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mikewilday
mikewilday
Inspiring
September 11, 2015
Question

Continuous Play of Audio files.

  • September 11, 2015
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I have an intricate project that has background audio that spreads over three or four slides. Its a branching project. Students experience an informational slide that sets them up for a question. The next slide is a question, and then there are a possible three answers. Is there a way to trigger audio that continues playing through multiple slides but stops when a new audio is triggered by a new informational slide?


See the general idea below. Basically on slide 2 the user would jump to slide 4, 5, or 6. I'd like the audio to play independently, but be changed when they get to slide 6.

Slide 1 - Information Slide - Workshop - background audio file begins playing

Slide 2 - Workshop question - audio keeps playing (not split up... but plays through) Answers jump to slide 3, 4, or 5.

Slide 3 - Workshop Answer response 1 - audio keeps playing

Slide 4 - Workshop Answer response 2 - audio keeps playing

Slide 5 - Workshop Answer response 3 - audio keeps playing

Slide 6 - Informational Slide - Outdoors - New Audio slide begins playing, old one is stopped.

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Lilybiri
Lilybiri
Legend
September 11, 2015

The only control you can have for background audio is to stop it on certain slides. If you want control you need to use other type of audio: slide audio spread over different slides could be a better option.

mikewilday
mikewildayAuthor
Inspiring
September 11, 2015

Thanks Lilbiri, but splitting up the audio doesn't work cause the user is able to make selections on specific slides. and I don't want the audio to stop playing in the middle, if they take longer than the software deems they should. I am trying another possibility, import the audio to an object and set the object to display for the rest of the presentation, but turn off the audio by hiding the object with an advanced action... i've tested it for the first section, just need to confirm it works for further ones. Hopefully that will work.

RodWard
Community Expert
RodWardCommunity Expert
Community Expert
September 12, 2015

I blogged about audio objects: Audio Objects: Control them! - Captivate blog

If you had given more details I would have made that suggestion, but you just talked about 'background' audio that had to be a new one on certain slides. But if you have buttons, where the inactive part is not visited (because they jump to another slide) this jumping of frames will be heard in the audio clip attached to the object. I don't know if it is the best solution, I would be annoyed by that.

The Play Audio command is not an option, because the audio clip stops automatically when leaving the slide.


Lieve,

I think there may be some confusion in terminology here. 

When Mike mentioned 'background' audio, I don't think he's referring to what Captivate calls Background' Audio that can be set to run behind the entire project regardless of which slide you are viewing.

I think Mike is talking about using Slide Audio spread over several slides.  He wants to have several instances of this in his project as the learner works through sections in the module.

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