Camtasia MP4 Export to Rise
Oct 03, 2017
Hi Guys,
I've had a look through a few of the forums but am still struggling with this. I'm using Camtasia Recorder to record my screen using Widescreen (16:9) 1080p HD (1920 x 1080) screen size. I produce it using the same dimensions through Camtasia Studio. With the production, I go through Custom Production Settings, select MP4 - Smart Player, and set the video settings to max on quality. When I playback the MP4 video, the quality looks great for what I need. However when I upload the MP4 video in to Rise (through Blocks - Video) the quality is no where near as good - I'm guessing with the compression. Is there a different way I can do this to get better quality videos in Rise?
Thanks,
Beck
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I have a question related to Beck's: Ive created an interactive video in Camtasia 9. To keep the interactivity, I have to publish the video with the Camtasia HTML5 Smart Player. The result is a folder full of files. How can I publish these to Rise so that my video remains interactive? Thanks!
Hi Beck,
Without seeing the video you're using, I'd start with the Rise best practices here. If you have the video hosted somewhere have you tried embedding it in Rise using the URL/embed lesson type?
Brian,
I'm not incredibly familiar with Camtasia - do you normally upload that output to your web server and then folks can use the interactive elements? If so, you could use that same web URL in Rise.
Keep in mind, Rise uses secure
https
, so embedded content must also usehttps
to work properly. Make sure the source URL for your content starts withhttps
—assuming the website that hosts your content supports it.Let us know if you need anything else!
Partly because of the compression/quality I've gone to putting any videos that I want to include in a course on our 3rd party hosting platform (Wistia) and then using an embed to display it. This way, Wistia is in control of the presentation/quality of the video and not subject to Rise's compression.
Another advantage of going this route is that I can update the video without the need to republish the entire course should any changes be necessary. In a lot of ways, I'm just using Rise as a responsive frame to present content that I can host in other locations.
Thanks Mark, that's perfect.
Hi Beck,
Did you find a solution for this problem? Thanks
Hi Saymara,
This discussion is a bit older, so I'm not sure if Beck is still subscribed here.Did you also look at the best practices for Rise and videos already?
If you'd like to share a copy of the video file here I'm happy to test it out too.
Hi Ashley,
Thanks for your quick reply. I have tried everything, but it doesn't matter if the video is HD, when I upload it to Rise it looks with a lower quality.
Hey, Saymara! Thanks for taking a look at those best practices.
To help us dig deeper, mind sharing a video file with us? We'll take a look into what's happening with the quality and share our findings with you. Need to share it privately? No sweat, here's where. ☺️
I have the same question as Brian. We don't have an internal hosting platform, nor can I use anything external due to the confidential nature of our learning content. I want to publish the player files to make the video captions work properly (i.e. being able to toggle them on/off). Has anyone found a workable solution to this that doesn't involve managing a separate captions file, or relying on an additional hosting platform?
Hey, any update here team? Just using Rise for the first time to incorporate a Camtasia project video with CC... Like Brian's Q, their Smart Player is needed for advanced features like hotspots, quizzes, a TOC, CC... you're likely familiar but it's their HTML5 player essentially. But, something like a Scorm package, your project output folder includes not only the core MP4 but all the other files. So can this be used with Rise or no? If so, what to do - zip the project folder and import that to Rise?
If you're exporting your Camtasia project into a package or a format other than a video file, you'll want to host it externally and embed it into your lesson using an embed block type. If you don't already have a web server where you can host web output, you can check out these options: