Help! Need suggestions for reducing a massive file
May 17, 2016
I have a PPT course that I'm trying to move into Storyline for reporting purposes. I don't have any control over the content, only how it's published. Its 93 slides, with audio and PNG screens shots. UGH!
After importing the PPT to Storyline and adding all the audio the SL file is over 100MB. Published it's 44MB. The LMS limit is 25 MB. All audio is mp3 files. All screen shots are PNG.
Here's what I've tried so far, with subsets of the existing slides, none of which get me the ending size I need:
Test1 - Imported all screen shots as jpgs instead of PNGs and re-publish. Saves about 40%. Close but not quite.
Test 2 - Do all animation and audio in PPT, compress the file, create an MP4 and imbed that on a single Storyline slide. I thought this would work but I only got down to 33MB when published.
Test 3 - Adjust publish setting in Storyline - this has a nominal impact.
Is there some trick I've missed? What I don't get is the original PPT file is only 7MB and the audio was 40MB. I get that animation comes at a cost, but I don't have anything crazy in there - so how did I end up with a 100MB SL file. Is there some trick on the import that I missed?
2 Replies
Have you been doing file 'save as' to the original file as you saved each time that can sometimes cause the file to blow out in size..
Perhaps trying creating a new storyline project file and importing the 100MB SL file in and saving - see if that reduces your original file before publish.
Hi J,
Another elements that could be adding to your file size - are you publishing for HTML5 or the Mobile player? That'll create additional files within the published output.
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