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JohnJohnson-6a8's avatar
JohnJohnson-6a8
Community Member
1 month ago

How to get waveform back in timeline audio?

Recently, some of my text-to-speech narration no longer displays the wave form of the speech in the timeline; rather, I get a cryptic name.mp3 in its place. Can anyone explain how to get SL to show...
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AaronBurgessAU's avatar
AaronBurgessAU
Community Member
1 month ago

It's an annoying feature. But audio waveforms only show when the file plays by default. If you set the audio to play using a trigger then the timeline shows you the file name NOT the waveform.

  • JohnJohnson-6a8's avatar
    JohnJohnson-6a8
    Community Member
    1 month ago

    Annoying indeed..maybe the development team could add this as a 'quality of life' improvement?

    • StevenBenassi's avatar
      StevenBenassi
      Staff
      1 month ago

      Hi JohnJohnson-6a8​!

      Glad to see the community has been helping you!

      I noticed that you've also been working with my teammate Lianne, through a support case. As shared, in Storyline 360 audio waveforms from the Timeline will be converted into a TEXT.mp3 format if the file is associated with a 'Play audio X When X completes' Trigger. For all other combinations of Media Trigger actions and events, it is expected that the audio waveform in the Timeline will be converted as well.

      I understand the preference for seeing the waveforms in the Timeline, whether or not there are Triggers associated with the audio file. We've submitted this as a feature request on your behalf!

      We'll be sure to notify you if we release a future enhancement that helps!