You can set a trigger to link out to the video URL if that's what you want to do. If you want the video embedded inside your file then you need to copy the video embed link and paste it into the dialog box that shows up using this menu option:
Thank you both, these are helpful suggestions. However, no matter what I try, when the video "starts" there is another start button in the middle of the image -- so I'd have to click two times. Once to link the image to the video, and another time to actually start the video. I've tried a lot of combinations of triggers, layers etc to start the video automatically but nothing seems to work. I suspect this start icon is coming from Vimeo and they don't have an option to not show it.
Thanks Michael, I was just looking on Vimeo when your embed code came in. Works great, just what I needed.
I wish I could control the look of Vimeo's player bar. If I turn it off I get a pause button in the middle of the video image where there's usually a title, and if I turn it on, I eliminate the center pause button, but the bar itself is larger than I'd like.
But anyway, thanks for your help. I am really just beginning my foray into Storyline and inserting videos the way my client likes them was particularly challenging on a Friday night!
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You could set a trigger so that when the image is clicked a layer is displayed, which in turn shows the embedded video.
You can set a trigger to link out to the video URL if that's what you want to do. If you want the video embedded inside your file then you need to copy the video embed link and paste it into the dialog box that shows up using this menu option:
Insert > Video > Insert Video from Website
Thank you both, these are helpful suggestions. However, no matter what I try, when the video "starts" there is another start button in the middle of the image -- so I'd have to click two times. Once to link the image to the video, and another time to actually start the video. I've tried a lot of combinations of triggers, layers etc to start the video automatically but nothing seems to work. I suspect this start icon is coming from Vimeo and they don't have an option to not show it.
Any other ideas?
I haven't tried this myself yet, but it looks like the embed code for Vimeo videos includes an option for Autoplay, see here.
I just did a quick test with this embed code here:
"<iframe src="https://player.vimeo.com/video/25943947?autoplay=1&byline=0&portrait=0" width="640" height="360" frameborder="0" webkitallowfullscreen="" mozallowfullscreen="" allowfullscreen=""></iframe>"
and the video plays automatically.
Thanks Michael, I was just looking on Vimeo when your embed code came in. Works great, just what I needed.
I wish I could control the look of Vimeo's player bar. If I turn it off I get a pause button in the middle of the video image where there's usually a title, and if I turn it on, I eliminate the center pause button, but the bar itself is larger than I'd like.
But anyway, thanks for your help. I am really just beginning my foray into Storyline and inserting videos the way my client likes them was particularly challenging on a Friday night!
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