I am using a customized player. On a slide I have 1 video with the video controls underneath the video.
Additionally I have 3 audiofiles in 3 languages. Depending on the language variable it´s playing one of the 3 audiofiles.
If the user is pausing the video, the video is stopping but the audio is still playing. But i want video and audio synchronized of course. Therefore I would like to pause the whole timeline when user is stopping the video and resuming the whole timelime if he presses PLAY again. Any idea how to do that with Storyline itsself?
Best option is to create 3 video files with each language and let the learner choose which one to play.
Since there is no timecode in Storyline, even if you have some sort of success, it can't guarantee the 2 files (video and audio) will always been in sync with each other if learner has control with play/pause and jumping through time on the seekbar.
What you could do is disable the player controls at the bottom and add a cutom play and pause buttons that has triggers for both - video and audio (play media and pause media). That could work.
Do you know how to do this when using the normal videoplayer?
I want to still have the progress bar and automated time/lenght of the video shown. I tried to adjust the play button by laying a hotspot over it (Trigger: Pause timeline when user clicks & Resume timeline when user clicks).
The first trigger works (pause) but the second doesn´t (resume).
I could also do it with play/pause media (as long as there are no additional animations) but the problem is the same to me, because when putting two triggers (pause and play/resume) on one button (so I can still use the videoplayer) it´s pausing but not resuming again.
Try 2 separate buttons, I think that would be the easiest way. Then you can change the state of one to hidden while the other one changes to the normal state. Triggers on the play button would be something like this:
Play media
Change state of Play to hidden
Change state of Pause to normal
And for the Pause button you just do the vice-versa.
In the example above, the initial state of the Pause button should be hidden.
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Good day Nicole,
Best option is to create 3 video files with each language and let the learner choose which one to play.
Since there is no timecode in Storyline, even if you have some sort of success, it can't guarantee the 2 files (video and audio) will always been in sync with each other if learner has control with play/pause and jumping through time on the seekbar.
What you could do is disable the player controls at the bottom and add a cutom play and pause buttons that has triggers for both - video and audio (play media and pause media). That could work.
Dear Richard,
Thank you so much for your input.
I would prefer not to have many videos in the file because the export is going to be quite big (if having up to 17 languages and long video files).
So you have any other idea?
Thanks Nicole
Dear Nejc,
thanks so much for your input.
Do you know how to do this when using the normal videoplayer?
I want to still have the progress bar and automated time/lenght of the video shown. I tried to adjust the play button by laying a hotspot over it (Trigger: Pause timeline when user clicks & Resume timeline when user clicks).
The first trigger works (pause) but the second doesn´t (resume).
Thanks a lot,
Nicole
I think you need the trigger "Play pause MEDIA" not the Timeline. Or am I missing something?
I could also do it with play/pause media (as long as there are no additional animations) but the problem is the same to me, because when putting two triggers (pause and play/resume) on one button (so I can still use the videoplayer) it´s pausing but not resuming again.
Aaa, yes, you cannot use the same button. :)
Try 2 separate buttons, I think that would be the easiest way. Then you can change the state of one to hidden while the other one changes to the normal state. Triggers on the play button would be something like this:
And for the Pause button you just do the vice-versa.
In the example above, the initial state of the Pause button should be hidden.
ok I get the idea!
I am going to implement this, thanks a lot!!!