Re: full motion scrolling problem

Hi Jay
What version of Flash Player do you have installed? I ask
because the issue
with white screens displaying where the full motion bits
should be seems to be
a common complaint among Captivate users since Flash Player
version 10 arrived.
Someone from the Captivate development team posted about
this in the thread
linked below:
http://www.adobe.com/cfusion/webforums/forum/messageview.cfm?forumid=67&catid=46
4&threadid=1409667
As I understand it, only the Captivate preview has issues.
If you choose to
preview in the browser (instead of in Captivate) the preview
should work.
Cheers... Rick

Hi Jay,
I have been developing content in Captivate heavily for 4
years. I am curently doing a project for a client using Captivate 2
and I am having major problem with full motion recording. Not only
do I sometimes get the white screens (no pattern to when it
happens) so is this really a Flash 10 problem!? but I had some
shots that needed me first to scroll down and then scroll to the
right. They looked fine in the editing pane but when I previewed or
published they got mixed up. I tried re-recording those scrolls
about 10 times and still issue. After 6 hours wasted, I ended up
having to completely delete that file and start again. Only then
did it work. I have often found full motion scrolling in Captivate
to be erratic and unpredictable, especially when you have more than
3 full motion animations in one project.
Sorry I didnt find a solution for you.

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