Hello again!

Sorry for the delay in posting...I have had a serious case of bloggers block and wasn't able to think of anything to blog about. Well, I was reading a post on the forums today and something someone posted gave me some ideas how I could improve upon the post I made a couple of months ago about adding Slide Level FLV in Articulate Presenter without the use of Flash (Want slide level FLV but don't have Flash). So I went ahead and made some changes to the files to add some additional functionality based on feedback I have recieved from the previous posting. The new version of these files I am posting allows you to do several things:

1. Add an FLV video to a slide in Articulate Presenter without using or knowing Flash
2. Allows the playback controller on the Articulate Presenter player to pause the FLV
3. Allows the volume controller on the Articulate Presenter player to control the audio of the FLV

I was able to make these changes and by using the Articulate Presenter SDK. If you have not heard of the SDK, and want to find out more, check out the blog post on the Articulate Presenter SDK.

Instructions for use

1. Download slidevideo20.zip (35 KB)
2. Open up PowerPoint
3. Select slide where you want the FLV video
4. Select Articulate>Insert Flash Movie
5. Select 'Display in slide'
6. Click Next
7. Select Browse
8. Browse to and select 'slidevideo_wpause_sound.swf'
9. Select Next
10. Select 'Play Flash movie and slide in sync'
11. Select 'Move to next slide when user clicks next'
12. Click Next
13. Click Finish
14. Select Articulate>Publish and publish your presentation
15. Navigate to the dirctory that you published to
16. In the root level of your output foler (root level will also contain the player.html file) copy the flv.xml file contained in this zip

17. Open up the FLV.xml in any text editor such as notepad
18. Change the source file to match the name of your FLV file
19. Change the x-location to the position you want the FLV to appear on the X axis. The upper left hand corner of the slide is considered to be an x-position of 0. The farthest right x-position is 720.
20. Change the y-location to the position you want the FLV to appear on the y axis. The upper left hand corner is a y-position of 0. The farthest botttom y-position is 540.
21. Save the file so the name matches the slide number name (i.e. if the video is on slide 1 it would be 1.xml)
22. Copy your FLV into the 'player' folder in the output folder
23. View the output

Your presentation should now launch and your FLV will play in the slide.

Limitations

• Only works in Flash Player 8 or later
• Slide must be set to 'Play Flash movie after slide has begun'

Additional Questions?

My email address is posted in the readme file in the download. Please let me know if you have any questions.

If you would like access to the source of the SWF that I have used I can send you the source as long as you are a member of the Articulate Platinum Membership plan. Sorry, can't send it out to everyone as it exposes a bit of the Articulate API.

Labels: FLV