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Disable Fast Forward Feature on Video
Hi,
I would like to disable the fast forward feature in the video player, essentially forcing the audience to sit through the video. How can I do this while still keeping the pause and volume buttons?
Thank you.
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Hello Nikke, and welcome to E-Learning Heroes. 😊
We have a feature via the conditional seekbar in Storyline 360 to prevent learners from skipping ahead until they've completed a slide. The seekbar is locked the first time learners view the slide. After that, they can drag the seekbar back and forth.
Leslie, if your team can build this feature out more to allow videos hosted on Vimeo or YouTube, that would be THE BEST.
Thank you!
Hi Leslie, can the seekbar be viewed on when users are on an iphone?
Hi Leslie, is there any news about the possibility to lock the seekbar the first time a user watch a video (Vimeo embedded)?
Thank you in advance
Bumping this thread as it appears to be the most recent, to see if anyone has yet to accomplish this apparently unobtainable goal of allowing a user to move backwards within the video but not forward or if this updated feature is on any type of timeline for resolution.
Hi Abi, and welcome to E-Learning Heroes. 😊
I see where you reached out with a question here as well. I'd like to understand what you want to accomplish vs. what you are experiencing with your project.
Can you share a bit more about what you mean by "can the seekbar be viewed on when users are on an iPhone?"
- You should see a seekbar when viewing on a mobile device if included in your player settings.
I want to look at your project file to investigate what's happening with your permission. You can share it publicly here or send it to me privately by uploading it here. I'll delete it when troubleshooting is complete.
Hi Marco,
I'm happy to chime in! I'd like to reference this reply from a similar post:
Since the video is embedded, you won't be able to restrict the controls through Storyline.
If the video auto-plays when the user visits the slide, then you can add a hotspot over the web object for the duration of the slide so that the controls cannot be accessed, but then the user will not be able to replay the video if desired.
Let me know if that helps!
hi, adding to this thread as it appears there is still no feature to allow users to rewind but not fast forward through a video.
Hi, also adding my vote for a feature like this. I really would like to be able to adjust the video player in Storyline 360. I don't want the picture-in-picture functionality for every video, neither do I want to fast forward functionality for some really important videos. As developers we really need more control over the video player in Storyline.
Hello, Melvin - We don't want the PiP either, for 508 accessibility reasons. Whether this is a glitch or not, I found that if I set the video options to When triggered with no video controls, the user cannot move forward or backward in the video using the seeker bar. I use screen overlays to prevent clicking until selected, but keyboard users can bypass this and start the video without a trigger. We need to be able to have more control for videos for sure!
