I have created a button slide that navigates user to an interaction then I need user to go back to button slide to press a second button Which takes them to another slide . How do I play audio when user first visits the button slide the and then stop audio on every subsequent visit after.

Tom, Are you using layers or hopping back and forth between slides? If you're hopping back and forth, all you need to do is set your main melon slide (with the audio) to resume saved state. This way, when you hop back to the main slide, it picks up where it left off. Thus, if the audio has already played, it won't play again.

Ok I got it to work with a little help from information from Articulatebrian's Screenr sample. Here is the link for anyone interested... https://player.vimeo.com/video/145579332 It is pretty much what you described but it was very helpful to have the samples on the video of exactly how the variables are set up. Also most important for my use was that I had to duplicate each of the audio play variables ( I called them "playonce") on each slide that I had audio that I want to stop if the user returns there. Another main difference that I changes was that I changed the "set the audio to true" variable to NOT be when the media completes, but at the start of a timeline of a button (Variable Trigger button). This button would normally be off screen. I did this because I don't want the user to have to wait for the audio file to complete if he chooses to be impatient and go on to his chosen slide. So what happens on each slide is the audio starts to play, then in a second the Variable Trigger button sets the "playonce" variable to true. I also included a button for the user to click if he changes his mind and wants to play the audio on the slide again. This was part of my objective. I have included a sample attached file.

Thanks Bruce Ill give it a try>

Hello Bruce. I am trying the same thing as Julie. I have four picture buttons of melons. When you click a picture button it goes to a "Menu" slide with some audio explaining the menu. Each melon has a menu slide but I only want the audio explaining the menu to play once, instead of every time a user chooses a different melon. I have tried your solution but it does not work. Perhaps I am not setting up the variables correctly. Could you include some screen shots of your variable settings.

I am hopping between slides, but Resume saved state does not answer my problem. If you use resume saved state , and the user leaves that slide before the audio is finished, if he returns again to that slide the audio will play from where it left off. I don't want this to occur. Also it does not solve my main problem which is the repeated play of an audio file I only want to play once. Let me try to explain better. I have a home page (main slide) with four pictures of different melons. When you click on a melon picture it takes you to the first slide of four slides with information about that particular melon you have chosen. This first slide is the Menu slide. On that slide the user can click on four buttons labeled "Description", "Look, "Taste", and Availability. Now on this first Menu slide I have a little audio instruction that tells the user to click on one of the buttons to learn more about the Discretion, Look, Taste or Availability of this type of melon. Here's the thing, now that the user has heard this instruction, I don't want him to hear it again when he goes back to the home page and chooses another melon. As it is now, when the user goes back to the home page and chooses another melon, he will go to that particular melons first Menu slide which will again play that audio instruction which I have on each of the Menu slides. I would like a variable that allows that instruction audio to only play once, if it has been played. Your variables instructions seemed like just the thing I needed but it did not work, I was thinking I did not set the variables correctly. I am including a zipped up sample of my project if you want to see whats going on.

How do I limit audio to play just once on first visits to slide?

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RhondaLemmon-4f
Community Member
8 years ago
Thank you for replying!

I don't know if what you have suggested would work since the audio is on the base layer.

When the learner clicks on try again, it takes them to the initial state, which plays the audio again.

Hope you can figure it out. attached is one of the assessment/activities in the course.

digitalMediaFormats_assessment.story1.8 MB
IndraniSen-e083
Community Member
8 years ago
So sorry, I could not open it. I have Storyline 2 version. Will it be possible to send me a storyline 2 version. Thanks
- RhondaLemmon-4f
  Community Member
  8 years ago
  Indrani, thank you for reaching out. Leslie was able to help with the issue, and it was setting a variable to true if the submit button is clicked. works perfectly.
LeslieMcKerchie
Staff
8 years ago
Hi Rhonda,

Take a look at the attached file. I added an Audio variable that prevents the audio from replaying when revisiting your slide.

Hope that helps :)
rhondalm.story1.8 MB
RhondaLemmon-4f
Community Member
8 years ago
thank you Leslie, I will take a look and let you know if that works.
- RhondaLemmon-4f
  Community Member
  8 years ago
  Leslie, it works perfectly! thank you!
  - LeslieMcKerchie
    Staff
    8 years ago
    So glad to hear it Rhonda!
    
    I appreciate you popping back in with an update :)
IndraniSen-e083
Community Member
8 years ago
Thank you, Rhonda. So glad that it all worked out :) Enjoy
ErinMaiuri
Community Member
5 years ago
I have a slide where audio plays, and there are 12 buttons that direct them to different slides. I want the audio to only play the 1st time viewing the slide (they will go back to it after viewing the slides the 12 buttons take them to). I tried variables and layers, and it still plays each time. Any ideas?
WaltHamilton
Super Hero
5 years ago
I tried variables and layers, and it still plays each time.

How did you try that? What did it look like?

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