I have a slide with 4 different layers set to advance automatically. Each layer has a different audio length. The automatic transition seems to be triggered by the timeline on the base layer which has no audio at all.
Is there a technique to tie the auto slide advance to the completion of the layer?
First, thanks. It's a little unsatisfying though. The seekbar will only represent the base layer. This makes it necessary to suppress the seekbar which doesn't represent the layer's audio duration. Each layer will need a trigger to auto advance at end, and the base layer must be reset from auto to "by user".
Not sure I understand. You can pause the timeline of the base layer when a layer is playing so it will show the layer timeline
See attached quick sample (in SL2 as I wasn't sure which version you are using) just with shapes on slide not audio to see if that works how you want. Only has one layer.
Would be a help if there were a way at the end of the layer's timeline to either wait for user advance or automatically advance according to course settings.
The only method I can imagine would require that the layer had a trigger at end of timeline to resume the base layer without hiding the current layer.
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Hi Sam
can you set the final layer trigger to advance when media completes on that layer?
First, thanks. It's a little unsatisfying though. The seekbar will only represent the base layer. This makes it necessary to suppress the seekbar which doesn't represent the layer's audio duration. Each layer will need a trigger to auto advance at end, and the base layer must be reset from auto to "by user".
This is what we will do.
Thanks,
Sam
Hi Sam
Not sure I understand. You can pause the timeline of the base layer when a layer is playing so it will show the layer timeline
See attached quick sample (in SL2 as I wasn't sure which version you are using) just with shapes on slide not audio to see if that works how you want. Only has one layer.
Well ah-ha. I did not know that pausing the base timeline would show the layer's playback time in the seekbar.
Would be a help if there were a way at the end of the layer's timeline to either wait for user advance or automatically advance according to course settings.
The only method I can imagine would require that the layer had a trigger at end of timeline to resume the base layer without hiding the current layer.
Hi Sam,
Have you tried adding this trigger to the last layer?
Jump to slide [next slide] when timeline ends on [current layer].
Let me know if that's what you had in mind!
First, I am satisfied that pausing the base layer shows the higher layer's seek bar. It is easy to add a trigger to jump to the next slide there.
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