Storyline: Publishing to Mp4 for YouTube

Hi Debra - Storyline doesn't publish to a single file, so what you'd need to do is publish the course and then record the published output using a tool such as Replay (if you're an existing Storyline customer, click here to get your free license of Articulate Replay) or recording it within Storyline and exporting out the MP4.

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Does Storyline 3 have an output to publish to MP4?

Thanks

Hi Suzanne!

The new Publishing a Course to a Video File feature is exclusive to Storyline 360. If you'd like to give it a test drive, you can download a free trial right here!

thank you, I will give it a test drive. I have one more question.  Is there a way to play music throughout your course like a background track?  does Storyline 360 do that too?

Great question, Suzanne--it's a popular one!

Have a look at this post by Emily.  She gives a great workaround to getting audio to play across all slides in Storyline.

There are lots of participants in that discussion, so if you have any questions about using that trick, feel free to post a reply in there!

sorry to jump into this conversation. I have published my video in Storyline 360 but the file is not playing when I embed into PPT. I am assuming the published video needs to be in MP4. Pls help

Storyline-published videos are .mp4 files. Does the video play in your media player when you double-click the vid? I'm using Office 365 and I can insert and play a Storyline .mp4 without issues.

Yes it plays fine but when I try to insert into PPT it didn't play. I opened the file where it was published and don't see anything with an MP4 extension to use in my PPT. 

it says it's a VLC media file and not MP4

Ok it is an MP4 file actually but I get this error msg when I try to insert in PPT.

To install the latest version of Apple QuickTime player. Would this make a difference?

Hi Sally,

I didn't see any error message here, just the piece you wrote on Apple QuickTime player. Is that what you're seeing when adding the video?  Are you using a Mac or Windows computer? What version of PPT are you attempting to add the video into? 

You mentioned opening the file where it was published, but if you've published Storyline to video there should only be one file to access. Double check that you're publishing to video, locally and then adding that individual file into your Powerpoint. 

If you want to share the video file here that may give us some other clues! 

HI Ashley, so I am finally able to embed into PPT and it opens the video and plays it but it's very very slow. The audio plays much faster than the video is moving. Any tips on how to fix this? I am attaching the video file.

Hi Sally,

I added that video into a Storyline course, and published it here to Review. It played back normally to me - and I compared it with the standalone video. Can you take a look here? 

Did you experience the slow playback during Preview or the published output? 

HI Ashley, It works fine in storyline but did not work when I embed into a PPT slide. It gets very slow and choppy. I actually had to put it in a media player window for it to run correctly but wanted to understand why it did not work when I embed using Video from file in Powerpoint.

Thanks.

Thanks for the additional details Sally.

I downloaded the mp4 that you shared above and added to Presenter as you mentioned.

Does my published output work as expected when you take a look here?

Please be sure you are adding the video via the Articulate tab in the ribbon:

Hi Leslie, this is great. I had no clue there was an articulate ribbon in PPT. I am new to this and learning as I go. It works great now. 

Will the video only play when I publish the content? I am seeing that it will not play if I do through the slide show view?

Hi Sally, 

Yes, I'd recommend publishing to see this correctly.

Check out some additional documentation on previewing your Presenter 360 content that may be helpful.

Thank you Leslie,

So the best way to share this PPT with the embeded articulate videos with others so that they can present it at a meeting is by publishing to the web? or do you recommend a different method?

Hi Sally,

Great question. The courses that you build with Articulate 360 are best suited for online, interactive learning.

It could still be shared via live presenter by them going through the published content if needed as well.

Totally up to you in how to best utilize :)

Ok thank you so much for your help with this matter.

HI there, the videos that I embeded are no longer playing. They were fine before but are not playing anymore. I am attaching the file for you to review. Pls help :(

Hi Leslie, I had to restart from a fresh project since I think my PPT was corrupt as a result of working off my network drive. I have it working now and published it in web format. How can I now make it work off of a network drive so I can share it with others? I have tried copying and pasting all related files to the network drive but it still will not open.

I see you mentioned live presenter up on top...how do I do that?

Hi Sally!

It sounds like you want to share the published content, is that right? Check out these two options:

1. The fastest way to publish and share your project would be to publish it to Articulate 360. Then, your content will be online, and you'll have a link you can send to anyone who needs to view the content. It's a quick and easy solution!
2. You can also publish the content for Web and host the output on a web server. The benefit of this option is the content is hosted on your own server, and the slides won't be surrounded by the Articulate Review frame. 

Let me know if either of those options would work for you!