Hello!
We are trying to create an Articulate training program which includes: PowerPoint slides, animation from Windows Media Movie, and narration. There is a huge problem with the presentation which includes; choppy narration and the movie not showing up during the presentation at all.
What recommendations do you have? Is Windows Media Player compatible with Articulate?
Thanks

Hi Lori- You might want to look into converting your Windows Media movies to Flash using a product like Sorenson Squeeze.

Hi,
I am facing a problem with flash insertion. After inserting the .swf file in the slide and publishing, the published version doesnt show swf’s actual size. It includes all the items these were not the part of the Stage when the swf was originally created using Adobe Flash MX. The player doesnt crop the swf to its actual size.

Hi Arun-

SWFs inserted into Presenter will play at their native/original size. Presenter doesn’t change the size at all. What happens when you play your SWF on its own in a Web browser?

If you’re still having this issue, please submit a case and we can help you out.

I am creating interactions with Engage and then publishing them to presenter, then publishing the Presenter piece to the Web.

I am importing a Camtasia flash movie into the Engage interaction. All is well, except when I first click on the link to the flash movie, it comes up as a black screen. If I close it and reopen it, it plays just fine. Is there anything I can do to make it play on the first click.

Hi!,
I am trying to insert a Camtasia Flash-movie into a dias in PowerPoint 2007 and building it with Articulate Presenter. I use the method descriped in this link.
I publish to a Web-package and when I try to view the Articulate presentation and come to a dias with a flash movie, I can only get the speak but the video-frame is black. When I click in the menu on the dias, the flash movie works great.
Can I do anything to make it start playing video automatically, when the presentation reach the dias with the movie?
The version of my Articulate Presenter is 5.3.151 Pro.

Hi Egon,
It sounds like you may be publishing to the new ExpressShow format in Camtasia 5. This does cause the video to stick in Articulate Presenter the first time you play it. Try encoding your video to the Legacy Template format in Camtasia instead and see if that works better for you.

First, let me say that this site is immensely helpful!

Here’s my dilemma, I am using CamStudio or My Screen Recorder Pro to capture “video” of a software simulation. I can convert that video to Flash using those products. The flash output looks great in my browser and in either of those two tools, but when I put it into a slide in Articulate, it is full of strange marks and cursor stops. I’ve checked and rechecked the frames per second and they seem to match just fine. Is there some problem with the resolution of the screen that I am capturing?

I’ve got the same question as Christopher. I’m getting the extra artifacts floating around in my Cam Studio capture, but only when I insert it into Articulate Presenter. Any thoughts?

Hi Christopher & Dave-

In Camtasia there should be an option not to scale the movie so that it is locked at its original size. This should prevent trailing cursor artifacts, which is a known issue with Camtasia screen recordings. You could also take a look at this forum thread, which outlines how we use Camtasia internally for use in Articulate Presenter.

I’ve successfully incorporated two Raptivity interactions into my articulate program. I’ve set them to open in a new window. They play perfectly on my machine, but when I copy them to CD and hand them off to open on other’s computers, they don’t open?

Is there a trick I don’t know about?

I also have problem trying to import SWF files from Camtasia, the audio is stoped in some part of the play. Anybody had solve this problem?

I need to use an old video of Richard Nixon (I am not a crook) in Presenter. It’s a short clip (less than 30 seconds). I capture it from YouTube as an FLV file and can play it in one of my players just fine. After I convert it to SWF to use in Presenter, though, it does something weird. The timer will show that the clip is not 30 seconds, but 10 miutes. When it plays, the cursor on the player moves very slowly and then when it gets to the end of the clip (about 30 seconds in), it jumps back to the beginning on the timer bar and restarts. The clips loops continuously. I’ve converted using several different pieces of software and the same thing happens each time. Can someone give me a clue on why I can’t get a clean FLV to SWF copy?

Hi there. I’m trying to get an Engage interaction to be reduced by 80% on the PowerPoint slide in order to see the master header and footer in my slides. If I use the default way of getting Engage into a slide show, it comes in as a full sized slide. Is there a way to place an Engage SWF file into a slide, then reduce it by 80%? I’ve tried this and all I get is a square with a spinning wheel like the Flash is trying to load or something. Suggestions?

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