I have video within a storyline and need to translate it for regional use. I have added caption blocks for the translations but am having trouble keeping the captions aligned to the video. If I stop the video (or start it later) the captions come in based on the storyline timeline. Any ideas or suggested learning modules?
If you've enabled the video controls it is no longer synced with the slide's timeline and therefore elements may become out of sync as you mentioned.
You may want to look at a few of the methods here for closed captioning. If you're displaying the video controls more so that the user is aware how much of the video they have watched, you could also put a hotspot or transparent shape over the video's seekbar and then the user wouldn't be able to click on it to pause or scrub forward.
I'm trying to do something similar. I haven't enabled the video controls, however the user can simply pause the video by clicking on it and that throws my timing all off. Any work arounds?
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Hi Barbara and welcome to Heroes!
If you've enabled the video controls it is no longer synced with the slide's timeline and therefore elements may become out of sync as you mentioned.
You may want to look at a few of the methods here for closed captioning. If you're displaying the video controls more so that the user is aware how much of the video they have watched, you could also put a hotspot or transparent shape over the video's seekbar and then the user wouldn't be able to click on it to pause or scrub forward.
I'm trying to do something similar. I haven't enabled the video controls, however the user can simply pause the video by clicking on it and that throws my timing all off. Any work arounds?
The other day I shared a video +CC with a member of the comunity. Hopefully it will be what you are looking for.
Hi Keith,
Regarding setting things up so Learners can't click on the video, I'd put a transparent shape over the video.
Thank you everyone! I will give these suggestions a try and I am sure one of them will work. I appreciate the help.
Allen,
I hate to say your video has the same probem when you pause the video. Thanks for the suggestion though. I'll keep plugging along.
Thanks Barbara for the update - and please let us know if you need anything further.
Hi Barbara, you might want to try importing the Video into Reply and using the Lower Third feature to do your captioning.
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