I'm unclear about something simple. If I add videos into a project via the insert video method and want to distribute the project as a stand-alone web document, will the videos still play? I was under the impression that I needed to serve project from a server that supports MIME to get the videos to play.
If the content is going to be served from a web server (probably the preferred method), then the server has to support sending out content with a MP4 extension. A MIME type for MP4 does that.
A web server won't serve just any content--each type of content has to have a MIME type set up for it.
Yep, got all that-- thanks for the info! Still wondering tho-- here's what I want to do:
If I publish a project that includes videos (they've been converted to mp4 via the video editor etc) as a web version stand alone-- and I then want to take that file and distribute it as a stand alone (ie. client can get the zipped file, extract it and run it on their own desktop)-- will the videos embedded in the project play? i used to be able to do this in articulate but they (the vids) don't seem to work in Storyline now
Hey, Bud! At that point, I guess it would depend on the browser being used and if it supports showing of MP4 videos. Most new ones should . . . I think.
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Hi, Bud!
The majority of videos in Storyline get converted to MP4. Here's more on that: http://www.articulate.com/support/kb_article.php?product=st1&id=es3kzctg3aoq
If the content is going to be served from a web server (probably the preferred method), then the server has to support sending out content with a MP4 extension. A MIME type for MP4 does that.
A web server won't serve just any content--each type of content has to have a MIME type set up for it.
A lot of web servers come with a lot of the MIME types for web content already set up. Sometimes, however, a web server may not have a MIME time for MP4 videos. Then it just needs one added: http://www.articulate.com/support/kb_article.php?product=ap9&id=w9bvqxxido6t
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Hi Gerry-
Yep, got all that-- thanks for the info! Still wondering tho-- here's what I want to do:
If I publish a project that includes videos (they've been converted to mp4 via the video editor etc) as a web version stand alone-- and I then want to take that file and distribute it as a stand alone (ie. client can get the zipped file, extract it and run it on their own desktop)-- will the videos embedded in the project play? i used to be able to do this in articulate but they (the vids) don't seem to work in Storyline now
Hey, Bud! At that point, I guess it would depend on the browser being used and if it supports showing of MP4 videos. Most new ones should . . . I think.
you sorted it for me Gerry-- I was using Chrome which did NOT support the videos playing! Thanks for directing me to the solution! : )
Good work, Bud!
Good luck on your project.
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