Custom Volume Control?

I just decided to try and do the same thing (all custom nav) and realized that the volume button is still taking up all that space.

I assume by the fact that there have been no other posts on this thread since May... that no one has come up with anything?

Same question here. I really would like to add my own volume button. Any help ?

There is no way to do this. I just turn it off. If people want to adjust volume they can use the volume controls on their computer.

Is there are variable called Volume, which can then be assigned a percentage value?

Just a though, how this could be achieved.

Jilo

Unfortunately, custom volume controls aren't accessible via the player or variables. You could build your own Flash-based widget to control volume. Here's a widget example for muting audio. This only works in the Flash output:

http://community.articulate.com/forums/p/16828/95681.aspx#95681

This would make a great feature request.

At least to be able to publish with the volume maximized. I think once published the audio is at a lesser % than 100. I could be wrong, but the volume bar isn't at the very top when the volume selector is there.

I created a SWF file with which you can load external SWF files. With this SWF you can adjust the volume of the loaded SWf files.

It would be great if I could trace/read the volume setting of the Storyline player so I can use that also for the loaded SWF files.

Can somebody help me with that maybe?

It would be great if articulate could make customized audio controls a new feature.

Hi Allison,

Great idea and thanks for sharing here! You'll also want to make sure (if you didn't already) that you've shared some detailed thoughts here in the form of a feature request as those go to our product development team for review as they think about and plan for new features and versions of Storyline.

I'd asked the same question earlier today in a different post, and I'm very surprised that Storyline is so limited in it's ability to easily customize such basic features like volume control, or menu display. Although many basic controls can be assigned to custom buttons, there doesn't seem to be a trigger for volume control (or for displaying/hiding the menu). You should be able to assign any trigger to any Storyline control feature/function, that way be able to have a customized button/hotspot for it. I'm with you Allison---would be great to be able to customize those without having to recreate them.

Steve, Isn't there a problem with relying on a widget works only with Flash output in terms of devices/software that doesn't support Flash? Aren't there any other more generic widgets or add-ons for customizable controls (such as volume/vcr controls)?

All of this would be less of an issue if Storyline allowed you to fully customize the layout/size/position of any of their default controls---seems like such a basic idea.

I'll add my two cents as a feature request (thanks for the suggestion Ashley).

hello
Is this feature was added in Storyline 2 ?

Thanks

Would be awesome, though, especially with sliders now available...

Hi Amelie,

You can always share your thoughts on feature requests here. 

Hi, Here is a custom example: http://www.rhdaustralia.org.au/professional-development/rhd-australia-education-package/module-1 

But this could just be an imported flash component so once again it 's not very satisfactory, you really would want html5 compatible audio controls and progress sliders available for multiple audio files on individual slides...

Regards

Thanks Mark for sharing here. 

I just want a MUTE audio button... ie set the volume to 0... surely this is possible?

it is with placing the audio on a layer... and using PAUSE Media as a trigger button.

Lance, so this resolves the issue for you?  Seems like this would work in situations where the audio is not synced with some sort of animation or video, otherwise the audio would become out of sync with everything else.

I'd agree with Brian's thoughts in regards to slide syncing, but glad you were able to find a method that worked for you. 

Hello, is there a way to move the audio control on the player? I have made all my own controls and closed captioning and the only control I can't make is the audio. However, it seems silly to have the whole player active for just the volume control. So is there a way to move the player audio control to another part of the player or slide?

Hi Cassidy,

There isn't a way to remove the player audio control and place it within a part of the slide or another part of the player. There have been a few custom examples shared on how to create an audio toggle button and that set up may assist you such as this example.

Hello Gerry,

I know this is a very old question, but I think found a solution when I was struggling to achive this functionality, hope this might help some one else with the same requirement. Please have a look a it Volume control for both HTLM5 and Flash