[Xerte] Using swf sound files and problem with drag and drop

Fri Jul 11 00:01:56 BST 2008

Hi Julian,

Thanks.  I will start using IE more for WebCT.  I had already noticed that the java HTML 
editor works better there.

I tried setting the streaming to 1, works great.

As for progressive download, I have an old program called Wicked Streaming Program.  
This takes an .mp3 or .wav file and converts it to an audio .swf (with amazing compression) 
and adds a controller and an html page. You can use dialup and still get good sound with 
very little latency. So far, no success using this in Xerte I tried putting the sound and the 
controller swfs in the project folder and inserting the controller swf as a graphic. The 
controller shows up, but the it does not play the file even though they are in the same folder. 
Looks like it is not finding the file.  Maybe I would have to use script. But mp3 works fine 
now--just with hugely bigger files.

I am also having trouble reliably loading soundfiles into Xerte.  The startup tip says to just 
select the page and drag the sound file into the "application window."   (No mention of 
"application window" in the docs but I assume it means the Xerte interface as a whole.)

 Sometimes it seems I CAN drag an mp3 or graphics file in.  Not today.  Nothing I try seems 
to work. But the Import Media item does work.  Any idea why drag and drop doesn't always 
work? 

Date sent:      	Thu, 10 Jul 2008 09:12:25 +0100
From:           	"Tenney Julian" <Julian.Tenney at nottingham.ac.uk>
Subject:        	RE: [Xerte] RE: WebCT CE6 says "no content" error but module runs
To:             	"Xerte discussion list" <xerte at lists.nottingham.ac.uk>
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> I always use IE for WebCT. It has never worked well with FF in my
> experience.
> 
> You can set the streaming property on sound icons to 1 - then the sound
> will start playing before the file has downloaded. It's not true
> streaming though - it's progressive download.
> 
> You can load swfs into Xerte using the graphic icon or the component
> icon, depending on your needs. You can load up Flash files that do
> pretty much anything Flash can do (compiled for AS2, FP8).
> 
> I am indeed a banjo player. I play old-time American folk, clawhammer
> style. 
> 
> J
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk
> [mailto:xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk] On Behalf Of
> jventola at verizon.net
> Sent: 09 July 2008 20:18
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> Subject: Re: [Xerte] RE: WebCT CE6 says "no content" error but module
> runs
> 
> Hi Juliean.
>  
> 
> > Are you subscribed to the mailing list? Your message bounced, which is
> 
> > usually because you're not subscribed, or you are posting to the list 
> > from a different address to the one you signed up with.
> 
> That was it.  I am using the right address now, I hope.
> > 
> 
> > Let's be sure ..... Now right click the link you've created and click 
> > preview.
> > 
> > Any better?
> 
> Yes. 
> 
> What happened was that in Firefox 3, WebCT loaded the wrong file or
> misnamed it.  My SCORM package was "xerte-test.zip" and it took a long
> time loading, as expected, but when I went to SAVE it within the CE6
> Create Scorm page, I noticed that instead of the zip file, it was
> showing an .swf file from my CE6 storage.  I think the Java file
> requestor is munged.  I 
> tried in IE, and it worked fine.  Is there a known problem with Firefox
> 3?   Since the update 
> t0 Firefox3, WebCT tests my browser each time, and complains..
> 
> Another quetion: I notice that the mp3 has to load when I run the module
> in CE6.  Is there a way to make it stream?  Alternatively, could I load
> an swf version of the audio and a player? 
> How?
> 
> I know a little bit about Flash from using Kool Moves, which I found
> easier than Flash to come to grips with.  So I was really excited to
> find Xerte, which seems to be Flash centric.  I wonder if other Xerte
> also use Kool Moves.
> 
> BTW are you a banjo player?  I play English concertina and traverso.
> Love it.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> > 
> > 
> > From: Jim Ventola [mailto:jimventola at gmail.com]
> > Sent: 09 July 2008 06:11
> > To: xerte at lists.nottingham.ac.uk
> > Subject: WebCT CE6 says "no content" error but module runs
> > 
> > 
> > First, Xerte is really cool. 
> > I made a module with text and an embedded mp3 and published to Scorm 
> > 1.2. I impoted to WebCT CE6. When I run it, WebCT complains that "My 
> > Learning Object" has no content. But it shows the link and clicking it
> 
> > runs the module. How do I fix this? Is it a problem with my tree
> structure?
> > 
> > Thanks.
> > 
> > --
> > Cordially,
> > Jim
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