Is there any way to batch import audio files in Storyline?

May 06, 2013

I want to batch import audio files in Storyline, similar to how I do it in Presenter.  Is this possible?  If not, is it an upcoming feature?

thanks,

Elizabeth

35 Replies
Jen McIntosh
Backbase E-Learning Team

We really wish to have this feature on as soon as possible, should be a priority on your roadmap!

Considering this thread was created over 4 years ago, it's clearly not a priority. I stopped hoping for it ages ago and have just dealt with the inconvenience of doing it the tedious slide by slide way. It's sad that they regressed in features in this manner, but who knows, maybe one day they'll bring it back.

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Jen McIntosh
Backbase E-Learning Team

We really wish to have this feature on as soon as possible, should be a priority on your roadmap!

Considering this thread was created over 4 years ago, it's clearly not a priority. I stopped hoping for it ages ago and have just dealt with the inconvenience of doing it the tedious slide by slide way. It's sad that they regressed in features in this manner, but who knows, maybe one day they'll bring it back.

It's utterly scary that a feature considerable so "standard" and useful, that can really save a lot of time, is already been waiting 4 year to be developed.

Cody McCormack

I'm assuming there's still no batch import?
Just thought I'd check before spending a shipload of time and discovering it wasn't necessary. I have 40-something video files that I was hoping I could somehow insert straight from the Media Library onto individual new slides. i.e. That Storyline 360 would somehow auto-create a new slide for each video file rather than need me to spend the time creating the blank slides and adding each. I've searched and concluded that this feature probably doesn't exist, so I've added the Quick Access Insert Video workaround, but thought I might as well ask.

Cheers

Ashley Terwilliger-Pollard

Hi Cody,

We don't have a feature that will allow you to insert multiple audio files at once and have those automatically split into new individual slides. 

You can insert multiple audio files at once on to one slide - go to Insert > Audio > Select multiple clips/files > Click OK. They'll all be added to one particular slide and then you could work with those inside Storyline. 

 

Katie Riggio

Hi there, Sherri. Thanks for checking in!

While you can upload multiple audio files at once to an individual slide, Storyline won't automatically create a new slide for each file at this time. 

I'll share your vote with the team and if we add this functionality in a future update, we promise to update this discussion. Here's an inside look at how we work to prioritize feature requests!

Andrew Hill

For anyone on this tread in the 2020s, you can go to media library, click on 'Video' and then click 'import' in the upper right. Select 'video from file' and you can select multiple videos and import them all at once. You still need to manually place them in the course, but this might save a little time. 

Would really like to see this same functionality available when adding videos directly to a slide, and if it exists already for the media library, I don't see why it doesn't work for individual slides.