I made a demo featuring background music that goes through the whole course (doesn't change from slide to slide). The user can chose from four songs to listen to and can adjust the volume, and the song continues playing through every slide and loops when it completes. I've also added instructions on how to make this work to the module. I don't know whether someone else has already posted something like this (I couldn't find anything), but hey if so here's one more! Demo ------- I've put together a second demo that shows a different way to do this. This second version performs the same actions as the first one, but without needing to edit the output files every time you publish! It saves a lot of headaches when you need to edit something in the course because now you don't have to drop the music files into the output folder and you dont have to edit the html file every time you publish! Demo 2 I've also attached the second version .story file. Its called Background_Music_Version_2.story. If anyone needs help getting either versions of this to work I'm more than happy to assist :)

Hi Marcee, Since opening the html document is causing you problems I would suggest going with the Version 2 option. 1. Create a variable in storyline called 'Location'2. Create a folder on your desktop, it can be called whatever you'd like. 3. Put all of the music files you want to play in your course in this folder4. create a new file in the folder called 'index.html'. This file can just be blank5. Back in your storyline, create a new slide that the learner will never see6. Create a web object in that slide and link it to the folder you just created with the blank index.html file in it. Make sure to set the web object to load automatically. 7. Publish your file (dont zip) and open the output folder8. Check under story_content/WebObjects folder and copy the name of the web object folder in there. It will be a series of random characters like 'W7auf51LmL'9. In storyline set default value of the 'Location' variable to the path whole path 'story_content/WebObjects/[web object name]'10. Create a trigger that executes javascript when your project starts. 11. paste this javascript into your trigger, it will edit the story.html file for you: //load the scripts dynamically into the head of the documentfunction add_line() { var line = document.createElement("audio"); var head=document.getElementsByTagName('body')[0]; line.type = "audio/mp3"; line.src=""; line.id="bgSong" ; line.autoplay = true; line.loop = true; head.appendChild(line);}//but we only want to add these once!if(document.getElementById('bgSong')==null){ add_line();var audio = document.getElementById('bgSong');audio.volume = 0.5;} 12. Now you can play your songs with a trigger like this: var player = GetPlayer();this.Location= player.GetVar("location");var audio = document.getElementById('bgSong');audio.src= location + "SONG1.mp3";audio.load();audio.play(); remember to change 'SONG1.mp3' to whatever the music file you added was named. You can adjust the volume (for narration or sound effects or whathaveyou) with this trigger var audio = document.getElementById('bgSong');audio.volume = 0.6; That should get it working for you, let me know if you run into any more problems!

The reason I set up the audio.src="BrightlyFancy.mp3" was because I made this particular project have multiple songs that can be switch between. In my file I put that line into a JavaScript trigger in the .story file and used the "Execute JavaScript" trigger to switch between songs. If you have just one song you'd like to play, you can just add: <audio src="BrightlyFancy.mp3" id="bgSong" preload="auto" autoplay loop></audio> To your story.html file, where "BrightlyFancy.mp3" is the name of the audio file you'd like to play. Make sure it is located within the <Body> tags and outside of the <script> tags Don't forget to add your audio file to the root of your output folder or else your course wont be able to find your audio file. Hope this helps! If you need to add more control over the background music (more than just having it loop through the whole course) let me know and I can help you get it working! :)

Hi Jane, It is possible to stop the music and resume it while the video is playing. If you execute this javascript trigger it will mute the music: var audio = document.getElementById('bgSong');audio.volume = 0.0; and to resume the music: var audio = document.getElementById('bgSong');audio.volume = 1.0; The file you shared is actually the zipped output file, what I need is the test_background_music.story file. The file that you open in Storyline to edit the course is the file I need. I cannot open any zip files into Storyline.

If you want to stop the song you can run this trigger at the end of the scene or beginning of the next scene. var player = GetPlayer();this.Location= player.GetVar("location");var audio = document.getElementById('bgSong');audio.src = " ";audio.load();audio.play(); This will set the song to nothing, so it wont play anything. If you want to change the music use the same trigger and set audio.src to loctation + the name of your song. You can control when and what song is playing throughout the course. I hope this helps! Let me know if you need any assistance getting it to work :)

Hi Jane, sorry it took so long to respond: I had never considered the returning to course or jumping around the menu! I think that the easiest way to get around this is to drop the javascript triggers into the slide master so they run on every slide in the background. The problem with that though, is that if it runs on every slide then the song will restart every time the trigger fires. BUT I think there is a way around this! So firstly, any of the javascript triggers you are using should be pasted into every slide master main page that you use in the course. That way no matter where the learner jumps in the music should continue start playing. Secondly, we're going to need to edit the javascript so that it checks to see if there is already music playing before starting this song. This will help us avoid the problem of the song restarting every time the trigger runs. You'll want to change this: //load the scripts dynamically into the head of the documentfunction add_line() { var line = document.createElement("audio"); var head=document.getElementsByTagName('body')[0]; line.type = "audio/mp3"; line.src=""; line.id="bgSong" ; line.autoplay = true; line.loop = true; head.appendChild(line);}//but we only want to add these once!if(document.getElementById('bgSong')==null){ add_line();var audio = document.getElementById('bgSong');audio.volume = 1.0;}var player = GetPlayer();this.Location= player.GetVar("location");var audio = document.getElementById('bgSong');audio.src=Location+"SONGNAMEHERE.mp3";audio.load();audio.play(); To this: //load the scripts dynamically into the head of the documentfunction add_line() { var line = document.createElement("audio"); var head=document.getElementsByTagName('body')[0]; line.type = "audio/mp3"; line.src=""; line.id="bgSong" ; line.autoplay = true; line.loop = true; head.appendChild(line);}//but we only want to add these once!if(document.getElementById('bgSong')==null){ add_line();var audio = document.getElementById('bgSong');audio.volume = 1.0;}var player = GetPlayer();var audio = document.getElementById('bgSong');this.Location= player.GetVar("location");if (audio.duration > 0 && !audio.paused) {// If song is playing and not paused then do nothing}else {audio.src=Location+"Happy.mp3"; audio.load();audio.play();} This should check if the audio is playing or not, and if not then it will load the song again. I haven't tested this yet and unfortunately I can't get around to it until later this week probably, so this is just a theory so far. I hope that it works though! Let me know if there's any problems with this and I can try to help as much as I can.

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JacksonHamner
Community Member
10 years ago
Hey Jane,

So I have to apologize, there was an error my previous post that stopped your file from working.

This is what I told you to set the variable as: story_content\WebObjects\6VUFHlYBLQO

It should have been this: story_content/WebObjects/6VUFHlYBLQO/

Notice that the slashes are facing the other direction and there is an additional one at the end. I corrected my mistake and your file started working! I attached the working file to this post so you can see this change.

Sorry about that! Let me know if you run into any more snags :)
BGMusicTest.story6 MB
- JaneJordan1
  Community Member
  10 years ago
  thanks Jackson working perfectly
- JaneJordan1
  Community Member
  10 years ago
  Hi Jackson
  
  everything working beautifully - just one thing I came across - when I left
  the module and then came back into it where I left off I noticed there
  wasn't any music!
  Is this because we have the Java script on the first slide and so it
  doesn't know if I come in at slide 11 to activate the script.
  
  I guess I could put the Java script trigger on every slide or do you know a
  quicker way?
  
  Thanks again
  Jane
- JaneJordan1
  Community Member
  10 years ago
  Hi Jackson
  just wondered if you had a fix or some script for this issue - when the user moves to a different part of the course via the menu the background music stops. And when the user leaves the course Then returns to the course there is no music.
  maybe it's not possible - so close
  
  Jane
  
  Sent from my iPhone
LeslieMcKerchie
Staff
10 years ago
Maybe you can sleep now Jane :)

Thanks again Jackson.
- JaneJordan1
  Community Member
  10 years ago
  Leslie 6am not time to get up now - it was worth it thanks guys
LeslieMcKerchie
Staff
10 years ago
Haha! I know the feeling. Glad you have a great start to your day!!
ChristiePollick
Community Member
10 years ago
Great work, Jackson, and thanks so much for helping Jane get to where she needed to go! :)
- JaneJordan1
  Community Member
  10 years ago
  Hi five to all of the great help you guys give the community - no question is too silly and all questions are answered.
  
  Well done and thank you
  
  Sent from my iPhone
ChristiePollick
Community Member
10 years ago
How kind of you to say, Jane, and we think this community is something really special, too! We're so fortunate that everyone generously contributes their various skills and experiences to benefit one another and help everyone succeed... pretty darn cool, if you ask me! :)
JacksonHamner
Community Member
10 years ago
Hey Jane,

Unfortunately I don't know of a way to interact with the storyline player in that way. To my knowledge its not possible to really interact too much with the built in play/pause button, seekbar, etc.
- JaneJordan1
  Community Member
  10 years ago
  Yep thought so
  
  Sent from my iPhone
ChristiePollick
Community Member
10 years ago
Many thanks for the follow-up, Jackson! Hope that answers your question, Jane, or perhaps others could share some insight if they have an idea you could try. :)
LeslieMcKerchie
Staff
10 years ago
Hi Jane! Glad that Jackson was able to assist you up until this point :)

Thank you Jackson! Great thread for others in the community as well.
ChristiePollick
Community Member
10 years ago
Hi, Jane -- Unfortunately, as it appears you replied via email, your image/screenshot did not come through to the thread. From within the thread itself, all you will need to do is click on the 'Insert an Image" icon (highlighted in the screenshot below), or you may use the ADD ATTACHMENT button in the bottom left corner. Hope that helps! :)
LeslieMcKerchie
Staff
10 years ago
Hi Jane! Yes, that warning is due to viewing locally. I would advise to test in the intended published environment. If you are not ready to load to your LMS, you could utilize SCORM Cloud if you wish.

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