For Nectar Slider, we notice that IE 11 waits until enough of the video has buffered before beginning playback. If the video is 1080p MP4, this can lead to a delay of up to 15 seconds before the video starts on IE.
1) Is there a way to control buffering of the video on IE?
2) Is there a way to set a background image that appears on or behind the video, so there's something there in IE while it's buffering? We found a way to do this with CSS, but we'd need to drop in a custom CSS snippet for every slider on every page. It would be great if the "Preview Image" was used automatically for this.
3) Failing #1 and #2, does Nectar Slider support using something like YouTube for the video background instead, that would buffer more predictably / gracefully?
No i am afraid we dont have such options available in the Nectar Slider . You can use Revolution Slider as many users use it and works well with Salient.
For Nectar Slider, we notice that IE 11 waits until enough of the video has buffered before beginning playback. If the video is 1080p MP4, this can lead to a delay of up to 15 seconds before the video starts on IE.
I have confirmed the same behavior using the sample video you guys provide:
http://themenectar.com/demo/salient/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/onemore_1.mp4
Consequently, we have several questions here:
1) Is there a way to control buffering of the video on IE?
2) Is there a way to set a background image that appears on or behind the video, so there's something there in IE while it's buffering? We found a way to do this with CSS, but we'd need to drop in a custom CSS snippet for every slider on every page. It would be great if the "Preview Image" was used automatically for this.
3) Failing #1 and #2, does Nectar Slider support using something like YouTube for the video background instead, that would buffer more predictably / gracefully?
Hey ,
No i am afraid we dont have such options available in the Nectar Slider . You can use Revolution Slider as many users use it and works well with Salient.
Thanks
ThemeNectar Support Team