Last year, following a request on the Captivate User forum, I created a free widget that could display a Youtube video inside Captivate. It’s a simple widget that works well but that has one major drawback: it can only play one Youtube video per Captivate project. It seems that the Youtube Player that I used doesn’t work when more than one video is loaded inside Captivate.
I always wanted to try again and find another way of doing that widget to see if I could not get around that limitation. Well, a few days/weeks ago, I was able to try again and I succeeded in loading more than one Youtube video on a slide and having different videos on multiple slides. Take a look at following example but make sure you only use the playbar buttons to control the movie otherwise you can have some issues. I know that there are a lot of things to work out but it’s a start!
Multiple Youtube Videos Demo
I will keep you posted on the progress.
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August 28th, 2011 at 06:28
Hi,
Please send me an e-mail, when you upload the new version of the widget. I really need to play more than one video on the project i’m working.
August 28th, 2011 at 11:16
Hi Marian,
I will let the community know when I upload it. However, this widget is a lot more complicated than the previous one because I need to create a player skin with options as well as taking care of synchronizing with entering/leaving the slide. I have done a good part already but I’m still not sure if I am going to offer it for free or create a commercial version.
Thanks!
Whyves
August 30th, 2011 at 06:33
Brilliant work Whyves, this would definitely be a great improvement to the original widget and it already looks great as it is!
Looking forward to being able to get my hands on the released version
Rick
August 30th, 2011 at 06:46
Thanks Rick,
Will try my best to finish it as soon as I can.
Whyves
September 7th, 2011 at 14:55
Awesome…please update me when the new version is up!
September 13th, 2011 at 06:00
I will buy when released, do you have an estimate on time for release.. I’m desperate for something like this.
November 2nd, 2011 at 16:32
I am looking forward to this release as well. Please notify me when its available.
November 8th, 2011 at 09:12
Whyves, I created a working version of a Youtube widget for Captivate 5. It does not only solve the issue about the multiple instances but also stops the video when changing slide and restarts it when you come back.
Please poke me if you are interested in it.
November 13th, 2011 at 20:44
Sounds exciting, this widget will allow for a lot more video content for cash-strapped institutions that can’t afford a streaming server!
December 19th, 2011 at 11:06
Hi Yves!
Just wondering how you’re getting on with this widget? Any chance of a pre-release?
December 19th, 2011 at 11:06
**Whyves!! apologies!
haha
February 15th, 2012 at 10:50
Whyves, How is the multiple Youtube Videos in Captivate project coming? We would be willing to buy this commercially. Please let me know as soon as its available.
February 16th, 2012 at 20:06
Hi Mike,
Unfortunately, things are going very slow at the moment. On top of this, someone released a free version of the widget which makes my commercial widget not as attractive.
Whyves