I have a video on a slide as a web object (due to the size of the video file and the url of the file I can't get it to work as insert video (embed code not valid)).
I have a trigger which hides the next button at the start of the timeline.
I want the user to watch the video before the next button shows. Is there a way to do this with a web object that is a video? Note: the video does not autoplay. The user must click the play button.
No, that wouldn't work either. You need to either include the video in Storyline (because then you can use the When Media Completes... trigger to show your button) or host it on a video site such as YouTube (so you can use their API to communicate with Storyline). Amazon S3, like your uni server, doesn't provide such an API.
I used to have a working example of this using the Vimeo API, but it looks like Vimeo has changed the way their API works. Unfortunately, I don't have time to dig into what's changed right now, but hopefully, someone else here can help you get this working. If not, I'll come back to this when I have a bit of spare time.
Amma, I have a demo file showing how to do this with a Vimeo video here: http://www.andersonelearning.com/Demos/ I'm also working on a demo that would use the JWPlayer, so that you potentially leave the hosted video on your own server, but I don't have it all sorted out yet.
Bit of a long shot but has anyone done this with Brightcove? - I have looked through all the info and can see it is possible but have no idea how or where to start!
Please check the link again, it appears to be working now. I'll take a look at Brightcove now, to see if I can make a Storyline demo project for that too.
I can't - i cant even do an example - I don't have the login details for uploading something and the videos in the course I am not allowed to share outside the project team.
I will see if I can get someone to upload an example video.
I have placed the videos in via a webobject with the link being for example:
Thank you! I am unable to access this file on my company computer. I had a friend attempt to download it from her MAC and it tried to open the code in a browser window. I had the same issue on my mobile device. Is there any chance, you can share the file here?
Lizzie, the problem I had is that Brightcove won't let me sign up for a trial account with my Yahoo account. That's a little snobby of them. :) I'll see if I can find a work around so I can get in there to test.
Do you know which Brightcove service you're using? Is it Video Cloud?
Michael and/or Lizzie, it looks like this exchange was fairly recent and exactly what I'm struggling with ... how to insert Brightcove Video Cloud as web objects in Storyline 360, and create some sort of timing-related trigger to advance the user on once they've watched a video. I'd really like to know how this worked out, and what steps I might follow to replicate the results in my own project(s).
I've got any okay'ish work-around, making my Storyline timeline a certain standard length (180 seconds, which none of my videos are shorter than), at which point it reveals a layer with a button to advance. I'd like to explore the ability to simply auto-advance when the video's over, however, which I'm currently unable to do unless I put an actual video file into Storyline ... and why "balloon" my file size(s) when the company's videos are already all out there in Brightcove?
Thanks for any guidance you're able to offer based on your experiences.
I was unable to work on this because Brightcove would not let me create a trial account with my yahoo email address. I'll figure something out and get back to this by Tuesday.
We have a module in which we have included a video that is hosted on SharePoint. We have used the option Insert Video>From Website. Is it possible to assign a trigger to enable the Next button after the video ends. We are using Storyline 2. We cannot embed the video on the timeline due to the file size.
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Where is the video hosted?
If YouTube or Vimeo (etc.) then you should be able to use their API to communicate with Storyline when the video has finished.
The video is hosted on our university server (https) - which is part of the problem :(
I don't think it'll be possible then Kimberley. Sorry.
What if we hosted the video in Amazon S3 instead? (or something equivalent?)
No, that wouldn't work either. You need to either include the video in Storyline (because then you can use the When Media Completes... trigger to show your button) or host it on a video site such as YouTube (so you can use their API to communicate with Storyline). Amazon S3, like your uni server, doesn't provide such an API.
Hi Matthew: I am experiencing the same issue with Storyline and Vimeo. Do you have an example of a file using API or instructions on how to use it?
Hi Amma,
I used to have a working example of this using the Vimeo API, but it looks like Vimeo has changed the way their API works. Unfortunately, I don't have time to dig into what's changed right now, but hopefully, someone else here can help you get this working. If not, I'll come back to this when I have a bit of spare time.
Amma, I have a demo file showing how to do this with a Vimeo video here: http://www.andersonelearning.com/Demos/ I'm also working on a demo that would use the JWPlayer, so that you potentially leave the hosted video on your own server, but I don't have it all sorted out yet.
Hi All
Bit of a long shot but has anyone done this with Brightcove? - I have looked through all the info and can see it is possible but have no idea how or where to start!
Any clues?
the downloads on this link are not available - wanted to see if I could relate the Wistia one to Brightcove at all
Please check the link again, it appears to be working now. I'll take a look at Brightcove now, to see if I can make a Storyline demo project for that too.
OMG! you would be a total hero if you are able to! I am so lost on this
Do you know which Brightcove service you're using? Is it Video Cloud?
yes - video cloud
Lizzie, could you post a one-slide project with your Brightcove video embedded?
I can't - i cant even do an example - I don't have the login details for uploading something and the videos in the course I am not allowed to share outside the project team.
I will see if I can get someone to upload an example video.
I have placed the videos in via a webobject with the link being for example:
http://players.brightcove.net/xxxxxxxxxxxxxx/default_default/index.html?videoId=xxxxxxxxxxxx
where the 'x's stand for numbers
Thank you! I am unable to access this file on my company computer. I had a friend attempt to download it from her MAC and it tried to open the code in a browser window. I had the same issue on my mobile device. Is there any chance, you can share the file here?
Thank you for responding.
Lizzie, the problem I had is that Brightcove won't let me sign up for a trial account with my Yahoo account. That's a little snobby of them. :) I'll see if I can find a work around so I can get in there to test.
Amma, I've attached the project file and the web object that's embedded in the project.
Thanks!
Sure thing.
Michael and/or Lizzie, it looks like this exchange was fairly recent and exactly what I'm struggling with ... how to insert Brightcove Video Cloud as web objects in Storyline 360, and create some sort of timing-related trigger to advance the user on once they've watched a video. I'd really like to know how this worked out, and what steps I might follow to replicate the results in my own project(s).
I've got any okay'ish work-around, making my Storyline timeline a certain standard length (180 seconds, which none of my videos are shorter than), at which point it reveals a layer with a button to advance. I'd like to explore the ability to simply auto-advance when the video's over, however, which I'm currently unable to do unless I put an actual video file into Storyline ... and why "balloon" my file size(s) when the company's videos are already all out there in Brightcove?
Thanks for any guidance you're able to offer based on your experiences.
I was unable to work on this because Brightcove would not let me create a trial account with my yahoo email address. I'll figure something out and get back to this by Tuesday.
We have a module in which we have included a video that is hosted on SharePoint. We have used the option Insert Video>From Website. Is it possible to assign a trigger to enable the Next button after the video ends. We are using Storyline 2. We cannot embed the video on the timeline due to the file size.
Thanks for any kind of help that you can offer.