-------- Original Message -------- From: Harold Fuchs <hwfa.openoff...@googlemail.com> To: users@openoffice.org Date: Wed, 16 Sep 2009 09:05:41 +0100
> 2009/9/16 Dave Barton <d...@tasit.net> > >> Yes, I know this one has been asked a million times before, but the >> solutions are always somewhat "hit & miss". >> >> Another user contacted me asking for advice about playing audio >> throughout an entire Impress presentation with version 3.1.1. I referred >> him to the relevant section of the current Impress User Guide, namely: >> Chapter 9, pages 11-12, where it says it is possible to play a sound >> throughout the presentation by: >> >> <Q> >> 1.Select the slide where you want the sound to start and go to the >> Slide Transition pane. >> >> 2. In the Modify transition section, select the entry "Other Sound" >> from the Sound drop-down menu. >> >> 3. Select the "Loop until next sound" checkbox if you want the sound >> to restart once it is finished. >> >> Cautionary Note: Do not click the Apply to all button, otherwise >> your selected sound will restart at every slide >> </Q> >> >> The other user followed the instructions to the letter and could not get >> the audio to play continuously throughout the entire presentation. Being >> unsure as to the cause of his issue, I tested this with 3.1.1 on 2 >> different OS, on 6 different machines, with both existing and newly >> created presentations. Each time the result was exactly the same, in >> that the audio (regardless of length) played to it's conclusion, but did >> not loop until the end of the presentation. >> >> Can anyone point me to an example of presentation where this works? >> Unless I am completely overlooking something here (not impossible), I >> propose to file a 3.1.1 bug report and request the Authors Project to >> add a note to the user guide that point 3 (loop checkbox) above does not >> work. >> >> Please cc. any replies to: capf...@verizon.net >> >> TIA >> >> Dave >> >> Could it be that "Loop until next sound" coupled with the fact that there > is no *next* sound is causing the behaviour you are seeing? What happens if > you have a [dummy] last slide with a short & quiet tone "attached" to it? Thanks for your input Harold. I have just put your suggestion to the test with a couple of sample presentations. The main audio plays once to it's conclusion, which is a little over half way through the presentation and then silence until the [dummy] last slide triggers the short audio correctly. Unfortunately, the main audio does not loop. Dave --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.org
