Control embedded videos

Hi all.

Is it possible to control embedded videos in ST? If I add videos to two separate layers and control the layers with two buttons, both videos will play simultaneous if I click the two buttons. I wuld like the video om layer 1 to stop playing when I click button 2 to watch video on layer 2.

Triggers like stop media won't work. Any ideas?

gustaf

6 Replies

Wendy Farmer
Hero

over 2 years ago03/12/17 at 8:19 pm (UTC)

Hi Gustaf

Try setting triggers:

Play media Video 1 when user clicks Button 1
Stop (Pause) media Video 2 when user clicks Button 1
Play media Video 2 when user clicks Button 2
Stop (Pause) media Video 1 when user clicks Button 2

Gustaf Sylvin
Author

over 2 years ago03/12/17 at 9:14 pm (UTC)

Thx Wendy but I am afraid that won't work as you can't control embedded videos with triggers the way you do with ordinary videos that you import into ST.

Gustaf

Wendy Farmer
Hero

over 2 years ago03/12/17 at 9:27 pm (UTC)

Sorry Gustaf

I train another app which uses the term embed to mean putting the object into the system as itself not linking to it from an outside source.

Matthew Bibby
Hero

over 2 years ago03/12/17 at 9:48 pm (UTC)

Where are your videos hosted Gustaf? If they are on YouTube or Vimeo it may be possible to use their API to communicate with SL.

Gustaf Sylvin
Author

over 2 years ago03/13/17 at 5:02 am (UTC)

Thx Matthew.

They are hosted on Dreambroker. But when you talk about a external API I guess it's up to the host t offer such a solution and therefore nothing you can do from within ST itself?