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Course File Size - How big is too Big
Folks,
I have a questions that I have not found the answer to. How big of a .story or produced course is too big. I want to create all encompassing training that would probably exceed 200MB with video's and other bits (if this would work ok). I'm finding that the software is a bit sluggish after about a 80MB .story file size (running a dual quad core w/ 8MB RAM). Will my course "break" when used if I exceed some magic file size?
I'd rather place video's in the course and not host them on YouTube or something like that. Imbedding the video's adds a lot of volume to the course, but is this ok?
Thanks in advance for any assistance you can offer.
I have a course that is 1.3GB due to multiple videos. I have not even added audio yet. This scares me. It takes about 20-30 minutes to publish as it is. It is definitely not fun to publish multiple times at that size. I am working on saving my video files at a lower quality so the publishing won't take so long. Then I will have to re-import them. Hopefully that will help. I tried publishing with the low video quality option from the publish page, but it still took just as long to publish. I just pray and hope my file does not get too big that it won't open anymore. Can this happen? I am working in Storyline 2.
Sounds like a solid plan, Mary Ann! Feel free to let us know if you need anything further. :)
Hi Mary Ann, I am just about to embark on a very large branching scenario, which the user needs to play in one go. Did you have any update on how your project progressed? What was the end file size? Did you find that Storyline coped in regards to functionality? Would love any tips you might have. Many thanks Frances
Most of the courses ended up being less than 200MB but there was one that
another coworker created that was 382MB. What I found was to include the
smallest version of videos in the best quality. Some of our videos were HD
but that was really not necessary, So I converted them to a smaller version
but with similar quality. Also, if you cut the beginning and end of a
video within Storyline, it doesn't get smaller. It stays the same size and
it only shows the part you included in the trim. It did take a while to
save the files and publish them. I would say that in my experience, keep
the files under 150MB if you can. Also, if you are uploading them to a
SharePoint site you may have a 50MB size limitation. Let me know if you
have any more questions! I'm glad to help!
Thanks for stopping in to share your insights, Mary Ann and Manjunath! I'm sure others will find that info helpful, as well. :)
Thanks so much Mary Ann and Manjunath. The link to your page, Manjunath, is incredibly useful, so many great tips. Thanks for sharing. I will have to investigate the possibility of breaking my project up into distinct sections, which will be interesting, as it is a choose your own adventure game, with complex interconnected branches! Hmm, lots to consider. Thanks again.
Most of the replies on this are several years old so I am wondering if there is any update on the file size for the latest version of Storyline 360. I am at one GB right now on a course and just found out I need to add quite a bit more content. Will I be okay or do I need to break up the course into two? Thanks for your help!
