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Continuous background music in Storyline 360
I am creating a Storyline project that has multiple slides with Engage interactions. In Presenter I could add continuous music by making a Playlist. However, this option doesn't seem to be available in Storyline. I tried adding the audio to each individual slide, but then whenever the user clicks on a different part of the Engage module the audio would simply restart. Is there any solution to this?
Hi everyone!
Good news! I'm happy to share that we just released Storyline 360 (Build 3.81.31200.0), which includes a feature to control the background audio for each slide using triggers to play, pause, or stop the playlist.
This was highly requested, so we hope it serves you in your course creation! If you run into any snags, don't hesitate to contact our team in a support case.
Dear Storyline Staff,
This feature has been requested for YEARS. Could you please make a STRONG SUGGESTION to your development team to prioritize this?Thank you.
Yes! We are currently publishing out to MP4 and dropping audio behind our "movies" but it would be great to have the ability to do this straight out of Storyline!
So after 9 years of asking for this it's still not on the feature list..... wowza.
Hi Geneviève,
It's not a feature we've added to Storyline yet, but we have a report of folks who have requested it, and I can add you to that. Here's a bit more about how we work to prioritize feature requests.
Add me too
Hi Ashley - I was just wondering if this product has been added to production for Storyline360? Thanks!
Based on everyone's comments it seems like this would be a beneficial addition to courses! I'm happy to follow up with our team to determine the progress of this feature request.
This would be great especially if the audio could be heard in Review 360 rather than having to publish to an LMS to hear the audio. Doing this means you loose out on all the cool Review 360 features.
I've been eagerly awaiting this update - I check in regularly to see if Articulate is getting any closer to making this an option (folks have been requesting it for years). Is there anything that can be done to have this request more seriously considered?
I will be telling my client 'I'm sorry but the authoring software does not support this very basic functionality. Perhaps for future e-Learning endeavours you should look into other, more full-featured and modern software options and re-evaluate your enterprise license with this company.'
If clients ask me something thats not default in the tools at hand, i tell them... well anything is possible..but that is not default in the tools. So we can make it happen ( and with Javascript you can make anything happen in Storyline up to multiplayer games ! ) but we have to develop that ourselves. Sometimes clients dont want it then... and sometimes clients get enthusiast and want us to make it.
I happen to be well versed in Javascript and need a solution using
StoryLine that’s guaranteed to work on all platforms (including mobile) so
my hands are tied. I can certainly include the file in a webobject and use
html5 audio but that in itself brings desktop only and additional problems
and complexity. What if my users want to control the volume of the bgm?
Mute it when a video plays? It’s not accessible by triggers and now I will
have to write additional javascript play/pause/resume complexity that is
*not maintainable* by the non-javascript staff who will be inheriting the
project. I can certainly fix these problems with JavaScript, it’s just not
a good idea. If my client runs into problems down the line they can’t ask
Articulate for help because Javascript is “not supported”.
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!
This feature looks amazing! One question, when creating a playlist, is there a way to direct the music to only certain slides? I would like to end a project with light music, but don't want it playing the whole time. Is it an all or nothing kind of thing?
Hi Erin,
Thanks for reaching out; I'm glad you're enjoying the new feature!
There is currently no way to direct the background audio to only specific slides, but we'll be sure to let you know when this additional feature makes it to our roadmap for Storyline 360!
Finally!! This is amazing!!!
Hi Elisse,
Thanks for sharing your feedback on the new background audio feature of Storyline!
Enjoy the rest of your day, and happy developing! 🙂
I think it must be terribly difficult to write the code that would allow continuous background music in Articulate. It has been a request for years and it still hasn't "bubbled up" to the top of the request pile! Wow - that is unfortunately making this Storyline customers want a different solution! My simple course without narration sounds very clunky as the music restarts on every click. :-(
In fact its easy enough to do in Storyline as is with some Javascript.
Here you can see a sample.
https://360.articulate.com/review/content/afad28c3-1f73-43bc-b7b2-7ad1ab1e48e6/reviewAnd for some other user i made a simple sample. Very easy for not-experienced Javascripters to get this working. You only need to do 2 things to get background audio working properly.
- Replace the audiofile in the resources.
- Change the variable 'audioFile' into the name of your audiofile.And then all works.
Working sample added.
Kind regards,
MathKind thanks for your attempt to help. I see your example appears seemless yet I can't make all the leaps within the story file to connect the missing dots. I do appreciate the effort anyway!
Is there any update on this feature being available in Storyline 360? We have recently purchased a license and continuous background music across all content is something we would use with a lot.
