I am trying to add a video to a page and have it start automatically.
when I drag the video onto a place holder in the template I purchased it gives the following error:
Internal Program Error 1117.k.pl.lt
Xara Web Designer Premium 17.1.0.60486 DL x64 Oct 30 2020
Thanks
Hi
Is the video you are inserting a supported format?
The best and most universal format is MP4 container file with the video encoded h.264 and AAC encoded audio.
The video audio level should be set too loud, startling a viewer with loud video is one of the quickest ways of driving away visitors. If you created the video, compressing the audio to peak of no more than -6dB (-23 LUFS) should be OK - this is what I use.
. . . . have it start automatically . . .
You can set the video to auto-start, however you have no control over whether it will in the viewers browser as autoplay depends on the users browser and settings.
By default modern browsers do not allow video to autoplay on load, the viewer has, as a minimum, to click once on the page or click play or have changed the browsers autoplay setting.
HTH
John EB
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Hi,
The best solution for videos is to place them in your website and use XARA's default player. You drag on the web page in WebDesigner the video file mp4, H264 and automatically the video player will be placed you are asked if you want an autoplay.
Here is an example of the player without autoplay:
<video class = "xar_meplayer" src = "index_htm_files / Your video file.mp4" controls width = "100%" height = "100%" />
With automatic playback and sound:
<video class = "xar_meplayer" src = "index_htm_files / Position3_640x360camtasia.mp4" controls autoplay width = "100%" height = "100%" />
With automatic play but no sound (mute):
<video class = "xar_meplayer" src = "index_htm_files / Position3_640x360camtasia.mp4" controls autoplay muted width = "100%" height = "100%" />
This player is accessible in Web properties of the video, the button (PlaceHolder) button (HTML code body).
Regards,
YR
Hi
Manual encoding as above is not necessary - as soon as you drag a video clip on to the web page this dialog appears
Once the option required is selected Web Designer adds all the necessary placeholder and player code and allows you to reposition the video and resize the placeholder as necessary.
It is odd that while there is an Autostart dialog, there is not one for muting the audio, or hiding the player controls this is when you do have to go into the placeholder Body HTML code and add the muted="true" and/or add controls="false" parameter..
John EB.
Hi John,
Do you have a code to make the player transparent or semi-transparent in the old player (Retail video player) we could place the video on an image which acted as thumbnail of the video and when we clicked on the whole circle arrow to start playback this activated video playback. Do you have other controls for the reader?
Regards,
YR
Hi
. . . . Do you have a code to make the player transparent or semi-transparent in the old player . . . .
Unfortunately not.
For the HTML 5 video tag see the full Optional Attributes list here.
John EB
Thank You so much. John.