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

jventola at verizon.net jventola at verizon.net
Mon Jul 21 19:52:39 BST 2008 

Great. Does SCORM 1.2 packaging count as publishing or only actually running as a web 
site?


Date sent:      	Mon, 21 Jul 2008 10:25:02 +0100
From:           	"Tenney Julian" <Julian.Tenney at nottingham.ac.uk>
Subject:        	RE: [Xerte] Using swf sound files and problem with drag and drop
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> Are the files in the root of the project folder? XMLEngine.swf will
> attempt to load them, and as you say, the controller loads, but the
> sound doesn't play.
> 
> Publish it and try it a browser. Put all the files in the root of the
> project. When you try and run it in the authoring environment, the piece
> is getting loaded by the XMLEngine.swf in the Xerte application
> directory, and so paths are not relative to this location, and you can't
> (presumably) pass in the variable 'FileLocation' into it.
> 
> When you publish and run it in the browser, the paths are as your
> component-thingy expects them,
> 
> 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: 11 July 2008 00:02
> To: Xerte discussion list
> Subject: [Xerte] Using swf sound files and problem with drag and drop
> 
> 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
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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
> > To: Xerte discussion list
> > 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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