Adding Video to Your Adobe Captivate eLearning Project

[@CaptivateTeacher]

*I'm always happy to point you in the right direction regarding questions about Adobe Captivate. If you need more than a simple question answered, you can purchase a one-hour one-on-one session with me at **bit.ly/Cp1on1**. If you only use some of that time, that's okay. You can bank any unused time (15-minute increments) for future sessions. For example, if you use 30 minutes, you can use 30 minutes later.*

[@a.samedturan8918]

Hi Paul.Thanks for video. Please help me. I activate the playbar but it is active for the whole project. How can we add playbar for video only? So I just want it to do back and forward in the video.

[@CaptivateTeacher]

You can use Event Video instead of Slide video and keep the playbar turned off. If you still need help with this, you can purchase an hour from my website for one-on-one instruction: bit.ly/Cp1on1Playbar

[@nishal244346]

Hi Paul, I have followed all the steps as mentioned, but in the final rendered MP4 file there are some audio glitches. How can I fix them?

[@CaptivateTeacher]

I'm not sure. Many people put a small space before and after the audio or video on their timeline and this seems to help. You could try that. Make sure you are running the most updated copy of Adobe Captivate as well. Some earlier versions have bugs.

[@karablake4860]

Hi Paul, do you happen to know how to show the elasped time in the video player skin? Similar to what we see with videos on KZbin and Vimeo? I find it strange that this isn't built into Captivate's video player skin by default

[@CaptivateTeacher]

You could try event video instead of slide video. It works a little different but it includes a scrub bar which would show how far into the video you are presently playing.

[@karablake4860]

@@CaptivateTeacher thank you so much Paul. You are incredibly helpful

[@CaptivateTeacher]

@@karablake4860 You are welcome.

[@bonnieyoung5479]

The audio - voice over - I recorded for the video demo doesn't match the voice over for the introductory slide that proceeds the video demo. Any way to correct this?

[@CaptivateTeacher]

You could edit the slide audio and adjust the volume. I try to do all my audio at once. When you return to it the next day you might be further away from your mic or even use a different tone. It’s a challenge.

[@WeEducateAndTutor]

Paul, my video when I embed it to the stage following the steps you mentioned never loads successfully. It says 50% completed and never gets completed :(. Any idea how to fix that? Thanks

[@CaptivateTeacher]

I've run into this myself. I think it's a bug. Just press Cancel but don't worry your video is actually loaded to the slides. If not reach out to Adobe for technical support at [e-mail]

[@paolozinatelli]

Hi Paul! Your videos are great and so helpful! Question about video: is there a way to get the video not to autoplay on the slide? I'm using Captivate 2019, and can't seem to find the answer. Thank you!

[@CaptivateTeacher]

If you use Slide Video it will play in sync with your slide. Pausing the slide at the beginning of your slide will remedy this. Alternatively, you can use Event Video and have the learners' press play when they wish to start that video type.

[@rodolfonova2485]

Hola Paul con este video que compartes he podido solucionar el problema al cargar mis grabaciones, te agradezco. ¿Pregunta.-Si quiero que el video se adapte a la forma de una figura es posible?

[@CaptivateTeacher]

to charge the shape of a video you would need to edit that video using another application. Captivate isn't capable of editing the size or shape of a video.

[@rodolfonova2485]

@@CaptivateTeacher thanks Paul, I could already register as a member of your channel.

[@CaptivateTeacher]

@@rodolfonova2485 Excellent thank you.

[@9538258564]

Hi Paul, I have added a video to the project, and when I am trying to publish to video format, inserted video is not playing. can you please assist

[@CaptivateTeacher]

Adobe never intended for this workflow. Yes, you can perform the steps, but it doesn't work in the end. I suggest you use a tool like Camtasia to do this. The workflow you describe is something Camtasia can do. You can combine video with PowerPoint slides to achieve this.

[@9538258564]

@@CaptivateTeacher thanks Paul

[@BrendanMoorePhilosophy]

I noticed that importing videos into Captivate directly can quickly make the size of the Captivate file large. I was wondering if hosting the video files somewhere else, like on a media server, then giving the appearance that they are embedded is better.

[@LearnAtMyExpense]

Yes - I typically do that nowadays as it reduces initial load time of the project at runtime, and as you've noticed, it keeps the cptx much lighter.

[@BrendanMoorePhilosophy]

Thank you for the reply. I'm glad to know it's good practice

[@studiomediacol]

How do you embed those videos on a media server?

[@CaptivateTeacher]

I don't know what happened to my earlier message to Brendan here but the answer is yes. Certainly today in Captivate 2019. I'm not sure how much you could in earlier releases.

[@annehajer5639]

Thanks for all of your helpful videos! I'm trying to embed a video into a Captivate presentation and got as far as 2:57 in this video but then couldn't see how you accessed the Adobe Media Encoder. I can't seem to find it in Captivate

[@CaptivateTeacher]

If you are on Windows you click the Start button on your keyboard and start typeing "Adobe Media Encoder" and it should appear.

[@annehajer5639]

thanks for your speedy reply! That worked!

[@CaptivateTeacher]

You're welcome.

[@shawnhampton8503]

I am assuming this process is the same for CP 2019???

[@CaptivateTeacher]

More or less the same. The user interface has changed a little. I'm pretty sure if you search for "Adobe Captivate Slide Video" you will find the more up-to-date version of this tutorial.

[@engineer8763]

Hi Paul, Is it possible to add a project or a link to a project within another project? The reason I ask is because when I add a software simulation to a project (imported from PowerPoint) the size is fixed and I wanted to show the full screen, however changing the size of the screen is only available by creating an entirely new project.

[@CaptivateTeacher]

It's best to size your projects correctly in the first place but you can resize projects from the Modify drop down menu by selecting rescale project.

[@Se0nghwaah]

If you have a longer video, how do you slide through the video with the progress bar? Meaning how to you rewind and fast forward by taking the progress bar and dragging it to where you want the video to start and stop again?

[@CaptivateTeacher]

Hey Dan, No need to ask the same question twice. For this use Event video and change the skin in the properties panel to one that has a scrub bar for the user to drag the timeline of the video to the correct location.

[@MlleKatieMoya]

Hey Paul! Thanks! Great vid! Question for you - can I add voice to text audio to a recorded MP4 video? Can I also delay the appearance and start of a video Cpvc on a slide?

[@CaptivateTeacher]

The challenge with this is getting text to speech narration to match what you want in your elearning course. This video might help: kzbin.info/www/bejne/eniZnISGqcugd5I

[@Mmmelizabeth]

How much further into videos have you gotten? I'm past the basic tutorials, trying to play a specific embedded video conditional upon pass/fail in a quiz (a video of an actor saying "You got it!" or "Try again!" depending on their results, and the past three attempts have not gone well.

[@CaptivateTeacher]

I'm late to respond to this post but I think I would use different slides with different videos to convey different feedback to my learners. Depending on how they respond to your questions you could take them to different slides where you either congratulate them or provide feedback for them to learn.

[@LearningLabyrinthbyKimEdwards]

Have you created a video on how to incorporate a captivate software simulation project into another alternative project? I would appreciate the link.

[@CaptivateTeacher]

I've not done too many videos about software simulation. The main videos are here, but I can't recall if I talking about what you are asking. My primary advice would be to think about what size project you wish to create and set your software simulation project for that size. You can copy and paste slides from software simulation into a blank project of the same size. kzbin.info/www/bejne/oqiVhqGootx7htU kzbin.info/www/bejne/b5DcmZVnhq58edk If you have trouble with this, you can purchase some one-on-one time with me, and I can review it with you. bit.ly/Cp1on1

[@rovc]

Dear Paul, I like your video's a lot. They are so clear and I learn a lot from it. I ran into a problem. I have an interactive video all set up, with a video stored locally. As this seems to provides a problem in publishing on our server due to the file size, I want to use the same video from KZbin. I can't find a way to replace it. Is there a way to do this? All my bookmarks are gone now and now I need to do this again, that would be a pitty. A would appreciate your help. Best regards, Astrid

[@CaptivateTeacher]

Unfortunately when you remove the video in favour of another video or video source you will lose all your linkage with overlays and your bookmarks because these are tied to the video. Perhaps a better solution would be to substitute the local video with a smaller copy of the video. If you update the video from the Captivate library it might retain the overlay and bookmarks but be small enough to work for your LMS

[@rovc]

@@CaptivateTeacher Thank you !

[@CaptivateTeacher]

ROVC TechTake I hope you manage to get it working. Thanks for watching my videos.

[@josephdounis7374]

Hey Paul, awesome work, very informative! I had a question regarding adding a video in a blank project vs. adding a video in a responsive project. If I put a slide video in a responsive project, when the video starts, it seems to appear as a separate window, however a video in a blank project seems to remain in the slides of the project itself. Is there any reason why this happens?

[@CaptivateTeacher]

When you add just about any object to a blank project (non-responsive design) its size and position are fixed, just like the project itself. With responsive design, the video is added unlocked to any particular fluid box and just hovers there. As you view a video on different device sizes it appears as if it is unlocked from the slide because, well, that's what it is. You can lock a video to a particular fluid box or adjust the settings of the object based on the numbers in the position panel to have it behave differently if you want it.

[@sarahkelso3603]

Hi there, thanks so much for all your videos. They have been super helpful! I just added an mp4 video to captivate. It plays when I publish but shows up black when editing. Is there a way I can view the video while editing in captivate? Thanks! Sarah

[@CaptivateTeacher]

It depends how it was added into your Captivate slide. Slide video will work if you play the slide. Event Video has to be previewed or published.

[@LintonHutchinson]

Still working through your course, Loving it Paul. Going over it a number of times helps understand the construct used with the interactions of the different components and how they relate to each other - I wanted to put a video in the project I'm working on so stopped, found this, and now back to the course... With Friendly Greetings Linton

[@CaptivateTeacher]

Great to hear Linton.

[@genevievepluviose9919]

Hi, Quick question.... what settings do we have to look at if the uploaded video appears distorted visually (slightly squished) from the original version? Is it the resolution? I want the video embedded in Captivate to appear just like the original video..... thanks!!!

[@CaptivateTeacher]

+Genevieve Pluviose with the video selected, take a look at the properties inspector (properties panel) and look under the Options tab from here you can lock the position and adjust the size of the video as it appears on your stage. If the proportions are not locked you can click on the Original Size button to return it to normal. If this doesn't work, you may need to re-import the video.

[@genevievepluviose9919]

+Paul Wilson eLearning Development Will try. Thanks.

[@markelliot2994]

Morning Paul, on the subject of video, can we import a video like a mov file with an alpha channel so it knocks out the background of video? MOV file container will keep the alpha, but captivate forces me to convert to mp4..any thots ty

[@CaptivateTeacher]

This question has come up before And unfortunately all video will be converted to MP4 on publish so features that are unique to other video formats will be lost. What I would suggest is other multimedia formats instead of video. Some Captivate users have had success creating animations with transparencies in Adobe Animate and importing those into Captivate.

[@mohinisharma7947]

Hi Paul, How do i create a button or two that would trigger another video within the slide and when done they can continue their video presentation. For instance, I have one video that has listed steps which is different form 3 departments so I want to include if you are from this department, then click on this button to view the listed steps for that specific department and come back to the tutorial as rest of the video is same for all.

[@CaptivateTeacher]

If you're interested in hiring me to consult I would be happy to work on this for you. The types of questions I answer on my KZbin channel are the ones that can be written in just one or two sentences. I would need to be compensated for projects that longer. You can purchase the first hour of time from my website by following the link below. We can set up some time to discuss your needs in greater detail and then we can get started. www.paulwilsonlearning.com/new-products/consultation

[@jairomunoz1792]

Paul I have a issues to imbedded a video to my adobe captive (my own videos not from websites). I'm using a dove captive encoder to make the video the simplest way insert on the slide. On the slide only showed as a image and did not display any video. I follow all the instructions and still the same way. Any help should be appreciated. Thank you.

[@CaptivateTeacher]

I don't know what a *dove captive encoder* is so I'm not sure I can help you. Here is my playlist for all my videos that discuss adding video to Adobe Captivate: kzbin.info/aero/PLAz1fjXAzQ34GJcTZxq5DZVsFurk_D7Cw If you have further questions consider joining my LIVE STREAM on Monday, March 27th at 3 PM EST | 8 PM UTC where I answer viewer questions related to Adobe Captivate and we discuss other topics related to eLearning. Click here to setup a reminder for yourself: kzbin.info/www/bejne/gWKtZWh9pJWmgM0

[@saraheydam7862]

I've saved the KZbin video the my desk-top; the URL will not embed into the ELearning Captivate 9. Why?

[@CaptivateTeacher]

I'm not sure I understand your question. Can you rephrase or provide more detail?

[@gigimarie7]

I added a video to Captivate 9, but the sound is not there. Is there an additional step I need to perform? The video was taken using a camcorder, then I used Adobe media encoder to covert to an .f4v format, then inserted.

[@CaptivateTeacher]

I would check your process in Adobe Media Encoder and make sure you have audio checked off and have appropriate settings.

[@gigimarie7]

I don't really know much about AME so I don't know how to do that. Can you recommend a tutorial on it?

[@paulahubbard7638]

Hi Paul - Many thanks for this information - so simple to do😃

[@CaptivateTeacher]

You're welcome. Thanks for watching. If you haven't already, please subscribe. Thanks again.

[@willddaniels]

My embedded CPVC files do not run in the published file, what is the deal?

[@CaptivateTeacher]

I'm not sure what you expect me to tell with so little information. I'm not even sure what version of Adobe Captivate you are running and how you are publishing your project. I assume you are only publishing to HTML5. When you publish to HTML5 what would normally happen is your CPVC slides will get converted to MP4 videos and stored in a sub folder within the published project.

[@SailingHanu]

You brought up the video encoder but didn't say where this came from? You said it is in Captivate but I can't find it. Would you please explain where one finds this program? Thank you.

[@CaptivateTeacher]

RPHancy Adobe Media Encoder is automatically installed when you install Captivate. In Windows, press the Start button and type in Adobe Media Encoder and it should appear. If you are using a Mac you can find it in your Applications folder.

[@Blackhole48]

Hi, maybe you got a little help for me. I wanted to add an video like you did. When I go to test it in browser or the start page thing it is working perfektly fin. But in the moment I publish it won't start playing...its just the backround screening...do you have an idea what problem I could have...flash etc. is all in the right set up...In the checklist like you presented in the video for publishing a project I couldn't found anything...thanks for your help :)

[@CaptivateTeacher]

For this to work you will need to upload your published project to a web server or your learning management system. It won't run from your hard drive and display the video as you would expect.

[@Blackhole48]

Paul Wilson Adobe Captivate Tutorials o I see I'll give it a shot thanks again and have a nie week.

[@krissamson821]

Hi Paul, how to properly publish a learning material with an embedded video on it. I tried publishing one but it seems like I did it incorrectly as the video embedded is not playing. Thank you in advance.

[@CaptivateTeacher]

Embedded video in Adobe Captivate only works when the project is on a web server. The preview will work because Captivate includes a mini server if you will, however, once you publish your project and attempt to run it from your desktop you won't see anything. Upload it to your LMS and you should be fine.

[@roxycortes3885]

Hi Paul, I followed your steps and it works wonderfully in Preview mode. But the video shows as a loading icon when Published. Anything I should change?

[@CaptivateTeacher]

Roxy Cortes try uploading your published project to an LMS or web server. Iframes (web objects) need a web server to function.

[@brennadroege2517]

I tried embedding a MP4 into Captivate 10 and when I render it the show just keeps saying "loading". My test mp4 is tiny so its not file size. DO you know hat the problem might be?

[@CaptivateTeacher]

It's difficult for me to know why this isn't working for you. If you would like to hire me to consult you can purchase a small amount of time from my website and I would be happy to spend the time figuring it out for you. PaulWilsonLearning.com

[@jairomunoz1792]

Ok Paul I will check your videos. Thank you for your help.

[@CaptivateTeacher]

Don't forget the live stream on Monday. It's the best value to interact with me and get some of my knowledge.

[@billMcLatentspace]

Is there a way to fullscreen an embedded video? I have videos in my course but they are too small when viewing the output

[@CaptivateTeacher]

There are potential problems with full screen video, however the easiest way to do it is to embed your video from a service like KZbin and give your users that ability.

[@billMcLatentspace]

Thanks for replying Paul, that's really helpful

[@dumbcat]

Can you please elaborate on the potential problems with full screen video? I have HD intro & credits sequences I want to tack onto the front and end of my Captivate course. The course is for corporate users using widescreen desktop monitors on a high bandwidth private network, so full screen high definition is not a problem. Thanks

[@CaptivateTeacher]

Hans Zarkov I could do a whole video on that topic. Hmm maybe I will do that.

[@dumbcat]

I agree. I think it's really important.

[@91jaider]

Hello, a question like, I can embed a video on vimeo this to a slide captivate

[@CaptivateTeacher]

+Jaider Baron Is this what you had in mind? kzbin.info/www/bejne/fIKVnXSqm76WsK8

[@dumbcat]

why do you prefer H.264 for HTML5 instead of MP4 ?

[@CaptivateTeacher]

Hans Zarkov they are two different things. MP4 is a container format. In other words it's just the file type. H.264 is a video codec or compression algorithm. For example, H.264 can be contained in an MP4, which is most often the case, however not all MP4 files are automatically H.264.

[@dumbcat]

Got it. Thanks!

[@CaptivateTeacher]

welcome.

[@jaynerogers941]

How do I get the exit video button into the video?

[@CaptivateTeacher]

You can't add interactive elements to in slide video (yet).

[@fairuzaqureshi6110]

How can we add two video in captivate? Is there any option for this?

[@CaptivateTeacher]

fairuza qureshi you can add two Event Videos to one page but keep in mind that will increase the load time for that slide.

[@fairuzaqureshi6110]

@@CaptivateTeacher i recorded two demo video separately now i want to join them or merge them. is this possible in adobe captivate ? because am new in this software i m learning it

[@CaptivateTeacher]

Create a new non-responsive project the same size as your video demos. Click on the Insert drop-down menu and select CPVC Slide and select your video demo as a slide. Repeat this for your second video demo file, and they will now be two side-by-side slides in a project you can publish.

[@4TruthBeTrue]

can you embed video into email? like an E-news letter?

[@CaptivateTeacher]

I'm not sure you understand what the purpose of my videos are. I specifically create tutorials on how to do various things in Adobe Captivate. Outside of that I'm not really an expert on email creation. You may wish to look at Mailchimp for something like that.

[@4TruthBeTrue]

was just wondering if you new a way. and nah you can't do it on mail chimp. thanks

[@CaptivateTeacher]

I was thinking about the feature to place a thumbnail of a video inside a message and when clicked it will launch the video in a new browser window. I don't know that I have ever seen a video play directly inside an email message. I'm not saying it's not possible I just think if someone sent me a video that played upon opening it, I would likely not care for that too much and probably delete it for security purposes.

[@taraknight7244]

Hi Paul, I have watched several of your tutorials and always found them helpful, so I was wondering if you can answer a question about another tutorial I watched that has not produced results. I am attempting to add buttons to control the playback speed of a video using JavaScript. Kyle makes it look so easy, but it is not working for me: kzbin.info/www/bejne/m4TKqIZtecqAgdE. Do any of your tutorials address this?

[@CaptivateTeacher]

Let me study that a little more and see if I can come up with a solution. I'm not a huge Javascript person but I should be able to figure it out.

[@CaptivateTeacher]

How are you previewing and publishing your project? I ask because Javascript will only work with HTML5. If you are using the built-in system preview or publishing to SWF the JavaScript won't do anything. If you were publishing for Flash you would need to write your actions using Action Script. Not an expert but I remembered something about this.

[@taraknight7244]

Hi Paul! Thanks so much for taking the time to think on this. I am previewing to browser. Another JavaScript action I tried to make sure the button and browser worked was fine i.e. button pushed gave message "button worked", so I feel confident that the browser worked for previewing. Is there another way you know of to slow down and speed up playback of an embedded video? This is becoming a trend in e-learning and seemed so easy when I watched Kyle Gill's tutorial. Thanks!

[@CaptivateTeacher]

Maybe there's something in this article that might help you: helpx.adobe.com/captivate/using/event-video.html

[@taraknight7244]

Yeah I had hoped that page would help too, but even the JavaScript on that page didn't work for me. Thanks for all your time and suggestions, I really appreciate it. Also, I received your email with the information for the Abode Learning Summit and hoping to attend, so thanks for that info too!!