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Storyline preload handling
I have a series of mp4 videos at the beginning of every slide as an intro (plays automatically ), each of which is around 1 MB big and 5 seconds long. My questions are:
1, if this video hasn't been fully loaded, will the timeline of storyline continue regardless?
2, while the user is viewing the 1 first slide, will all the videos in the following slide preload?
3, is video streaming supported in Storyline?
4, if possible, please explain in more detail how the preloading is handled in storyline.
Thanks a million.
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Hi, Any feedback on Simon and David's query above as to whether Storyline can be set to load one slide at a time?
I just noticesd I overlooked Sushil's question.
Actually, the method we're discussing only solves SWF preloading into SL problem (that is heavy SWF animations you imported in SL).
You just add some Actionscript in the SWF movie that will tell SL that it's fully loaded (stateFromFlash variable value will be "flash_loaded")and then you make the "please wait" message disappear in SL with a trigger that watches variable changes.
Sorry Tharishia, that won't help you much...
Hi, I am looking for a way to insert the preloader to my slide that contain the swf file. I am not able to do the preloader with the steps mentioned.
I am new to Articulate. Appreciate if someone can provide step by step or sample file for me to refer to.
Many thanks.
Hi Tharishia! I do not have an update to the feature requests mentioned above, you can check any updates for Storyline here, but we do not pre-release information about features/updates.
Hi Chee,
• Define stateFromFlash as text variable in SL
• Add this code to your first frame in Flash :
import flash.external.ExternalInterface;
ExternalInterface.call('GetPlayer().SetVar','stateFromFlash',"flash_loaded");• Add a "Please wait" text box in Storyline and stick this trigger to it :
Should work... Let us know!
Hi, Chee -- I see that Pierre has replied to assist you, but I wanted to stop in to note in case you weren't aware that unfortunately, we are not able to provide support for any JS coding. You may have already come across it, but I wanted to be sure to share our JS Best Practices sheet, as well. And finally, welcome to the community! :)
Hello
Is there some news about preloaded for SWF files ?
I have the same problem for synchronise SWF (Video) and contents
Thx
Hey Stephane,
It seems Storyline will only preload SWF files when they are inserted as movies (i.e. Insert > Video > Video from File). If you add them as a Flash object, they will only load when the slide is viewed.
An issue with this solution is that Storyline will then treat the SWF like a video, and will allow the animation to be paused by the user when clicked. If you don't want this to happen, place a shape over the animation and set the transparency to 100%.
Cheers, Lloyd
Hi Stephane!
Articulate Storyline preloads published content in a specific order to make playback of your courses as smooth as possible. See this article for details.Hi Gouri!
The response from James is a bit dated. If you do not hear back from him soon, I would recommend contacting him via the 'Contact Me' option on his user profile.
Thank you Leslie McKerchie for your quick reply!! :-)
Hi Gouri! Not sure if you meant to send that second response privately to James, but it posted here in the forums. Click the user name to go to the profile, then click 'Contact Me' :)
Thanks Lloyd for popping into this older discussion, it's much appreciated!
