create custom playbar with custom controls for videos inserted in captivate 2019 project and publish project to scorm
Thanks for appreciating my blog, although due to the amount of posts it is not always easy to find exactly what you are looking for. I have some summary articles in this platform having links to all posts about a specific topic. Search for Quiz Resources (needs another update), Timeline Resources and Theme Resources. Fluid Boxes are another topic which IMO should only be addressed when the basic workflows in non-responsive projects are mastered. Not everyone agrees with that viewpoint, but I have been delivering lot of trainings for Captivate (and multiple other applications).
You are indeed stuck with that ‘template’, hope it has at least a proper custom theme. You will need to insert the slide video on a slide without fluid boxes, using the workflow I described in that other blog post, taking advantage of the Position Properties. Only way AFAIK.
Lot of questions, and since you are new to Captivate it will be tough to understand my answer.
First of all: you have a ‘template’ but I hope it is a standard cptx file, not a cptl file which is pretty buggy.
Moreover if I understand correctly this is a Fluid Boxes project which makes the situation even more complicated. It is impossible to insert a slide video in a fluid box, only event videos are supported.
I have several tutorials, but not passive video for the creation of buttons. However you first need to understand how to insert slide video in a Fluid Boxes project. This blog post explains the workflow, I fear it may be rather hard to understand for a new Captivate user, but give it a try:
https://blog.lilybiri.com/fluid-boxes-and-interactive-video-position-properties-panel
Do not be confused by the title, any slide video can be an interactive video, but it is not compulsory.
Thank you for responding! I’ve actually been reading your tutorials and followed the steps in the play/pause toggle tutorial. I am new to Captivate and have been hunkered down all week learning. Your tutorials have helped me tremendously. Thank you for sharing your knowledge.
I was able to create a rewind/pause/play/mute/volume button using advanced actions, but as you mentioned above, the fluid boxes are making it complicated. The template (cptx) was designed and then handed off. I had initially built an html5 video player with custom controls thinking I could import the assets. The issue I’m running into now is the video wasn’t inserted within one of the fluid boxes and thus doesn’t work correctly when viewed on any resolution different than 1920×1080. The controls are not positioned with the player when changing screen size
I’ll review the tutorial you created and see what I can figure out.
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