Problem: After installing all the updates to ActivePresenter, there is now an additional slide at the very beginning. I want the presentation to open to my first created page. How do I get rid of this first slide that has nothing but a play button on it.
Google Chrome 66 or later doesnât allow playing media automatically without viewerâs interaction, so viewer need to click the play button to view the content. This issue can not be fixed in ActivePresenter. However, we will add a feature that allows showing a poster image instead of showing a grey screen in the next update.
Yes, that has just changed recently. But itâs since the release of Google Chrome v66 on April 19.
Itâs a behavior change in Google Chrome where they disable auto-play video by default, requiring user to click on the video to play.
Hi, I got the same problemâŚbut I donât really understand the answer posted here. If itâs a chrome problem, why are my old AP6 presentations still play the ânormalâ way, without this splash screen before?
The version 6 doesnât detect the ability to play media automatically of browsers, so it run. However, you can notice that audio and video in version 6 - presentation will not play since Chrome 66.
Thanks for your explanation phuongdv,
my presentations have no video parts, just quiz content - so I didnâ realize any difference than the splash screen itself. All my presentations have a own âWelcome and press start btn to beginâ first slide, so many of my costumers are confused, having to click âplayâ twice. Isnât it possible to bind this Chrome UserInteraction-Click to my own âPlayâ Button instead? The splash screen only makes sense if there is video content in the very first slide, didnât it?
By the way, thanks for your awesome work and always reliable support. I hope you guys kick adobeâs ass
Unfortunately, it is impossible to do this in the current version. But it is a very nice suggestion, so we will try to add this feature in the next update.
After exporting html, open folder with htm-export. Add image that you want to use as a background.
Open rlprez.css and insert rules for #UserActionReceiver (thatâs the grey square) and #UserActionReceiver svg (the play-button). E.g., to display the custom background and hide the play-button:
Once I upload to my LMS, you no longer see the grey screen. Not sure if everyone uses an LMS, but just wanted to share. Thanks for the workaround though. I will give that a try.