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Playing multiple sound files with one button - Playlist

May 8, 2012 12:06 AM

Tags: #cs5 #swf #sound #interactive

Hi

im working on an interactive project that require playlist feature,

The idea is to have a single button on a page that will play all the sound files on the page in thier order

just like as you play a full album in itunes or other players, when first song end the next one start to play and so on.

 

Any ideas?

 

Thanks

Guy

597 Views   10 Replies   Latest reply: Bob Levine, May 8, 2012 6:01 AM
 
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  • Bob Levine
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    1. Bob Levine,
    May 8, 2012 5:15 AM   in reply to Guytamam
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    Combine them into one MP3 or re-think your layout.

     

    Bob

     
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  • Manish-Sharma
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    2. Manish-Sharma,
    May 8, 2012 5:29 AM   in reply to Guytamam
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    1) Place all the audio file in the Indesign document.

     

    2) Create a button ,

     

    3) Go to the Button panel , and add multiple actions for "Sound" , and for which actions define audio file name

     

    Untitled.png

     

    Now go to the Timing Panel and arrange the sequence of the audio file you want to play , just like the layer panel , (dragging and dropping)

     

    Check the output.

     
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    3. Bob Levine,
    May 8, 2012 5:32 AM   in reply to Manish-Sharma
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    Interesting idea, Manish.

     

    Will that work with a PDF? It would help to know what the definition of "interactive project" is.

     

    Bob

     
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    4. Steve Werner,
    May 8, 2012 5:36 AM   in reply to Manish-Sharma
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    Don't have time to test this morning but I'm pretty sure that both the Animations panel and the Timing panel don't work in interactive PDF. Only in SWF export.

     
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    5. Guytamam,
    May 8, 2012 5:45 AM   in reply to Manish-Sharma
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    Manish,

    You are a  G E N I U S!

    Thank you.

     
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  • Steve Werner
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    6. Steve Werner,
    May 8, 2012 5:47 AM   in reply to Guytamam
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    In the future, when you're posting about an interactivity project, remember that there are three kinds of output from InDesign: Interactive PDF, SWF and DPS. Please be more specific.

     
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    7. Guytamam,
    May 8, 2012 5:50 AM   in reply to Bob Levine
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    oh...

    i add the swf tag thought it was enough...

    Its going for swf, and for that it work perfect.

    thank you all for replying.

     
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  • Manish-Sharma
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    8. Manish-Sharma,
    May 8, 2012 5:51 AM   in reply to Bob Levine
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    Bob, I never got the chance to test it in PDF , just checked and found that all the audio file play together in PDF as if Timing panel functionality is avoided ,

     

    Hence what Steve said is pretty much confirmed , that these panel are for SWF only.

     
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    9. Steve Werner,
    May 8, 2012 5:54 AM   in reply to Guytamam
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    Unfortunately, because of the poor design in the new Jive Software skin that powers these forums, the tags are reversed out of something like 15% black on a 10% black background and are virtualy unreadable!

     
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    10. Bob Levine,
    May 8, 2012 6:01 AM   in reply to Steve Werner
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    Never even noticed the tags…and they come through in email.

     

     

     

    Bob

     
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