Overlapping Sound in layers
Feb 01, 2013
By
Mike Quinlan
Hey all, I have a sound issue...
I have a menu screen with a pie chart and instructional text audio. The pie chart is all buttons so you can click on each section to bring up a new layer to learn about each section. Each pie chart section also has text with audio.
My problem is if you are in the screen and listening to the main menu audio and click a piece of the chart before the menu audio is finished you hear both screens. How can I tell Storyline to stop playing the menu audio once a user clicks on the pie chart to open a new layer?
17 Replies
Welcome to E-Learning Heroes, Mike!
You should be able to attach a trigger that will pause the media for the menu when you're viewing the additional layer, or when the user interacts with the object that opens the layer from the pie chart.
If you're unable to get this to work, you're welcome to share your project's .STORY file here on the forums. Maybe we can give you some additional suggestions.
Thanks!
Christine, adding the trigger on the sound file did the trick. Thank you for your help!!!
Wonderful, glad to hear it!
Have a great Friday!
Yes but the trigger needs to have a specific assigned media to stop it, and if the sequence of choice of slide or layer is unknown, how can you assign anything? Do you use Stop Media trigger, and what do you assign to it?
I had a process template with 13 layers all with different sound... First when i clicked on a button to change layer before the sound was over i had sound overlap...
To prevent this got to the properties of every single layer and choose:
"pause timeline of base layer"
This stops the sounds from the previous layer and it only play the actual layer you're at.
Hope it helps
Hi Jose! Thanks for sharing
Jose you suggestion works with the first layer only. It does not with subsequent layers. Do you run a specific trigger to stop the media as you progress from one layer to the next? How do you progress with layers, do you have a designated button with a trigger?
never mind. I figured it out using the same button and triggers, one to move layers and another to stop audio.
Thanks for the update Ramzi!
thanks sooo much :)
Glad this thread is still helping you Thachakorn after a year! Please let us know if you need anything else.
I have 20 layers on the slide each layer has its sound, 2 or 3 sounds, i'm doing roleplay.
It's OK when click next botton from the 1st layer to 20th layer , but when click back button to back to previous layer why its sound overlap? Could you please help me?
Hi Thachakorn!
Did you add triggers to your media on each layer as shared above?
Would you be able to share your .story file for us to take a look?
Mckerchie, Morning from Bangkok!
Thanks for your reply. Actually I think it's just delay sometime not really overlap, so it should be all right because if i wait until the short conversation end then click next or back bottom, there will be no problem at all. :)
Thanks for the update Thachakorn :)
I had 4 different ovals and their 4 respective audios were to be played when you click on each of them. I faced the same problem with overlapping audios. I simply created Play/Stop triggers, ex trigger when user clicks on oval 2, stop audio for oval 1, 3, 4 and similarly when user clicks on oval 3, stop audios for 1,2,4 and so on n so forth. It worked !
Welcome, Ameya, and thanks for sharing this wisdom with us! Someone else may stumble upon this discussion, and your tip will be what they need. 🌟
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