taking video and file size
Nov 12, 2015
Hi, I want to use video in elearning courses. I've used my smartphone to take some work related videos to build a course, (the same would apply using my digital camera) and the files are huge, for example a 2.5 min video is over 300mg. I have used a video converter to MP4 (with some loss of quality) and it's now 27mb. A big reduction but still pretty large and if I add others then the course will still be way too big.
Any tips on taking video and using it - from a technical point of view - so the video and subsequently the course, become manageable. I know articulate Storyline will probably compress the published file more, but then there may be more loss of quality; and maybe still a large file. Obviously the smaller the video file to start with the better; but I'm struggling with that bit.
Thanks
2 Replies
Storyline does an amazing job compressing the MP4 file, and has quality settings in the Publish settings window. Adjust these in accordance to how your course performs and how it's accessed. On wifi, for me -- higher quality = longer downloads
Create multiple experiments and adjust settings as needed. Good luck and enjoy Storyline! - Ryan D.
As Ryan pointed out, Storyline does a fine job of "automatic" compression.
However some folks like more control of how the video files are compressed as there are three factors to consider.... resolution, frame rate, and bit rate. Here is another thread that talks about it a bit. Hopefully something helpful there for you.
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