Restarting audio from the beginning

Hi Sue, 

I haven't been able to replicate the issue of two audios playing at the same time but what I did find was that if you paused on base layer, then hit restart, then hit pause, it started playing the audio from the base layer rather than the restart layer. To fix this I followed these steps: 

• Added a pause/play button to the restart layer and hid the one from the base layer
• Set the initial state to Normal
• Changed the triggers for this button to refer to the audio on the restart layer
• Add a trigger to the restart button to return to 0sec on this layer when user clicks restart again
• Add a trigger to play the audio automatically when timeline reaches 0.25secs

I hope this covers all bases!

Does the audio begin at the start of the slide? If so you could put a "jump to this slide"  trigger on the restart button.

Hi Sue,

The idea that Mary shared may be just what you are looking for. I'd recommend using a layer to accomplish your goal:

• The object/trigger for the audio can open the layer that includes the audio tied to the timeline of the layer.
• The trigger to 'pause' the audio can close the layer.
• Set layer properties to 'Reset to initial state' so that audio replays.

I've attached a brief example.

Hi Sue, 

I've attached a sample of how I would set this up. There may be others out there that have different ideas but here's one for you to start with anyway! Here are the steps I took: 

1. I added a Play/Pause button and a Restart button
2. I added a True/False variable called AudioOn
3. I added audio to both the base layer and to a layer called Restart audio.
4. I added a trigger to Toggle the AudioOn variable when someone presses the Play/Pause button, so if it is True it will switch it to False and if it is False it will switch it to true (I also added some states and triggers to change the appearance of the play/pause button just for effect!)
5. I added a trigger to play the audio when someone clicks the pause/play button if AudioOn is false (the default is set to false) 
6. And I added another variable to pause the audio when someone clicks the pause/play button if AudioOn is true

That takes care of the play and pause functionality. For the restart one: 

7. I added a trigger to the restart button to jump to the Restart audio layer when the user clicks this. Here the audio will play automatically as soon as the layer starts. 

8. The play/pause button from the base layer will still function here

9. I added a second restart button to the restart audio layer that will restart the timeline on this layer, just in case the user clicks the restart button a second time. 

I know it seems like a lot of steps but once you set it up once you should be able to copy/paste it to other slides with just a few adjustments. 

Hope this helps!

HI Mary and Lesley

Thank you both for your help with this.

I have copied the slide into one of my stories so I can copy the triggers. However, when I did this the icons are not showing in the round buttons. Do you have any idea why this might be the case? I have checked the arrange tab and sent the button to the back but this didn't resolve it.

Any ideas cvery welcome!

Thanks again

Sue

Ooh thanks - I will try that now

Sue

I am mysified. if I copy the buttons in to a cnew story, they are fine.

If I copy them into my existing stories, the button is not visible. I can see it in the timeline and i can see the different states in the states tab and all the triggers are there. But you can't see the icon.

Sorry to be such a pain, but i would so love a solution to the pause issue and I really love your icons.

Thanks

Sue

I don't know why that might be, can you share your story here? Otherwise Leslie will probably be able to provide you with a link to share privately if you prefer. 

Hi Sue,

With your permission, I'd like to take a look at your project file to investigate what's happening. You can share it publicly here, or send it to me privately by uploading it here. I'll delete it when I'm done troubleshooting.

(Thanks, Mary!)

No worries, Sue! I got your case submission and will take a look and reply to you privately via email.

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