Video quality

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Hey Everyone, I was facing a similar issue with video compression. There is another way to get higher quality video outside of just exporting/publishing the video with all export settings on max.

The export video settings in presenter will probably get better with time but for now there is another way to get that crisp video we need.

Here is how: Use the video you wish to have in your course, and do a regular publish. Then there after open the published files folder, there is a folder inside the course called story_content or similar, it should contain all of the exported content, look for the videos that presenter compressed, take the original video and copy and paste it into the folder, now rename the video you just copied to the name that the presenter exporter automatically renamed your video when presenter exported it and compressed it, you need to do this because by this name the video files are referenced and are called to play in the presentation. So now if you run the course or refresh you will see the new crisp version of your video playing in your presentation. The thing to remember though is that the video should be compressed in such a way that you don't loose quality, yet the file size is not so large that it takes a long time to stream. Keep in mind who your audience is and what type of connection they are using to view the course and the time it might take to load.

Hope this helps, and if anyone needs help I can be reached at dnyakana@hotmail.com and I also build e learning courses, create storyboards, design and develop e-learning websites including lms to help delivery of courses, talented graphic designer, video & audio editor and much more. I can also be reached via skype at daniel.nyakana and would love to assist anyone with questions, or show you some of my work. 

P:S: after writing all this I just read Mikes solution :) 

Cheers, 

Daniel

I've always struggled with the video quality after I render. I ended up just trying a bunch of different high quality settings until I found the right file size/quality ratio I wanted.

Thank you for these ideas! I want to try this out but need a little clarification first.

We end up with 2 folders after publishing. The first is the folder you get automatically after publishing for LMS or web that contains the Storyline_Content. The second comes from choosing to get the zip version by clicking the button, "Zip" when the window pops up after publishing completes.

We upload the zipped version to our LMS (Trivantis' Course Mill). So, do I need to unzip this file, then go in and replace the mp4 video with the better video output that has not been touched by Storyline compression, then re-zip the folder? Do I need to compress the better video output with a 3rd party compression program before placing it into the unzipped folder, then re-zip the whole folder again? Do I even unzip the file in the first place, or just place the better video output and rename?

I appreciate any clarification as I don't have a lot of experience with dealing with the finickier points of file compression/behavior. Maybe someone has a good resource I could use to learn more?

(1. Unzip SL output folder>place better video output>rename better video output to match>delete SL compressed version of video> re-zip entire folder VS. 2. Unzip SL output folder>place compressed but hopefully superior video output>rename better video output to match>delete SL compressed version of video> re-zip entire folder VS. 3. Open zipped file (don't unzip)>place compressed but hopefully superior video output>rename better video output to match>delete SL compressed version of video)?