Pausing timeline when pausing a video

Aug 10, 2012

I just noticed that when a video in a slide is paused the timeline keeps moving along.  It does not pause in unison with the video control pause.

I have some screencasts that I made and inserted into my project.  I added some zooms onto the slide, so that there would be some good closeups on stuff in my screencasts.  When the user stops the video, the zooms continue to display, which looks totally crazy. 

Then, when the player resumes the video, the zooms have finished playing and the user no longer has the benefit of any video closeups.

Is there a way for me to get the whole timeline to pause whenever my user clicks pause on the video controls?

Thanks,

Gillian

55 Replies
Katie Riggio

Hello, Greg. Happy to brainstorm ideas!

Do you have your Slide Advances: property set to Automatically or By user?

If By User, a slide will not automatically advance until learners interact with it. If Automatically, how slides advance is based on it reaching the end of the timeline.

Also, would you mind sharing a sample file so I can get a clear picture of your current setup? Since this is a public forum, you can import the slides into a new Storyline file. Then, remove any private information and attach that file in a new reply here.

Let me know, and we'll explore further from there!

Melanie Brooks

Hi All,

I figured out a workaround. Use the player built-in seekbar. Create a "do not click" layer that has a trigger to show that layer as soon as the timeline starts. This layer should have a transparent rectangle that is exactly the size of the slide (this will keep users from clicking on the video, which would pause the video, but not the timeline). If you have buttons that need to pop up, make them additional layers and add them to a specific point on the timeline and then hide the layer again at a specific point on the timeline. 

I really wasted a lot of time coming up with this workaround. I can't believe that Articulate still can't allow us the option to sync the timeline with a video. This is basic stuff. When will it happen? 

Kelly Auner

Hi Melanie,

Thanks for sharing your workaround with the community! I understand how frustrating this can be especially when you're on a deadline. We are still tracking this issue, so I'll share your comments with our development team. I've linked this discussion to the case and will be sure to post an update here with our progress.

If you need further assistance in the meantime, please let me know. I'll be happy to help!

Matt McGuire

Kelly- not to be flip, but you guys have been tracking this for over 10 years.  The problem with some of these workarounds is that if the user wants to back the video up to re-hear or re-watch something, they can't if you have the seek bar hidden with a non-viewable shape OR you let them back up and then the timeline gets all messed up and is no longer in sync with things.  I don't know why this is still a problem with over 10 years of need. And this isn't the only thread asking for the same functionality.  Come on Articulate, time to get this done!