Option

Description

Preview

Play the selected video. Click the button again to stop it.

Video Volume

Adjust the relative volume of your video.

• Low lowers the volume to 50% of its original level.
• Medium sets the volume to 100%, meaning the original volume remains unchanged. This is the default option.
• High raises the volume to 150% of its original level.
• Mute silences the video.

This option isn't supported for website videos.

Edit Video

Customize the video. When the built-in video editor opens, you can trim and crop to show only the parts you want, adjust the volume, brightness, and contrast to enhance quality, and add a logo or watermark for branding.

This option isn't supported for website videos.

Show Video

Choose whether to display the video in the slide or a new browser window.

Play Video

Choose one of these options to determine when you want the video to start playing. This property will be grayed out if you choose to display the video in a new browser window using the setting above.

• Automatically plays the video as soon as the slide's timeline reaches the start of the video object. When the video controls property is set to Show none, a pause-on-click box becomes available. Check or uncheck it to control whether clicking the video pauses playback.
• When clicked plays the video when learners click it.
• When triggered plays the video when a specific event has occurred, such as clicking a button. To learn about triggers, read this user guide.

This option isn't supported for website videos. Usually, learners need to click on web videos to play them. Some browsers still allow web videos to autoplay if the autoplay feature is enabled in your embed code, but most browsers block media from autoplaying.

Video Controls

Enable accessible video controls and pick a dark or light theme color for them. Choose Show none to omit accessible video controls.

If you're using the classic player, choose Below video from the drop-down to add a separate legacy playbar to the video, so learners can play, pause, rewind, and fast forward it. Choose None to omit the separate playbar for the video.

This option isn't supported for website videos.

Compression

Choose Automatic from the drop-down to have Storyline 360 compress your video files when you publish.

Choose None if you don’t want to compress your video files. Video quality will be higher, but the file will also be larger.

This option is only supported for WebM videos and MP4 videos created with baseline, main, or high profiles. All other video files are compressed when published. 

Manage Captions

Open the closed captions editor to generate new captions with AI, fine-tune imported captions, or manually add new ones with the help of caption placeholders already synced with your video.

Generate with AI

Create closed captions quickly with AI Assistant. Your video will be temporarily shared with our AI subprocessors to generate captions. The content won’t be stored, retained, or used to train any AI models.

Import
Export
Delete

Import, export, and delete closed captions. Read this user guide for details.

Arrange

Arrange the video alongside other slide objects.

Size

Resize the video on the slide. Enter values in pixels. 

The aspect ratio of your video stays the same—changing one value will automatically adjust the other.

Option

Description

Group

Group a video with other slide objects.

This is useful if you want to rotate a video. Although videos can't be rotated on their own, they can be rotated when grouped with another object.

Bring to Front

Send to Back

Arrange your video with other slide objects.

Preview Video

Play the selected video. Click anywhere outside the video to stop it.

Edit Video

Edit your video using the built-in video editor.

This option isn't supported for website videos.

Change Embed Code

Modify the embed code.

This option is only supported for website videos.

Replace Video

Replace the original video without losing your video properties. Choose a Video from File, browse Content Library 360 Videos, select a video from the Media Library, or Record a webcam video.

Export Video

Export the video from Storyline 360. The file saves in MP4 or WebM format, depending on the video file you added to your project.

Show in Media Library

View the video in the media library.

Set Poster Frame

Assign a placeholder image to your video. Choose a Picture from File or browse Content Library 360 Photos.

This is especially useful if you've configured your video to play only when learners click it. The poster frame will be visible to learners until they click it to play the video.

To remove the poster frame, right-click the video again and select Remove Poster Frame.

Export Frame as Picture

Export a video frame as an image from Storyline 360. It saves as a PNG file.

Rename

Change the default names (Video 1, Video 2, etc.) assigned to videos in Storyline 360.

Another way to rename videos and other objects is to use the timeline.

Size and Position

Specify an exact size and position for your video. To learn about the Size and Position window, read this user guide.

Accessibility

Open the Size and Position window directly to the Accessibility tab, where you can add alt text and closed captions.