Is it possible to MUTE audio in Storyline? I'm working on a course with a ground-up custom interface with a button that's supposed to mute/unmute - not pause/play or stop/play - the audio. Are there any Javascript gurus out there who know if this is possible? And if so, can you provide the scripts for mute and unmute? That would SO make my day. Dazed and confused... Patrice

Awesome! You have no idea how much I've tried to get this feature to work. Thanks for posting!

A life saver code. var appState = require("helpers/appState");appState.onToggleVolume();//mute Thanks to whoever came up with this solution.

This has been working for me. Add to a javascript trigger: DS.appState.onToggleVolume();

It's likely possible in the HTML5 version to trigger audio level changes via JavaScript. Currently, in the Flash-based output, volume is controlled through the compiled player and we don't have access to any exposed functions for controlling volume / mute other than the volume control in the built-in navigation bar. It may be possible to embed a Flash file that would provide global volume control but it wouldn't be linked to the built-in control and I'm not completely sure how reliable it would be. The problem isn't a JavaScript problem It's a Storyline player issue. It may be possible to workaround it. I'll grab 15 minutes this afternoon and build / test one. If it works, I'll post the file and instructions for use.

Hi Anitha, Apologies for a late reply, I had been bit busy. Yes, you need to implement 2 different approaches to control the audio in Flash and HTML5. HTML5 - coding I have explained above. Flash - Please read this thread completely and Implement the solution provided by Steve, it works perfectly for Flash version. These both have to be applied together, mute toggler will work only in Flash version and the HTML5 code will work in HTML5 only. Let me know if still you need any more help. Regards, Ajay Khatri

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JeffSale
Community Member
12 years ago

Quick Tip:

I had different master slides with the same mute button, but depending on which master slide was used the mute button would still appear as if sound was not muted, so I added two slide triggers to all of my master slides, hope this helps someone else.
AshleyT-Pollard
Staff
12 years ago
Thanks Jeff for sharing what you found here. Have a great Friday!
PeterForbes
Community Member
11 years ago
Great tip guys...thanks so much
AshleyT-Pollard
Staff
11 years ago

Hi Peter,

I am glad that this thread helped you out, and I just wanted to welcome you to E-Learning Heroes! If you need any other help, please let us know!
PaulWijnen
Community Member
11 years ago
I created a SWF loader. In there you can make your own volume controls to adjust the volume of the loaded swf.
AshleyT-Pollard
Staff
11 years ago

Hi Paul,

If you're able to share that here it may be helpful to other users! If not, you may want to provide directions on how you set this up so that they could try and replicate.
JohnDoe12
Community Member
11 years ago

julie wynn said:

If anyone is interested, I used:

$('audio').each(function(){
this.muted=true;
});

$('audio').each(function(){

this.muted=false;
});

This solution doesn't seem to work in chrome, any ideas?
StevePrudHomme-
Community Member
11 years ago

Steve Flowers said:

OK, my friends. Here's a quick example and widget that will let you mute all audio. Note that this won't work in Preview or in HTML5 or iOS publish. It's Flash based and requires that you publish. If it doesn't work locally you may also need to add your publish folder to the Flash player security settings.

This does use JavaScript as an intermediary so that Flash can pick up variable change conditions from Storyline. Pretty straight forward. Let me know if you have any problems.

Ok can i do this with a button in the player ? Or do I have to put the button on each slide ? I have a SCORM with 277 slide and I want to win some time !
TonyJohnson
Community Member
10 years ago
Julie I got it working. never mind :)
AshleyT-Pollard
Staff
10 years ago
Hi Kirby,

Where are you hosting the published content? you'll want to test it within the intended publish environment as detailed here. That article also has a few options for places to upload your content.