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davelees
Community Member
9 years ago

Video with transparent background in Storyline 360

Hi guys, Just wondering if anyone has had any luck getting a video clip with a transparent background into Storyline 360 and if so, what format did you use so that 360 maintains the transparency. ...
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SebastianFeder
Community Member
4 years ago

same here...would be great to use transparency in videos

 

  • Jürgen_Schoene_'s avatar
    Jürgen_Schoene_
    Community Member
    4 years ago

    mp4 (h264) the main video format in storyline

    no browser supports mp4 (h264) with transparency

    current support of transparent video - as far as I know
     - Chrome, Firefox: VP9 (free codec)
     - iOS* / Safari: H265 (HEVC) (not free)

    H265 (HEVC) license is not clear for commercial software projects

    the lawyers from articulate would have to deal with the HEVC licensors

    https://accessadvance.com/hevc-advance-patent-pool-licensors/

    so storyline has to rewrite the whole video engine and pay some/much money to the licensors due to iOS only for the feature video transparency

    i do not have hope

    Jürgen

    * all browsers on iOS have to use the Safari-Web-Engine (WebKit)