I’d like to make a video loop in Captivate 2019. I’ve seen the answers for previous versions but can’t seem to make it loop for Captivate 2019 on a Mac.
I’d like to make a video loop in Captivate 2019. I’ve seen the answers for previous versions but can’t seem to make it loop for Captivate 2019 on a Mac.
What happened on this? Any reflections after a year?
I was working on this very thing last week. Here is how I was able to get it working:
For simplicity sake I named this slide “myvideo”. I added a slide video and ensured “modify slide duration to accommodate video” was selected. On this slide, I added an Advance action to “On Exit”. The action I used was Jump to Slide “myvideo”.
Basically, when the video reaches the end the On Exit action jump to the slide beginning causing it to replay the slide. I added a fade to black at the end and beginning of the video to make the playback seamless.
This is one of the workflows I had in mind, but is only functional if slide video is used. One tip: be careful with actions On Exit, because that event is not really to be trusted. This may be one of the exceptions provided no interactive object is on the slide. For a synchronized video replaying the slide is sufficient. You do not even need to use the exact name of the slide, this general advanced action will do the trick as well:
Expression cpCmndGotoSlide = cpInfoCurrentSlide – 1
This action is taken from a recent blog about Replay and Reset, which you can also find in this portal:
So you have to turn the video into a button, right? otherwise you can’t create an advanced action from what I understand.
Sorry, I didn’t see my reply posted.
Just to confirm, so I have to make the video a button in order to gain action to advanced actions, right?
Not at all. You attach that advanced action to the On Exit event of the slide, not to a button. Captivate has slide events and events linked to interactive objects. In this case you use the Slide event ‘On Exit’.
Which ‘previous’ answers are you talking about, because not much has changed for this topic? Which type of video: event video or slide video? For Slide video, which synchronized with Captivate’s Timeline there are several possibilities, but want first to get an answer to my questions.
Hi Lieve,
I have a question regarding event videos. I have an event video as a state and narration that speaks on the state. Is it possible to get the event video to loop for the length of the narration?
Only event video is possible in a state. You cannot have any interactive object in a state, which means you do not have any event to capture the end of the narration.
It may be possible with JS, but will leave that to the JS experts.
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