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background music in Storyline
Hi everybody,
Is there any way to insert background music like in Presenter in Storyline?
Thank you
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!
Hi Kristy,
Sorry to geek out on you and others. :)
The root directory is all the files/folders at the topmost level of a directory.
For example, when you publish a Storyline project and it creates and output folder. That folder is its root. The bg_music.wav file would go in that folder at the topmost level.
The story.html file is in the root directory. Another way to think of it is to ensure the music file and the story.html file can be seen in the same view.
This image of a typical output directory including HTML5 hopefully will help.
Woo-hoo - after 4 days of mucking around - I got it to work. Thank the pope I don't have to charge my time out!! THANK-YOU very much!
Now I need to try and figure out how to make the background music play quietly in the background so I can do a voiceover.....any ideas??
First thing that comes to mind is open your music in an audio editor like Audacity and turn the volume levels down and export.
Maybe even leave the volume up for a few seconds and then fade it to a lower volume just when narration starts.
Glad Kevin was able to help you out here Kristy!
... :(
What if I wish...Music accross several slides....but only on certain part of the course... ;(
Let s join the "feature request"...
The smartest way of doing is on a slide master,
Add a small loop of a sound file.(2 -3 secs)
Add triggers:
Play media when timeline starts
Play media when media completes
This wouldn't require any code, nor any complexities.
Thanks Stratbeans for sharing that here - I do know that other folks have mentioned that, but there may be a pause or silence as a slide jumps from slide to slide.
There are some wonderful workarounds here and I got one to work in like 5 seconds. But where I lack insight is on how that code fix gets transferred to the LMS SCORM files that get uploaded?
thanks,
jay
I was wondering has anyone found an easier way of adding Background music to a presentation?
Hi Ryan!
This is not something that Articulate can support, but you are welcome to reach out to any individual if needed for further assistance. There is also another thread here and Alex is always a big help with this subject.
I got this to work... BUT when I zip and load to my LMS the music goes away..Any help?
Ryan,
Try making the changes to your final output folder rather than before
you publish.
Hi Ryan!
You could test the output in SCORM Cloud and this may help you determine if the issue lies with the content or with your LMS.
