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Change timeline from seconds to minutes?
So, I'm doing a lot of audio sync. I'm listening to the wav in Media Player, and I want i.e. an arrow to appear at 3:48. Is there a way to set the main timeline to display minutes and seconds, not only seconds? That way I don't have to calculate 180+48= 228 seconds. ALL other audio/video editors etc can change display from minutes, seconds, frames etc... Some can even show multiple time stamps. Ironically, if I open the audio file for edit, that editor displays minutes/seconds.
If this is not possible at present, it should be an easy fix for an upcoming upgrade.
Sigurd.
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Honestly, I find it amazing that this issue has still not been resolved. Given the age of the request and the painful nature of the issue, this should be a priority.
I use a lot of voiceover that I've to cut out between multiple Storyline slides, and this stupid problem is wasting my and my teams' time.
Oh my goodness, please update this feature. I am fighting with this right now. I am trying to convert 2:34 into 154 seconds and Storyline keeps reverting what I'm typing to 5 seconds. I don't even know what to do. If I could just enter 2:34 that would be great.
Hi, Angela.
I'm not sure if this is what you're attempting to do, but if you're using a trigger that jumps to a specific time (154 seconds, for example), but your timeline is not that long, Storyline will change it to the ending time of your timeline:
I hope this helps!
That would make sense...except that my timeline is 522 seconds long so it should allow me to add a trigger at 154 seconds...and the software shouldn't force us all to convert video timelines from minutes and seconds into seconds, even still. Sigh...
Dear support team,
I also think that it is not very customer-friendly when customers are stalled for years when a simple feature is requested and we are fobbed off with standard answers.
Can you give us the specific status on this feature request?
I agree. I have talked to support over this as well. So much time trying to "fit" things where they belong.
Hello Everyone!
I'm excited to share that I connected with the Engineering team, and this feature is now under review. We'll be sure to circle back here to share additional information as soon as possible!
Thank you for the update. We look forward to receiving further information.
Hi, Everyone!
I have some great news to share! We just released a really cool feature that now displays minutes and seconds in Timeline. You’ll find out more about this feature here.
To take advantage of this update, launch the Articulate 360 desktop app on your computer and click the Update button next to Storyline 360. You'll find step-by-step instructions here.
Please let us know if you have any questions by posting here, or reaching out to our Support Engineers directly.
Oh, good. This basic feature was updated.
If we expand the timeline further, will minutes and seconds convert to years? Looks like we need a slide that is 9+ years long to reflect the history of this comment thread asking for this adjustment.
(To the current staff, thank you for listening and making this happen. Sorry for my heavy dose of sarcasm in the above comment).
Is there anyway to change it back to seconds now? I am aligning videos, but all the triggers for choosing the correct time are in seconds, and the timelines are all in Minutes: Seconds. So you have to do the math to get the correct time. Am I missing something?
