Hi all
Maria approached me privately with this issue. I thought my
reply to her might help others, so am posting here what I replied
with.
I created a small Flash file that stops the sound. You may
download it for a short while from
this
link.
While this is certainly not anywhere near what I would
consider to be a "clean" approach, here is what I did. I dropped
the SWF onto a slide. This file stops playing all sounds.
Effectively kills the background. I then clicked Insert >
Animation and placed that file on the slide with the narration.
Then I timed the .SWF for .2 seconds and beginning immediately.
Next, I adjusted the narration to begin after this file ended. So
narration begins at .2 seconds. So far so good.
Now for the cheesy/fudgy/hokey part. I created a blank
Captivate project sized at 100 x 100 pixels. Totally devoid of any
content. I then clicked Edit > Preferences and ensured there was
no preloader. Next, I clicked Project > Skin and removed the
playback control. Finally, I clicked Edit > Preferences and
configured the end option to loop. After taht, I assigned the
background audio to this project. I then published this as a Flash
7 output. SWF only with no HTML page.
Next, I opened the original project, edited the slide where
the background should again begin playing and clicked Insert >
Animation. I dropped in the .SWF with the background audio and
configured the timing for "rest of project". This seems to work,
but has a bit of a hiccup. There is a slightly noticeable pause or
blurp when it repeats.
What would be ideal here is to figure out how to simply
"restart" the background. But I've not managed to sort that yet.
Hoping someone may offer a clue here.
Cheers... Rick