I know how to use the interactive video feature that detects mouse clicks and so forth. The problem with this is the video skips forward to each new mouse click or action. How can I import a video, have it detect mouse clicks, but maintain the video in between each mouse click?
Are you using the built in screen recording feature within Storyline? If you've inserted it as Try it/Test mode - the video will go step by step through each mouse click and pause on the click.
Thank you for your reply. I have indeed tried the screen recording feature and have both imported it into a single slide and into multiple slides. It successfully separates the video at each mouse click; however, it skips significant amounts of video/time in between mouse clicks. This feature would be perfect if I didn't want the video to skip between mouse clicks. So I want this same feature, but for it to keep the video between slides so that the video runs smoothly then pauses, waits for the user to interact, then continues after the interaction.
Thanks for the additional information. So you're using the screen recording feature to record your interaction with a video (I thought you were talking about the video generated by the screen recording!). I tested this myself just recording a video from YouTube, and I see what you're describing now, although it's operating as designed within the Step by step mode and pausing on the clicks or when new hint captions appear about what the user must do.
You should be able to recover (and fine tune) any lost video using the "Action FIne Tunig" feature of Storyline. On your slide, right click the Screencast on your timeline and choose Action Fine Tuning. This lets you adjust the video displayed on each slide (and recover those bits that Storyline saw fit to remove for you).
Thank you for your assistance. I'd rather not use the action fine tune feature since it'd take up a lot of time to edit each slide. I want the video to be imported without video being removed to begin with.
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Hi Casey and welcome to Heroes!
Are you using the built in screen recording feature within Storyline? If you've inserted it as Try it/Test mode - the video will go step by step through each mouse click and pause on the click.
Here is a tutorial on working with the screen recording functionality.
Thank you for your reply. I have indeed tried the screen recording feature and have both imported it into a single slide and into multiple slides. It successfully separates the video at each mouse click; however, it skips significant amounts of video/time in between mouse clicks. This feature would be perfect if I didn't want the video to skip between mouse clicks. So I want this same feature, but for it to keep the video between slides so that the video runs smoothly then pauses, waits for the user to interact, then continues after the interaction.
Hi Casey,
Thanks for the additional information. So you're using the screen recording feature to record your interaction with a video (I thought you were talking about the video generated by the screen recording!). I tested this myself just recording a video from YouTube, and I see what you're describing now, although it's operating as designed within the Step by step mode and pausing on the clicks or when new hint captions appear about what the user must do.
If you're looking for the behavior you've described, you're welcome to submit it as a feature request.
HI Casey,
You should be able to recover (and fine tune) any lost video using the "Action FIne Tunig" feature of Storyline. On your slide, right click the Screencast on your timeline and choose Action Fine Tuning. This lets you adjust the video displayed on each slide (and recover those bits that Storyline saw fit to remove for you).
I believe this would resolve your issue.
Cheers,
Mac
Thank you for your assistance. I'd rather not use the action fine tune feature since it'd take up a lot of time to edit each slide. I want the video to be imported without video being removed to begin with.
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