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Gary, I was reluctant to advise using the source target approach when the video itself is to be on a pop-up layer, simply because I have not tried it out fully.Quote:
Originally Posted by Initiostar
In principle, it should work.
Thank you for sharing.
I do like the mix of image and video; I know you realise that the contents can actually be anything: carousel, slideshow, clickable content, ...
Acorn
Hi
Thanks all for the replies
I did look at the Demo of the other player - but it's not opening the video on another layer which is what I'm trying to achieve due to the layout of the web page. I may try putting both videos on one layer and see if that makes a difference.
But I will certainly look at using a different player....it's just annoying that one video always play fine yet the other has the issue mentioned on the video popup demo namely
"The Challenge - where you place multiple videos across multiple popups, closing the popup may not close the video. This only becomes apparent when a video has audio. Unless you have deployed your own video player, the video can only be controlled by the browsers video controls which are not easily over-ridden. A simple page-based Video Popup is one solution. "
Thanks again for the replies
Here's an idea that may meet the requirement - an embedded subsite much like a video library is placed on a popup: https://initiostar.co.uk/demo/VideoSubSite/Quote:
Originally Posted by AFreeSpirit67
You can have as many videos as you like. Each video has a unique page url and therefore should you wish popup links can be subject-specific to their links, or all links can open the video library (which has its own navigation).
The key to making this work is the return button on the popup; this must do a full page refresh (which this closes the popup and stops the video). The return should go to an anchor which means that what a user was reading is still visible after the page refresh.
I've not perfected the solution, but it looks to have some promise as a workaround for trying unsuccessfully to pause a video WITH AUDIO on a popup when you close that popup. Upside no tricky code involved here!
For reference: the earlier version had a permanent video holder on the target page: https://initiostar.co.uk/demo/VideoPopup/
Thanks for the reply
However I have to say I have no idea what you are telling me! The link is text only, half in latin, and the section I can read flies right over my head! I know there is a hyperlink to the video player in the latin section but it does seem strange to have it buried in latin! I had a look at https://initiostar.co.uk and it doesn't seem to offer anything specifically to do with HTML video players or seems to offer something that can be used to help me with the issue so again I'm confused. What you have shown on the site is what I would like to have on my site . . But I need to know how!
I'm a beginner when it comes to all of this, so so far the only bit I've understood is Acorn's advise on editing the html I had used on my site. Thanks to some of the other replies, I also understand that this is a bit of a known issue although I'm still confused how it works fine for 1 video but not the 2nd one!
I had a look at github for HTML video players and there are what appears to be some good 3rd party alternatives...but again, I can't find any clear instructions that tells me how to actually "install" them and use them on a website. Its like if you're not part of the gang, you're never going to be in the know!
I will keep looking for a 3rd party video player that I can use and works - when I do I'll share it here
Thanks again for the replies
OK - let me try to explain: forget the 'latin' - this is just example text known as 'Lorum Ipsum'. You can have a text link, graphic link, photo link or combination thereof (e.g. button) that forms a link to the popup.
In the example I provided, I used a text link; it could have been a graphic, photo or button. Think of a website within a website; there is a second website on the popup which holds the videos and when the link opens that popup, what you see is the second website.
I have attached both website files. The Embedded Subsite is the main website, the second website has the videos, one per page.
Hopefully you can see how these are constructed - if you want to try this approach, I can try to help you through the process.
I do think integrating a third-party video player for two videos will likely be time consuming and involve coding.
That is a very simple yet effective solution! Thank you!
The two sample files make it easy to follow the logic behind the workings and as you say is a lot easier than trying to implement a 3rd party player.
I'm playing around with sub site part for now . . . Not really sure why but the videos are using are hell bent on playing larger than I've set them to play at but hopefully I can figure it out. The placement is set to the video size and the html place holder is set to 100% yet it plays almost full screen. I've resized the video itself to 360 X 720 (or whatever 6:19 comes out at!) But still plays larger.
Hopefully when I get the host page to match it'll all pull together!
Thank you again for your help with this
Stay Safe
Good news then! Should you get stuck just post an update/question here.
Meantime, I have added some instructions which should better help explain the process: https://initiostar.co.uk/demo/VideoSubSite/
Personally, I would build version one of your website with both videos on the page, get comfortable with how Xara works and then advance - it has taken me 10 years of playing with Xara and lots of help from TGers to arrive at some of these ideas.
I have just tried with an embedded video in Before and a YouTube video in After.
For the Before link, I used popup: close "After" open "Before"
For the After link, I used popup: close "Before" open "After"
I added a close icon/button/text of popup: close "Before" "After"
Clicking and playing any combination stopped the sound of one to allow the other.
I did nothing to the videos other than drop them into their layers.
The approach will work with as many videos in layer and layers that you can be bothered typing in.
Also tried with autoplay and that fitted in nicely too but I had to fiddle with code to get the YT one started.
Acorn
It might be very helpful if you could post your website URL to see how you’re progressing. Many ThanksQuote:
Originally Posted by AFreeSpirit67
-Bill