buttons causing streaming video to stop
March 13, 2007 12:00 AM
Yes, I have encountered this before when using the Windows Media Player. As far as I can tell, this is a problem with the WMP. Any time a button, link or other action is taken on a page, the video/audio will stop. Trivantis has indicated that it is a known problem, but there is not much that they can do about it since it is really the Windows Media Player and not Lectora that causes this.I had a title full of videos and audios that used the WMP and we also had a number of buttons on the page including Closed Caption toggles, help toggles, course map toggles, etc. You get the picture...lots of buttons for users to click and inadvertantly stop the video.I have done a couple of different things to address this problem:1. You can hide the buttons/links for the duraction of the video/audio. It is possible to use the L2007 video features to hide objects using markers embedded in the video. Using this feature you can hide the buttons and/or links until the video ends and then show them again once it stops.2. You can add a refresh button. This seems to be the easiest remedy for the problem. I instructed all of the users that if they accidentally stopped the video by clicking on any button, they simply need to hit the refresh button and it will reset the page to its original state (typically this replays the video/audio in question.).I hope these comments and ideas help.John
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