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bobelmore
bobelmore
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January 31, 2014
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Best way to update audio files in library

  • January 31, 2014
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I have quite a few audio files in the library for a Captivate project.  I just modifed a bunch of them, and I am wondering the best way to update the library.

  • If I delete the files in the library, I lose all the links to which audio went with which slide.
  • If I go into each slide and replace the audio, that is more time consuming, and still a problem when the old audio file is still in the library
  • I don't see an option for directly replacing the audio in the library; if I put the new version (same name) it just adds it with a (2), i.e. audioclip and audioclip(2)

The update option does not give me what I need, unless I am missing something.  First of all, I am using both a Windows computer at the client site, and my own Mac, so the paths are different.  To use the update I would have to update the path for each audio file, which is more trouble that updating every file manually.

Any ideas?

Thanks.

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Varun Kalra
Varun Kalra
Participating Frequently
January 31, 2014

Hi there,

The recommended way is to go to that slide and import the slide audio again, new audio will replcae the old.

Once you have replaced all the audios, the audio files that are not in use in the project will still show up in Library.

You can get rid of all unused items from the library, by clicking on the icon for unused icon and then delete icon:

Thanks.

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