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Full screen video content
Hi everyone,
I was wondering about having the option/capability to watch a video on full screen.
For example: place a video file into the presentation, and while watching it, have the option to ...
I'm struggling with a related issue...even if users are unable to play a video in full screen in Storyline, I can't figure out how to make the video fill the full frame of the Storyline player. I've read the tutorials and threads here and made the recommended adjustments, but I still get a relatively small video on a relatively large slide in Storyline's modern player. Please see attached; I want the video to fill the black areas that I've scribbled over in red. My current settings are:
Story size: 1000x750px
Player: resize browser to fit screen (although the issue is the same regardless of this setting)
On the slide with the video file (also attached as a screenshot): The video size is 1000px wide, which is 52% scale of the original size of 1920px. I would think that that would fill the slide but it still displays with all the gray area around it, as a small video in a large browser.
Any tips of simply creating a Storyline file with a video that fills its slide size? I can restart this project easily at this stage, but I want to get it right before adding all the videos.
TIA!
Hey there, Ben. Thanks for sharing those details and the screenshot. From what you're describing, it looks like the Storyline player is doing what it's designed to do - scale to fill the available window without stretching or skewing your slide content. Here's what I mean:
The green rectangle is the total slide area. The aspect ratio of your slide won't change no matter how the player readjusts to the available screen space.
- Here I'm pointing out some space left on the slide around the video. While the video is 1000 pixels wide, virtually the same width at the slide size, it isn't as tall as the slide. The video won't stretch to fill the slide.
- Here is some space around the slide in the player. The slide will fill the player area until it cannot expand any further. The height of the slide has reached the maximum for the player space. The player won't stretch the slide's width because it would cause distortion.
If your videos are all the same size, I would tailor your slide dimensions according to the video dimensions. That would ensure that the video gets maximum space in the slide, and therefore in the player! Let me know if you have any other questions.
