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How can I add audio to a multi-state object slideshow?

Jul 4, 2012 8:46 AM

I'm completely new to all this, so I might not have worded that correctly.

 

I have three pictures that I have created a object state slideshow with. Each picture has the other two pictures in a smaller form as buttons so the user can tap on those to bring up that picture.

 

All my picture are of animals and I'd like to attach a button to the main picture that will play an audio track of that animal's sound.

 

But every time I add the audio to the state, the small pictures that I used for buttons stop working.

 

What is the deal? Please help.

688 Views   4 Replies   Latest reply: tim.hughes, Jul 5, 2012 1:35 AM
 
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    1. tim.hughes,
    Jul 4, 2012 9:08 AM   in reply to ande6519
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    Hi there

     

    On the audio clip have you added the specific clip to the state it relates to?

     

    to do this - select both the audio clip and the state it relates to and in your object state panel click "add objects to visible state"

     

    Also have you specified audio controller files?

     

    all you need for them is a folder that contains two .png files

     

    one called play.png

    one called pause.png

     

    these could be anything you want - make them around 60x60px and like an icon of somekind... using these files lets your user control the play and pause of the audio

     

    You specify these in the the overlay creator and it works real good!

     
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    2. ande6519,
    Jul 4, 2012 11:33 AM   in reply to tim.hughes
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    Hi,

     

    Yes, each audio clip is in it's corrisonding state.

    I am not using the audio controller files because everytime I add a file a yellow triangle pulls up next to it saying, "the file is missing or contains no images." When it's not missing and has two .png files.

     

    So instead, I made a button on the page that I added the play sound action for, which works fine. The button plays the audio when clicked, but the butttons I have to change to next state don't work anymore once I add any audio to any of the states.

     
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    3. ande6519,
    Jul 4, 2012 1:54 PM   in reply to ande6519
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    Hey Tiim,

     

    I figured it out. I added an invisible frame and used that over the image as a button to the next state.

     

    NOW, I can change the state to a different animal's picture and also be able to tap the speaker icon for it's sound.

     

    WOOO HOOO!

     

    Thanks anyway!

     
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    4. tim.hughes,
    Jul 5, 2012 1:35 AM   in reply to ande6519
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    Ah fantastic!! that's the best way to add buttons! - then they're unintrusive to your content anyway!! Glad you got it figured!!

     
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