web object in order to get the additional parameters that you'd like to use.
If you don't need to add any special functionality to your YouTube videos, use the website video method. It's easiest. On the other hand, if you need to change the behavior of your videos, such as specifying when to start/stop or hiding suggested videos, use the web object method and add one or more optional parameters to each web object.
Otherwise, hopefully, someone in the community will be able to chime in and share other ideas.
Hi Leslie, my videos and slides are trigger based so cannot use web object method. i.e when the video completes jump to next slide.
So basically you are saying i have two options if i want closed captions:
1. Use a web object (but im unable to utilise 'when media completes' triggers, etc)
2. Embed directly into SL to utilise the cc function (but encounter file size issues). Streaming is the preferred option
Is this issue restricted to youtube? Or does the same apply to vimeo files?
Hi Stephanie,
Yes, those two options sound correct.
The 3rd option would be to add closed captions into your video directly, not using the Youtube functionality but another video editor, before linking into Storyline as a website video.
Those same optional parameters are not available for Vimeo videos, so I'm not sure how else you'd plan to add the closed captions?
I dont understand the reason behind this. Either sacrifice closed captions or sacrifice video interactivitity. Is this a SL thing? Can you look at including CC button on embeded youtube vids?
Hi Stephanie,
I'm not sure what you mean about video interactivity? Does the video allow learners to click and interact with pieces on the video? That would still function if you were to insert it as a web object, and if the file size is an issue, that's the option that would also have the smallest file size.
As for adding the CC on an embedded video, I can pass that idea along to my team.
If I insert the video as a web object i am unable to add a trigger to it. Example, at completion of the video jump to next slide,
Hi Stephanie!
I wanted to test embedding a YouTube video on a slide to see if I would have the option for YouTube closed captions.
I copied the embed code from YouTube and inserted it using the Insert > Video > Video from Website feature.
Then I published the content and hosted it on Tempshare here. If you'll click that link, you'll see the Closed Caption button in the YouTube video controls.
Are you able to see the closed captions if you view my published sample file here?
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