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Closed Captions Editor not Loading
Is anyone having issues with the Closed Captions editor not loading the VTT file? I have a course i've built for a client and each slide has an audio file embedded into it. All of these audio files have closed captions added and it's been working just fine. Suddenly I cannot edit my captions. I select any slide and select the audio file and press the Edit Captions button. the captions editor loads but I get a constant three dots loading and get nothing to load. I can leave it for an hour but nothing will ever load. I'm not a new user and have been building courses for a long time and have never had this issue in the past.
I've attached a screen shot of what i'm seeing. Anyone have any ideas? I'm using the latest build of SL360.
- rooseveltellisCommunity Member
Hello I'm not able to edit caption in Articulate 360. It says failed to start. This happened all at once 2 weeks ago. any suggestions?
- GrahamCohen-3b1Community Member
Sorry you are getting this. I had this issue a few years back and after a lot of trial and error it was determined that my .net framework and Visual C++ runtime engine needed to be reinstalled. This can be a common occurrence if you have applied an update recently or installed other apps that might have placed a different version on your PC. You can try doing a repair to your Storyline installation to see if that fixes it. Give that a try and post back and let us know how you made out.
- rooseveltellisCommunity Member
Thank you for the suggestions. I will try them and get back to you. :)
- GrahamCohen-3b1Community Member
I wanted to report back on this thread as I have now got this issue resolved for me. Special shout out to Wil and John at tech support for all of their help on this one. After many late nights and a few tech calls with Wil, it was determined that you need to update your Visual c++ 2012-2022 redistributable (x64). Below are the instructions given to me which fixed this problem.
1) Uninstall "Visual C++ 2015-2022 redistributable (x86)" and "Visual C++ 2015-2022 redistributable (x64)".
2) Install the latest version of both x86 and x64 versions from this Microsoft site:
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/cpp/windows/latest-supported-vc-redist?view=msvc-170<https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/cpp/windows/latest-supported-vc-redist?view=msvc-170>
These are the links included in that page:
https://aka.ms/vs/17/release/vc_redist.x86.exe<https://aka.ms/vs/17/release/vc_redist.x86.exe>
https://aka.ms/vs/17/release/vc_redist.x64.exe<https://aka.ms/vs/17/release/vc_redist.x64.exe>
Make sure to run the installers as admin by doing a right click > run as administrator on the EXE files (instead of just double-clicking on them).
3) Restart Windows.
4) Launch Storyline as admin by going to the following folder: C:\Program Files (x86)\Articulate\360\Storyline\
Right-click on storyline.exe and choose "run as administrator"I hope this helps those having this same issue.
all the best.
Graham
Hi Carl,
Thanks for reaching out and detailing what you're experiencing. I've opened a support case on your behalf so we can investigate further. You'll be hearing from one of our Support Engineers soon via email!
- CarlNeeleyCommunity Member
I have been having issues with this as well. Did a fresh install, made sure that I'm working off my hard drive rather than the cloud and it still isn't working. I saw that Graham Cohen was able to emulate Windows 10. I am checking compatibility settings and I'm only able to select windows 8 which does not help at all. Has there been any update on this as this issue was reported 3 months ago and it still has not been fixed with new firmware.
- Articulate-TeamCommunity Member
Hi all, actually, I'm working on Windows 10. I will try what Eric suggested over the weekend and if that doesn't work, we will get in touch next week.
Hi Articulate-Team,
Thank you! Please let us know your results; we're happy to help!
Hi Articulate-Team,
I'm happy to help troubleshoot. We can start by checking if you're working on your local drive; working on a network drive can cause erratic behavior. If the problem still happens, try running these steps to repair Storyline.
If the steps above don't improve things, could you connect with us in a case so we can determine what's happening? We'll reach out soon after we hear from you!
- GrahamCohenCommunity Member
Hi Eric.
This has already been escalated to a ticket. We discovered it’s a combination of windows 11 and the video drivers for my system. We were able to replicate on another system with a similar setup. Changing the executable to start under a windows 10 emulation fixed the issue.
Graham
Sent from my iPhone. Please excuse any typos. Thank you.
- GrahamCohen-3b1Community Member
Just a quick note. Changing the compatibility mode DOES NOT fix this. See my final fix below later in this thread.
- Articulate-TeamCommunity Member
I'm having the same issue. Is there a workaround to fix it?
- VLSBztwoCommunity Member
Thanks, Luciana!
Hello VLS,
Thanks so much for reaching out! Sorry to hear you're running into this issue.
I've created a support case on your behalf. One of our talented Support Engineers will be in touch shortly via email to take a closer look at your file.
We'll continue the conversation over in your support case.
Have a nice start to your week!
- VLSBztwoCommunity Member
Including our Instructional Designer for future responses.
Catherine Schramm
Thank you,
Visual Learning Solutions
- VLSBztwoCommunity Member
I am experiencing this same problem. I just installed the most recent update, but it was happening even before that. Any solution? I imported an .SRT file, and the captions appear when I play the video but I can't edit them.