CS4 Controlling Sound in a Slide Presentation Without Buttons?

I have created a presentation in flash cs4 with 20 slides for a non-profit org totally pro bono. I am at the end and needed to add a snippet of Aretha Franklin's song Respect. I created a movieclip with the song snippet and text. I added all the necessary frames to let the clip play in it's entirety. I also added a keyframe with a stop command at the end of the movie clip. I added the movieclip to slide 14 and the when testing my slide presentation the song plays at the beginning through the end of the whole slideshow.

I need to figure out how to have the song snippet play only once when the presenter goes to slide 14. Ideally the presenter would click next from slide 13 and the song would begin and then stop when played. The presenter would then have time to discuss the text and snippet on the screen before moving to the next slide or having to click any stop or start buttons.

Is this Possible??? Please help I am under the gun here and would appreciate any advice.

Hi,

At the beginning of slide 14 place this code( or similar)

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var Sound1 = new Sound();
Sound1.attachSound("Respect"); 


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import your sound to the flash library and give it an AS Linkage name, in this case "Respect"

at the end of the slide or the beginning of the next slide use this code or similar

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Sound1.stop(); 


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or

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Sound1.pause(); 


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whichever suits your needs.

Hi there FruitBeard! Thank you so much for your reply. Now if you don't mind can you please hold my hand through my next questions as I am a bit of a novice here;
1) I am assuming this code can be pasted directly into the action script on any layer or key frame I wish?
2) I have the song in my library as a mp3 file and then I used it inside a movie clip to animate with the text R-E-S-P-E-C-T. When you say give it an "AS" linkage name what does that mean or how do I go about creating an AS linkage name?
3) Will I have to add the first code inside my movie clip and the slide it will be presented on? Or just one or the other?

Again, thank you so much for taking time out of your day or night to give me some much needed advice and help. I will run through this code and see if I can make it work and I look forward to your reply as this will be a test on my part.

Hi,

Sorry, missed a bit out

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var Sound1 = new Sound();
Sound1.attachSound("Respect"); 
Sound1.start(0,1); 


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you can even do this

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var Sound1 = new Sound();
Sound1.attachSound("Respect"); 
Sound1.start(0,1);
// on completion stop
Sound1.onSoundComplete = function() {
Sound1.stop();
// or go to next slide command
}; 


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it will only play once anyway

I dont think he answered this so ^ for setting a linkage name right click an item in your library and click linkage, than click export for action script and where it says identifier: type the name you need to put

Thanks Bacon!
I was just getting ready to reply asking just that. THANK YOU! THANK YOU! THANK YOU! Now I hope it all works :rolleyes:

Hi,

To give an AS Linkage name, one way is how Bacon said or you can just look at the library and you can see the words AS Linkage to the right of Name, double click the corresponding line underneath AS Linkage and type the name in there.

You can put the sound code on the main timeline, no need to use it inside a MovieClip or on any timeline, just library.

As for the R-E-S-P-E-C-T, that will need some skillful timing on your behalf.

(Why do people say "than" when it should be "then")

I have attempted to use all the coding available to me and have been unsuccessful in making this work correctly. First let me state that this is for a Presentation Slide similar to a powerpoint design. The music only plays through the whole presentation even with stop commands in place at the beginning of each frame on each of the 20 slides except for the slide where the music will play.

HELP! Meeting is tomorrow at 10am and I am not sure I am going to pull this off???

I dont get your problem but if you reply quickly to me i'll help you as fast as I can before tommorow

Hello again,
Displayed the current slide presentation to the board this morning without music. However, there will be several more classes (slide presentations) that will need to be created that will also use music on certain slides only.

This is the command I have at the beginning of each slide (which I have altered several ways without success)
Sound1.stop();

At the beginning of slide 14 I have this code;
var Sound1 = new Sound();
Sound1.attachSound("Respect");
Sound1.start(0, 1);
//on completion stop
Sound1.onSoundComplete = function() {
Sound1.stop();
//or go to next slide command
};

can you post the .fla file somewhere for me to download and just tell me what you want? exactly lol im bored

For some reason this forum is truncating my responses?? I am a technological calamity this week :(

Anyways, I was trying to say that this is for a Flash CS4 Slide Presentation, I am not using a main timeline with named frames or scenes. It is very similiar to a powerpoint type layout. With that said, when I start the slideshow the music starts as well and plays independtly of the slideshow and the 20 slides.

I only want the song to start on slide 14 and stop at the end of slide 14, it should not play on at any other time during the presentation. There will be several classes that I have to create presentations for that will also use sound/song snippets on particular slides only. Can you please help me? I am sure it is something silly that I am missing but I am seriously stuck and have exhausted all avenues to figure this out on my own. What is that I am missing in the script to make this function as it should?

Thank you in advance for any help you may be able to provide.

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Originally Posted by Alloy Bacon

can you post the .fla file somewhere for me to download and just tell me what you want? exactly lol im bored

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The file is 59.8 mb and is to large to add to this forum, can you suggest a way to get this file to you? Dropbox maybe? I believe it is a fairly straight forward problem and I am so thankful you are willing to spend your bored time lending me a hand. Please tell me how to proceed and I will do whatever is needed.

Thank you so much! It is people like you that make this a tolerable world!

easy bro just put this on the next time line frame: stopAllSounds();

(just incase you didnt get that ) ^
If the sound is on frame 14 than put the sound on frame 14 and than on frame 15 put this code on the timeline: stopAllSounds(); or what ever frame you are going to after 14.

sorry misread your post after I put that ^

I dont get what you mean by not using a timeline what are you using than screen shots please?


fruitbeard: I say than, then, den whatever I dont really care :P I suck at grammar

waiting for you to reply for like an hour, whatever ima sleep now lol sorry

https://www.dropbox.com/s/vuwlsnzb4f..._slideshow.fla Here is a link to the file. You should be able to go directly to the link for the complete download. So sorry you were waiting around for me, had to eat and put my little munchkin down. I am not a "Bro" but maybe I am a "Bra" lol..............

(don't laugh, this is the beginning stages lol), please see that this is created as a Flash CS4 Slide Presentation. If you are using Flash CS4 (not sure if this is still a feature on 5 or 6) go to file>New> and you will see Flash Slide Presentation as one of the options, this is the style of layout that I am using.

I believe the coding that I am after is going to be a bit more complex and require scripting that would look similar to the syntax of the next and previous buttons like this:

on (release) {

// GoTo Next Screen behavior
var screen = null;
var target = this;
while((screen == null) && (target != undefined) && (target != null))
{
if(target instanceof mx.screens.Screen)
{
screen = target;
}
else
{
target = target._parent;
}
}
if(screen instanceof mx.screens.Slide)
{
screen.rootSlide.currentSlide.gotoNextSlide();
}
// End GoTo Next Screen behavior

}

Hi,

Sorry, i can not open the document and I never really knew or used any of these flash slide presentations, alas, the code you have scrambled around this thread should enable you to start , stop the music as and when required.

All yours than Bacon.

Well that is never what a girl wants to hear....... you are giving up so easily? I was hoping that based on the next and previous buttons one of you could help me navigate some coding that would specify slide number stop and start or something to that effect?

I am so screwed.................

How would you propose I go about doing this easily? Should I convert to scenes?

Hi,

Having never used flash slide presentation, I would have gone for using a different frame for a different slide, using a movie clip on each, or if the slides are not too long then chunks of frames for each slide.

Many people suggest that using scenes is not such a good idea although i have never had any problems with them when used(rarely).

Honestly this is the most confusing thing ever lol I would have just made the thing using frames and you would have no problems, I can't help either I recommend turning on a boom box on slide 14 :P

He He
I see Alloy fix is, good for help.

Ok, well I guess I will wait a day or so to see if anyone else in this forum can give me some advice, then I guess I will start over. I do not see what is so confusing about the slide presentation? It nicely breaks down each slide, and I can't believe that music cannot be controlled in this environment?

Thank you for trying, it is much appreciated. Now I am on the hunt again..........

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Originally Posted by Terrencing

He He
I see Alloy fix is, good for help.

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Can you please elaborate on your comment, what is Alloy fix? A site? A person? If you can shed any light on my problem here that would be fantastic. Otherwise I have to start over and have limited time.

I dont know hes talking about me hes like commenting on most of my stuff but he clearly sucks at english lol dude give me screen shots of your whole thing and ill try to help

Hi,

I wish I could help you too, but I use CS6 and unable to open the CS4 file you provided, as said before, there is enough code in this thread for you to be able to make the sound work as and how you require.

But good luck on your quest

First of all I AM A WOMAN NOT A BRO OR A DUDE lol,
secondly, I am going to take your advice and just start over as it seems like this is going to be a pain in the butt to do.

So with that said, you are suggesting that I take each slide and convert to a movieclip, then take those movie clips and paste them into 20 different frames which then I could name and then the stop and play commands already given will work, am I understanding you both correctly?

As I stated earlier, this is pro bono, trying to help out a non-profit. I feel like I am helping but not very helpful and it is extremely frustrating.

Thank you again from a lovely LADY!

Oh, sorry I call everyone dude anyways, just a habit lol. If you do the 20 different frames thing, my easiest method for you is what I stated yesterday use the code: stopAllSounds(); on the frames you don't want sound on.