Implementation of huge video files / possibilities for embedding videos
Dear all,
I'm working on a project where I have to implement some huge video files (from 1.8 - 3.8GB each file!).
Due to the fact that nearly no LMS is able to deal with such huge SCORM files I tried to reduce the video file size by decreasing the resolution from 1920x1080 to 1280x720 which helped a little but the files are still nearly 1-2GB. Unfortunatelly it's not possible to compress them more because the videos must have a very good resolution to see / recongnize detailed informations within the video for the e-learning.
So I tried to embed the videos via our SharePoint page but here I face a new problem: After exporting the e-learning as a SCORM, I always need to log in into Microsoft because I can not share the video with everybody outside of our office SharePoint due to safety reasons. This seems to be something I can not handle.
So I tried to store the video on YouTube (even this is a worst case scenario, because of data privacy regulations).
But some general questions about the interaction possibilities of Storyline with embedded videos:
- is it possible to control embedded videos? The user should be allowed to rewind but not fast forward the video.
- is there a possibility to set triggers / cue points on embedded video objects? I need to pause the embedded video 5 times, then a question should pop up (so within a 25min video there are 5 questions in between). If the user answered it correctly the video should proceed, otherwise the user should start from the beginning / or after the last correct answer. I tried it this case with an YT video but the video didn’t stop in the background, the timeline of the video slide paused when the question (implemented as a layer) popped up. On the other hand: if I pause the embedded video by clicking the timeline on the slide proceeded and everything was messed up.
- Is it possible to include only a part of an embedded video? E.g. from the start to minute 5, on the next slide there will be the video part from min 5 to min 10 and so on?
In general: how are you dealing big video files within Storyline when compression is no option?
Thanks a lot for your answer!