Does anyone know how to get Rise 360 to stop processing videos? I ask because our MP4 videos are encoded so we have the best quality for the least size possible and every time Rise 360 re-encodes them and the size increases dramatically which isn't good at all for us as some of our SCORM packages become too large for uploading in our LMS
If you'd like an image to keep its specific file format and not undergo compression, you can opt-out of image optimization on a case-by-case basis. Just add _NOPROCESS_ to the name of your image file. It'll upload and display exactly as you saved it. Keep in mind that file size limits still apply.
A file named car.png would become car_NOPROCESS_.png.
Rise 360 compresses videos so they have smaller file sizes while maintaining quality, and there isn't a way to prevent that compression process from within Rise. Thank you for letting us know you need that option!
Our videos are already encoded in such a way that the size is very small while keeping an excellent quality, and unfortunately Rise 360's compression is actually making them a lot bigger, between 20% and 60% as far as we can tell, which is really an inflation :)
Thanks for sharing that, Xavier. Do you see any loss of quality in your videos in Rise because of the compression? If so, will you be able to send us a copy of your files? We'd love to take a look at your files to see what's happening. If you want to share your files privately, you can use this form, and one of our customer support engineers will work with you directly on your issue!
I uploaded one of our video files and a SCORM package created from that video file, you will see the file balloons from 6,266Kb to 14,159Kb, which is in this case a 125.9% increase in size.
A workaround we have used in the past is to replace the videos in the .zip file with the original ones. However, since this is not so practical in the long run, we now embed the videos via Vimeo.
Exactly, you can simply paste the Vimeo link into the Embed-Block. However, I would recommend looking into the security options of Vimeo, so the videos are not listed in Vimeo itself.
This really stinks because my courses are created with many videos. We need a way to stop this lossy compression. Let's make it happen please. Vimeo is okay but this would be better.
More often the Rise vid compression works great, but I too have seen some of our compressed vids end up being bigger in the Rise package. This is after I've taken them through premier/media encoder. Embedding/sourcing vids from another content directory will allow the user to skip watching them, and given they are often learning objects, its not ideal. If there could be an option in future to control some of the compression - ie, optimise, or not, or specify the delivery platform.
It's gone the other way now. videos used to all be converted to 720p 30fps and a medium-ish bitrate that gave better results if you fed it high bitrate input (but caused headaches for users who already had highly optimised videos). Now the SCORM files are significantly larger, as the videos are output at 1080p 30fps but at much higher bitrates too. Our modules have gone from being 20-30MB each to 100-200MB each!
Pro Tip: If you'd like a video to keep its specific file format and not undergo compression, you can opt-out of optimization on a case-by-case basis. Just add _NOPROCESS_ to the name of your video file. It'll upload and display exactly as you saved it. Keep in mind, using this method bypasses transcoding and compression, so learners may encounter issues with playback across different devices. File size limits still apply.
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Hi,
If you'd like an image to keep its specific file format and not undergo compression, you can opt-out of image optimization on a case-by-case basis. Just add _NOPROCESS_ to the name of your image file. It'll upload and display exactly as you saved it. Keep in mind that file size limits still apply.
A file named car.png would become car_NOPROCESS_.png.
https://articulate.com/support/article/Best-Practices-for-Images-Videos-and-Audio-in-Rise-Courses
Karl, thank you for taking the time to answer, but my question is about videos, not images. The _NOPROCESS_ trick does not work for videos
Hi Xavier,
Rise 360 compresses videos so they have smaller file sizes while maintaining quality, and there isn't a way to prevent that compression process from within Rise. Thank you for letting us know you need that option!
Hi Alyssa, Thank you for your reply.
Our videos are already encoded in such a way that the size is very small while keeping an excellent quality, and unfortunately Rise 360's compression is actually making them a lot bigger, between 20% and 60% as far as we can tell, which is really an inflation :)
Regards
Thanks for sharing that, Xavier. Do you see any loss of quality in your videos in Rise because of the compression? If so, will you be able to send us a copy of your files? We'd love to take a look at your files to see what's happening. If you want to share your files privately, you can use this form, and one of our customer support engineers will work with you directly on your issue!
Hi Lea, Thank you for the reply.
I have opened a ticket, the number is 02660676.
I uploaded one of our video files and a SCORM package created from that video file, you will see the file balloons from 6,266Kb to 14,159Kb, which is in this case a 125.9% increase in size.
Regards
A workaround we have used in the past is to replace the videos in the .zip file with the original ones. However, since this is not so practical in the long run, we now embed the videos via Vimeo.
Hi Maik, Thanks for the information.
Indeed it would not be practical to replace the videos in zip file, but I like your thinking :)
To embed videos via Vimeo, do you use the "Embed" block and give it the Vimeo URL? Sorry for asking but I have never used the "Embed" block before
Regards
Exactly, you can simply paste the Vimeo link into the Embed-Block. However, I would recommend looking into the security options of Vimeo, so the videos are not listed in Vimeo itself.
Regards
Thank you Maik
This really stinks because my courses are created with many videos. We need a way to stop this lossy compression. Let's make it happen please. Vimeo is okay but this would be better.
More often the Rise vid compression works great, but I too have seen some of our compressed vids end up being bigger in the Rise package. This is after I've taken them through premier/media encoder.
Embedding/sourcing vids from another content directory will allow the user to skip watching them, and given they are often learning objects, its not ideal.
If there could be an option in future to control some of the compression - ie, optimise, or not, or specify the delivery platform.
Sorry Alyssa, but this is not true. My original MP4 1080p videos become barely better than a 720p video.
Is there any update on this? It's kind of an unacceptable issue.
It's gone the other way now. videos used to all be converted to 720p 30fps and a medium-ish bitrate that gave better results if you fed it high bitrate input (but caused headaches for users who already had highly optimised videos). Now the SCORM files are significantly larger, as the videos are output at 1080p 30fps but at much higher bitrates too. Our modules have gone from being 20-30MB each to 100-200MB each!
Hi Nigel,
This may help:
Source: https://access.articulate.com/support/article/Best-Practices-for-Images-Videos-and-Audio-in-Rise-Courses#videos