How to put a video or mp3 file onto your intervention page

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Adding Video Files

Videos in LifeGuide must be in flash video format to be compatible with LifeGuide.

There are 3 steps to inserting a video into LifeGuide:

(i) Check that the video is a Flash video; (ii) Add the video to your workspace; (iii) Add the video to the page.

(i) Check that the video is a Flash video

  • Check that your video is a Flash video file by looking at the file extension (the last 3 letters of the file name).
  • The file extension needs to say .flv to be a Flash file. If does not you will need to convert it.

Converting Videos into Flash

To convert a video file into flash you can download Any Video Converter. This is free software which can be found at the following web address: http://www.any-video-converter.com/products/for_video_free/

  • Click on Download and follow the simple on screen instructions.
  • Click on Add Video on the top left-hand side to add video clips
  • Select the video you want and click on Open.
  • Select the profile by clicking on the white box on the top right-hand side
  • Choose Flash Video Movie (*.flv) from the list.
  • Click Convert to convert the video to Flash.
  • When the conversion has been completed, click on Output Folder on the bottom left to view the location of the Flash video


(ii) Adding the video to your Workspace

First of all, you need to save the video that you want to use into the workspace folder in LifeGuide. Follow the instructions above for saving images into the workspace.

(iii) Adding a video to the page

Videos can be added by clicking on the Multimedia button and selecting Video.

  • Click on the Multimedia button and select Video.
  • a black video screen will be displayed on the top left hand side of the editing area of the page author.
  • Move this to wherever you want the image to be positioned on the page.
  • Enter the name of the file (e.g. welcome_video.flv) into Video Location in the Video Properties area.
  • To view your video, you will need to Preview or Export your intervention.

Image or video type

If you want an image or video to be presented as a feedback object (only to some users but not others) or as an error object (when the end-user clicks the next button but hasn’t filled in required information in the interactions) you will need to choose the corresponding option in the Other Properties section of the properties menu. More details of these different types can be found in on the textbox page.


Adding Audio Files

Save your audio file as an MP3 and insert it into LifeGuide in the same way as a video.