Experiment with these settings to see some of the different control configurations you can come up with.
5 ) I n t h e S p ec i a l ca t e go ry , c h eck t h a t A u t o St ar t i s s e t t o " T r u e , " a nd t h a t Loop a nd B o r d er are bo t h s e t t o " F a l s e . "
The AutoStart setting controls whether the video will begin playing automatically whenever the page it's on is shown. We want the video to start playing as soon as the user jumps to the Video page, so make sure this is set to "True."
The Loop setting controls whether the video will automatically restart from the beginning when it reaches the end. In this case, we just want the video to stop when it reaches the end, so leave it set to "False."
The Border setting controls whether the video object will have a black border around it. You can turn it on if you want, but I think this video looks fine without a border.
In short: make sure all these settings are set to their default values. (Okay, I'll admit it...this step was just an excuse to point out what those settings do.)
6 ) I n t h e Obj ec t ca t e go ry , make s u re V id e o S ca ling M od e i s s e t t o " M a in t a in A s p ec t . "
Video Scaling Mode controls whether the video will maintain its original aspect ratio, or will "stretch" to fill the size and shape of the bounding box. Stretching the video usually makes it look much worse, but it can be helpful if you really don't want any black bars around the video, and don't want to resize the object to make the black bars go away. (It's usually better to keep Scaling Mode set to "Maintain Aspect," and just adjust the size of the video object instead to eliminate any black bars.)
Tip: Preserving the original aspect ratio is important for image files and videos, which often look distorted if they're stretched disproportionately. An easy way to preserve an object's aspect ratio is to right-click on the object and choose Keep Aspect. (If you need to, you can restore the object's original aspect ratio by right-clicking on it and choosing Restore Size.)
7 ) I n t h e P o s i t ion ca t e go ry , s e t Wid t h t o 320 , a nd He igh t t o 240 .
P o s i t ion t h e obj ec t s o i t f i t s ju s t in s id e t h e f rame o f ou r p a n e l i ma g e .
On ce i t ' s in pl ace , p re ss C t r l + P t o pin t h e obj ec t .
The left, right, and bottom sides of the video object will probably need to overlap the frame of the panel image by just a smidgeon. But that's okay.
Tip: A trick for setting the object's position precisely is to drag it more or less into place with the mouse, and then move it in tiny increments with the cursor keys. By moving the object back and forth across the inside edge of the frame, one pixel at a time, you can see the exact position where the top of the object matches the top of the black background on the panel image.