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Cue Points & the Table of Contents
Hi,
I have a long video that was created in Camtasia and put into Storyline. I would like to create a table of contents in the player menu that allows me to jump to cue points I've set in the video (cue points added to the timeline in Storyline). Is it possible to do that? I tried building a trigger that jumps the user to a specific cue point, but I don't see the option for when a user clicks on a TOC/Menu item.
Other than splitting the video up into different slides, is there a way to do that?
Thanks in advance for any information!
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Currently, the only viable option seems to be splitting the video across multiple slides, unless you're using a custom-built menu that allows you to define clickable points that jump to specific cue points on the timeline.
The built-in Storyline menu is primarily designed to navigate between slides, not to jump to specific points within a single video. You can’t have more tab links in the built-in menu than there are slides in your project.
If I were you, I’d look into creating a custom built-in menu using JavaScript that doesn’t interfere with the timeline but allows you to jump to specific points in the video when each tab in the custom-built menu is clicked. Alternatively, if you prefer to avoid JavaScript, you could try setting up triggers to jump to different cue points on the timeline using Storyline’s built-in features.A workaround could be to use variables to seek to cue points:
- Create a Number Variable: jumpToTime (Default: 0)
- Create Triggers on Slide Start or with a Button: Jump to time when variable changes
Example: “Jump to time in media Video1 when jumpToTime changes.”
3. Use Buttons to Set jumpToTime: Add a trigger to set the variable to the seconds where your cue point is. Example: Set jumpToTime = 45 (for 00:45)
4. Trigger to Jump: Trigger: “Seek to time jumpToTime in video Video1 when jumpToTime changes
You should also make a dummy variable change trigger or media completion to re-enable the variable change if reselecting same point.
With a lightbox slide or a slide layer for your TOC it could look quite cool. You can then add button states to show progress eg visited etc.
I was really hoping to utilize the existing TOC but I get it. This is a really cool idea! Thanks for sharing, it may be my only way to go so I don't have to split up the existing MP4.
Thanks again!
