Using FLVs

[James Marsh]

I am experiencing some browser weirdness when trying to use FLVs in Articulate, here are the symptoms:
I have a button that when clicked launches and html doc which launches a .swf, which in turn launches an .FLV.

In FireFox: It seems to open but wants to ignore the html file's instructions to open at a certain size

In IE: cannot even display the video and completely ignores the sizing.

I have done this before, but just opening a .swf containing an animation and it worked.

Also, I would like to have it so when the user clicks the video button that the narration stops, otherwise the narration keeps going and overlaps the sound on the video. I guess I could do the same thing by just not making the button appear until the narration is over but would prefer not to.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks,
James

[daveperso]

Hi James,

From what I can understand, you are using the Web object feature. Anything that runs in a web object is totally independent of your narration or what Presenter does.

Is your html page opening in a new window?

Why don't you insert your swf directly into Articulate, rather than go through the html route? Is this because there is other information on the html page?

I don't believe that you will be able to control your flv even when loaded by a swf though I stand to be corrected. However you would, of course, be able to control it, via your swf.

If you have Engage, then the easy way would be to insert your flv in the Engage Media Interaction. This would be controllable via Presenter.

Hope that helps a little.