I have my first slide set to “interactive” on the continue setting along with the audio for that slide on loop. I want it to serve as my intro as people are getting seated for the video and then I’ll click to play the rest of the video without intervention. It works great on playback, but if I render it to .mov or .mp4 or .m4v it doesn’t wait, it just continues to the next slide after the duration. I tried designating the first and second slides as “new chapters” but it didn’t help. Any thoughts on how to make this work?
You can’t – standard video files (like .mov, .mp4, or .m4v) are designed for passive viewing and don’t natively support interaction while playing. They are typically played using media players, which provide basic controls like play, pause, rewind, and fast-forward, but don’t allow for interactive elements within the video itself. If you need to create interactive elements within a video, you’ll need to use specialized tools or platforms that go beyond the basic MP4 format, which is above and beyond the intent of FM. I suppose that feature could be addressed in the future, but the guys at Boinx would have to determine that…