[Xerte] Pause Before Exit...

[Mark Tomlinson, AC&S Ltd]

I can't answer for everyone, but it is akin to the 'do not erase' option of
a synched icon attached to a sound icon in Authorware.

 

What we are trying to do is leave the last graphic on screen that is in a
sequence of synched graphics rather than it be erased..

 

I didn't think it should be so difficult L  

 

We have a work around, as Paul intimated, but it does mean that we have to
open every mp3 in SoundBooth to get it's exact length and then use that
figure in the template to set up a dummy page at the end so we can pause the
playback before the sound finishes totally.  We want to set up the template
so anyone can use it without knowing how to use audio editing software
though.

 

Is a do 'not erase' option possible for a synched page?

 

Mark

 

 

From: xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk
[mailto:xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk] On Behalf Of Julian Tenney
Sent: 04 December 2009 10:42
To: Xerte discussion list
Subject: RE: [Xerte] Pause Before Exit...

 

Is this a situation that everyone would benefit from or is this something
specific to your own design?

 

I'm struggling to see why it is useful to stay on the last page - but you
can probably enlighten me. If it's because the last page says 'now click the
button to move on', then it would be better to use the onSoundComplete event
to display the message.

 

I don't know what you're trying to do.?

 

From: xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk
[mailto:xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk] On Behalf Of Paul Beckwith
Sent: Friday, December 04, 2009 10:30 AM
To: 'Xerte discussion list'
Subject: RE: [Xerte] Pause Before Exit...

 

If I used the onSoundComplete event it would remove the last image and then
redisplay it, therefore it flickering off and then on. The fix I have is
working but it means measuring every sound file and getting the last few
seconds of it. Bit of a pain over a lot of pages :-s

 

 

From: xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk
[mailto:xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk] On Behalf Of Paul Swanson
Sent: 03 December 2009 16:22
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Subject: RE: [Xerte] Pause Before Exit...

 

Can't you just use an onSoundComplete event to throw up the image when the
audio clip finishes? Or is that what Paul is already doing?

 

The Other Paul

 

From: xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk
[mailto:xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk] On Behalf Of Julian Tenney
Sent: Thursday, December 03, 2009 6:18 AM
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Subject: RE: [Xerte] Pause Before Exit...

 

I'm struggling with the design principle. Pages are synched to playback. The
slider is at 0. Why would I want to see graphics associated with a different
point in time?

 

I'm struggling with the code, as reset happens in many different ways. The
synching stuff is a bit tricky (didn't we work through a heap of issues
together a while back?)

 

From: xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk
[mailto:xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk] On Behalf Of Julian Tenney
Sent: Thursday, December 03, 2009 1:54 PM
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Subject: RE: [Xerte] Pause Before Exit...

 

I think that would work, yes

 

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[mailto:xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk] On Behalf Of Paul Beckwith
Sent: Thursday, December 03, 2009 1:28 PM
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Subject: RE: [Xerte] Pause Before Exit...

 

It needs to  just keep the last image on the screen after the sound has
finished playing, not show the first. 

 

Could we have a sound icon property which does reset audio, 1 or 0. Would
that work?

 

 

From: xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk
[mailto:xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk] On Behalf Of Julian Tenney
Sent: 03 December 2009 10:30
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Subject: RE: [Xerte] Pause Before Exit...

 

What would you like to happen?

 

Specify an image that is shown whilst the sound is at 0 / reset?

 

Show the first image.?

 

Prevent the sound resetting at the end?

 

From: xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk
[mailto:xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk] On Behalf Of Paul Beckwith
Sent: Thursday, December 03, 2009 10:29 AM
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Subject: [Xerte] Pause Before Exit...

 

Hi everyone, 

 

I've posted a few times about having the last synch'd page off a sound icon
remain on screen. There is a hack but it's a bit of a pain especially when
using the templates system. Are there any plans to look into this for a fix?

 

Cheers, 

 

Paul 

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