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- MarkKirby-c9f94Community Member
Hi there my blurry and bleary-eyed heroes,
Can someone tell me what determines whether my video when inserted will have the compression control selectable (to None) vs grayed out to Automatic? The automatic setting makes the video blurry. I cannot figure out why some video seems to be controllable and some is not.
- MarkKirby-c9f94Community Member
I typically screen capture using Camtasia, and export using its built in highest res (1080 I think) MP4 output. Generally this works (lets me select None in compression after adding the video), but sometimes it doesn't and it comes in with grayed out Automatic in compression. Needless to say, this is driving me potty.
- JustinStaff
Hi, Mark.
Storyline supports uncompressed MP4 videos in published output. This applies to the three most common MP4 profiles: baseline, main, and high.
If the Compression property is grayed out, it means your video was created with a different profile or it has been edited with Storyline's built-in video editor.
- MarkKirby-c9f94Community Member
Hi Justin,
So if I touch the video inside Storyline (with its video editor), then I will be condemned to Automatic?
- MarkKirby-c9f94Community Member
This does not seem to work even though it is H264 "baseline"?
- LucasWolf-bc14bCommunity Member
Hey Mark, I know what you are talking about. Justin is not really correct. I worked with Videos a lot in WBTs and it has a buggy behavior sometimes. You need to delete the Video (altough you didnt touch it with the storyline edit tools), save the project file and then reupload the video again on the slide. Atleast for me it worked.
- MarkKirby-c9f94Community Member
Hi Lucas
What you are suggesting seems to be much more what I have observed. I'll see if this "fixes" the issue. I tried deleting and inserting something else, but didn't try deleting, saving, and reinserting....Thanks for the suggestion.
- DiarmaidCollinsCommunity Member
This would be hilarious if it wasn't so damned tragic. It is so quintessentially Articulate...
- MarkKirby-c9f94Community Member
Hi Diarmaid
Have you tested the new release? I'm just publishing my work and too nervous to switch and find other things are broken. You did some great analysis earlier this year and just wondering if this is (as SR-71 designer Kelly Johnson would have said) a problem killed or if it's just wounded....? Obviously we switch to Monty Python for the latter, "come back, I'll bite your ankles"
- DiarmaidCollinsCommunity Member
Oh, gosh no! I NEVER update to a new release. I am always 2 versions behind because I learned my lesson a while back - Articulate roll out new features and attempt to fix bugs but ALWAYS break something else.
I am more Brave Sir Robin than the Black Knight. If someone more adventurous and braver than us could report back that would be welcome! :)- MarkKirby-c9f94Community Member
Thanks - I don't feel so bad now! I will test it in a few weeks once I have my material safely uploaded to server etc and working.
- JohnFanelyCommunity Member
Now once the brave soul (whomever that may be) verifies ALL issues have been fixed, and we start screaming: "A Witch! She's a Witch!" please do not be alarmed or offended.
Tis merely the reaction of happy nerds expressing that the impossible has finally been made possible! (Insert tongue in cheek)
- MarkKirby-c9f94Community Member
You guys crack me up. Somehow the era of Monty Python was a gentler time than the one we now live in.