Not quite sure if it is possible but there are different ways to approach this : you could make your button open a lightbox slide containing the video. You could also place it on a server and use it as a web object, you could then specify the window it has to open in.
I was trying to have the video launch independently without inserting it in a slide, so it could retain it's quality. Christine, I know you've mentioned inserting the video in the resources area of Storyline. Would a button be able to launch the video in the resource area? If not, I could always insert the video in the resource area and suggest to the viewer to go and launch it from there as originaly sugested. Thank you again.
One additional option came to mind for this. I'm not sure if you are required to have the user double-click, but if a single click will work, this might be a good option for you. You could insert the video into the slide, scale the video down to a size that looks like a button/thumbnail for the video and then edit the video under "Options" to open in a new browser window.
I know you're wanting to avoid having the video in the slide, but in this case, it wouldn't play in the slide, only the thumbnail would appear and this would give the illusion of a button for the user. You could even add a little border and text telling the user to click it to launch the video, etc.
Just a thought!
I don't know of a way to launch a resource via a button and the only trigger I'm aware of for a Jump To media file would actually have the user download the video.
Thank you Christine, that was a pretty cool thing to learn. I had no idea storyline automatically created a button out of the media if shrunk, way cool! I’ll probably use it on my presentation.
Unfortunately I wanted to retain the video size and quality to 1118 X 840 . I think I'll reference the video in the resource for now and submit a feature request to create a way for the video to retain its full size.
Thank you again for showing me the cool trick, and let me know if you ever hear of a way to retain the video size/quality.
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Hi Chris!
Have you considered using a lightbox slide for the video? I've attached a very quick, non-fancy example if you'd like to take a look
Thanks!
Hi Cris,
Not quite sure if it is possible but there are different ways to approach this : you could make your button open a lightbox slide containing the video. You could also place it on a server and use it as a web object, you could then specify the window it has to open in.
Hope it helps and have a nice day!
Annie
Thank you both for the solutions.
I was trying to have the video launch independently without inserting it in a slide, so it could retain it's quality. Christine, I know you've mentioned inserting the video in the resources area of Storyline. Would a button be able to launch the video in the resource area? If not, I could always insert the video in the resource area and suggest to the viewer to go and launch it from there as originaly sugested. Thank you again.
Hi Chris,
One additional option came to mind for this. I'm not sure if you are required to have the user double-click, but if a single click will work, this might be a good option for you. You could insert the video into the slide, scale the video down to a size that looks like a button/thumbnail for the video and then edit the video under "Options" to open in a new browser window.
I know you're wanting to avoid having the video in the slide, but in this case, it wouldn't play in the slide, only the thumbnail would appear and this would give the illusion of a button for the user. You could even add a little border and text telling the user to click it to launch the video, etc.
Just a thought!
I don't know of a way to launch a resource via a button and the only trigger I'm aware of for a Jump To media file would actually have the user download the video.
Thank you Christine, that was a pretty cool thing to learn. I had no idea storyline automatically created a button out of the media if shrunk, way cool! I’ll probably use it on my presentation.
Unfortunately I wanted to retain the video size and quality to 1118 X 840 . I think I'll reference the video in the resource for now and submit a feature request to create a way for the video to retain its full size.
Thank you again for showing me the cool trick, and let me know if you ever hear of a way to retain the video size/quality.
I created a trigger with the following:
Action = Jump ot URL/file
File = the video file on your hard drive
When = User Clicks (probably can use when timeline starts too)
Object = Button 1
The only problem is that the browser window for the video does not close upon completion of the video. I am still working on this.
Thanks Daniel for sharing here. This discussion is a bit older but it's great to infuse it with new ideas and ways to accomplish this custom method!
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