How can I make a background music play continuously across multiple slides/layers?

I followed the directions above from Somya just now and it works: "I added the music in Master Slide and it automatically runs."

That's awesome Loretta - thanks for chiming in to share.

Why isn't this just a feature.....if you had this we could use storyline to create visual novels. This is a huge market with pretty poor tools right now. 

Hi Maggie.

I know it isn't the best way to do it, but I improvised. here are the steps to do:

1- Publish your storyline file (lms mode/scorm 1.2, for example).

2- Open a new storyline file,then go to the tab Insert> record screen.

3- Preview your story.html with chrome or IE.

4- Start to record.

5- After recording all, insert your favourite audio file and ta-da!!

It's not the reccomended way, but works well.

Please developers, help us to make it easier!!

I have been researching this issue for months now, and I’m seeing these treads from 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018. Seriously? It’s almost the end of 2019 and Articulate still hasn’t fixed what seems to me to be a must have feature. How can you not have continuous play?!!!

A solution that I came up with is to stick the the background music into the slide master. It works. 

Does that cause the music to restart each time a new slide is loaded?

Hey, so I am working in Storyline 360 and these javascript code including the modified verision that are compliant with html5 outputs are not working even when I download the examples. Is this a function lost when Storyline 2 upgraded to 360? Need to have an audio file loop as background music with no interruption using Storyline 360. Any suggestions?

The JS solutions should still work with one change, you have to fire the JS code after or at the point in time when a user interacts with the page. This isn't a storyline issue, rather, it is a browser security requirement.

Do you have a file you can share that we can troubleshoot?

I feel as a general rule that products like this should start with what Powerpoint can do, and build upon that. I am having this issue now as well, after coming back to give Storyline a try again. It has been YEARS and this is still not possible in Storyline? This seems like just a basic requirement to me, and I am really bummed this STILL isn't incorporated. Especially now that we have 360 versions which we pay for forever so they are "always up top date".

Yes, so not really a solution. It's the same as including the audio file on each of the slide's timelines, or am I missing something?

Definitely a +1 from me. I've come across from Adobe Captivate where this has been a feature for years. Soooo sad to see how old this thread is and there still not being any sign of it being integrated into Storyline. And I've lost hope in "Submit a feature request" as these seem to be a waste of time.

Hi everyone!

I have some great news to share. We just released another update for Storyline 360. In Update 74, we've included important fixes and new features.

One of the new features we've included is: 

• Create immersive experiences with continuous background audio that sets the tone and keeps learners engaged.

Launch the Articulate 360 desktop app on your computer to take advantage of this update, and click the Update button next to Storyline 360. You'll find our step-by-step instructions here.

Please let me know if you have questions!

Yes, this is good news! I haven't tested it yet but look forward to the opportunities it will bring. Thanks for a great new feature!

Hi Brett,

I'm glad to hear that you love this new feature! I'm excited about how you'll use background audio in future Storyline projects.

Please feel free to reach out if you run into any issues. We're happy to help!