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Background Audio not playing in Captivate 4

Mar 24, 2010 3:21 PM

I imported a background audio track to my Adobe Captivate project, and I can see it in the background audio menu, however, when I preview or publish the project, it does not play.  When I am in the import menu, it plays, but only there.  I have done this many times before without issue.  Any ideas?

 
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    May 3, 2010 11:54 PM   in reply to cklustofin

    Hi there

     

    I am not sure if I understood the problem correctly. I tried to add a background audio to a test project and it worked fine for me in preview and publish.

     

    When you say "I can see it in the background audio menu" are you meaning the following?

    Audio->Background Audio... ==> Audio Background Dialog opens up and the audio track is shown properly. In library, the use count of this audio is non-zero and when you right click on the audio and select usage, "Project" is listed as one of the users.

     

    When you say "When I am in the import menu, it plays, but only there", which import menu are you taking about?

    Can't the audio be played from the library preview or from audio properties dialog or from Audio Background dialog?

     

    Do you have this problem with any project that you are creating or is the problem happening in one particular project only? If it is only a particular project, can you share the CP project?

     

    Cheers

    Siva

     
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    Jun 12, 2010 2:03 PM   in reply to cklustofin

    I am having the same problem.  The track is available in the library and I can play it, but when I publish the file, no music....I need to watch the video in order to see how to arrange the slides to match the music but I'm not having any luck getting the music to publish with the file.

     
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    Jun 14, 2010 12:54 AM   in reply to cklustofin

    Hi Connie

     

    Glad to hear that you resolved the issue

     

    Cheers

    Siva

     
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    Jun 14, 2010 12:56 AM   in reply to SoniaW316

    Hi Sonia

     

    I am sure you would have read Connie's reply on how the problem got solved. Just in case you haven't, please check the project preferences.

     

    If this problem happens only for a particular project, can you share that problem project?

     

     

    Cheers

    Siva

     
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    Jun 14, 2010 3:09 AM   in reply to Sivakumar Nagarajan

    I did go in and restore, however, I had a different piece of music in the file before and that file published just fine.  I would say it was the format of the music file but it plays within captivate it just won't publish.  I would be happy to share the file.  I don't have a public place to host however.

     

    This file also starts with two animations on the first powerpoint but I can only get one of the two to work in Captivate, which is odd.  So I opted to do the animation in Captivate just for that slide.  I've had to do that before.

     

    I do have one other question.  I have Articulate, which is a powerpoint add-on.  If I do slides using that will they import into Captivate?  I haven't tried it yet as I just got it and my team was so nice to take over the laptops for this week so I can't try it so I thought I would ask.

     
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    Jun 16, 2010 9:32 AM   in reply to cklustofin

    Now the sound is playing in the second file publishing to AVI but it is not working at all in the SWF.  I really need to get this project finished.

     

    Any ideas?

     
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    Oct 8, 2010 9:04 AM   in reply to cklustofin

    Try checking the quality of the sound file. I've found that if I try importing an MP3 that has been saved at 320kbps that Captivate does not process the file. It plays fine within the program, but when you try to preview/publish the file gets skipped.

     

    For the record, I have the same problem with the software for my phone - it won't convert MP3s that are that high - so it's not just an Adobe problem.

     
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    Nov 10, 2010 7:01 AM   in reply to Brett Hamelin

    My audio is not playing in Captivate 4 in preview or publish modes.  When I go to the publish menu, Project -->Publish settings, the box that says, "include audio" is checked.

     

    This is audio that I recorded within captivate.  I did import it from another project library, because I was having trouble with that file.  It was working fine for a while, but then stopped.

    It plays just fine when I view each slide individually.

     

    Moreover, when in preview or publish modes, I can hear the typing and clicking audio.

     

    I have been using Captivate 4 for a while and this has never happened to me before.

     

    Would appreciate help!!!

     

    Thanks so much.

     
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