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Videos start jumpy
I have this problem across all my projects. I have attached a sample to demo the issue. My base layer has a static image. Other layers each contain a video which starts with that image and then ani...
Try this (modified file attached).
https://360.articulate.com/review/content/128ce1bc-bdad-45f6-a8b3-4b9335ee15d5/review
The problem is, when SL builds the slide for display, the content of the layers is not actually inserted until they are displayed. When you request SL to show a layer, the DOM is modified, which takes a moment. If you premptively show and then hide each layer, you load all of the layers' DOM elements, which makes for a smoother transition from base to later content.
In this example, I created a new top-level layer that is masked with the background color. I show this layer on timeline start for your base slide. On the Mask layer, I then triggered a show and then hide for each animation layer, then hid the masking rectangle (to engage the fade) and closed the masking layer. Now when you click Pitch, Yaw, or Roll, the transition to the video is much smoother.
Thank you! That's exactly what I needed. I figured it was something like that, I had just not yet stumbled upon that particular workaround. Thanks again.
(BTW, I discovered that having an object on the Mask layer is not necessary at all. Merely the presence of the Mask layer and the actions it triggers is enough to solve it without that layer even needing any objects of its own.)
