I have issues with load times for many of my courses, and am working to isolate the issue.
I believe one potential culprit to be videos. I'm wondering if there is a recommended method for delivering video content in Storyline to minimize load times.
Hi, Adam -- My apologies if this is not what you have in mind, but you might want to take a look at this thread, as well as the discussions here and here. And perhaps others in the community will be able to share their input, as well. :)
Hi, Adam -- Thanks so much for the clarification, and I am not aware of clear benefits to using one method over the other to reduce load times, so I will need to defer to the community to chime in with their ideas to assist you further.
We were originally embedding videos directly in our courses, but then found out our LMS could not handle serving the video data. We ended up embedding videos from the Wistia video hosting service. This worked out well as the embedded Wistia player handles all of the data-loading of the video. Vimeo would work in a similar way.
Be aware that there are some caveats with inserting videos in this way. You might have to work with the video service's javascript API if you need to get the timing of the video, or detect when the video ends, etc.
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Hi, Adam -- My apologies if this is not what you have in mind, but you might want to take a look at this thread, as well as the discussions here and here. And perhaps others in the community will be able to share their input, as well. :)
Hi Christie -- I had found those threads after posting this question, and while they're certainly useful, they don't answer my initial question.
Are load times impacted by the method used to house mp4 content in a Story?
Hi, Adam -- Thanks so much for the clarification, and I am not aware of clear benefits to using one method over the other to reduce load times, so I will need to defer to the community to chime in with their ideas to assist you further.
Adam,
We were originally embedding videos directly in our courses, but then found out our LMS could not handle serving the video data. We ended up embedding videos from the Wistia video hosting service. This worked out well as the embedded Wistia player handles all of the data-loading of the video. Vimeo would work in a similar way.
Be aware that there are some caveats with inserting videos in this way. You might have to work with the video service's javascript API if you need to get the timing of the video, or detect when the video ends, etc.
Thanks,
Mike
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