Show & Play FLV Audio in HTML/SCORM
August 9, 2010 12:00 AM
Hello, everyone.
I've got a Completion Status page in my title on which I want to play one of three FLV audio files with a standard controller display. These audio files are verbal instructions for what to do if none of the chapters have been started, some have been started, or all are finished. Which file to play is controlled by variable values. After trying a few different approaches, I finally found a method that works the way I want in F11 preview mode:
- Set all three of the sound files to not be initially visible
- Run some actions to see which variables are set
- Based on the variable set, show and play the appropriate sound file
With the above method, running in F11 preview mode properly shows the contoller for and starts playing the correct sound file exactly how I want.
Unfortunately, when I publish to HTML (to test it prior to publishing to SCORM) - and also when I publish to SCORM and run it on our LMS - the audio actions do not execute. They do not show, they do not play. It seems that once the HTML/SCORM hits the audio action, it stops executing the actions on the page.
I've tried putting the Show action first. I've tried putting the Play action first. I've even tried reversing the show/hide status: Instead of starting the audio as hidden and then showing the correct object, I've started with all three visible (with the controllers stacked one on top of the other) and then hidden the two that I don't need. In this case, it has the same desired effect in F11 preview but it still stalls in HTML/SCORM. However at least in this case it does properly hide the unneeded controllers but it does not execute the Play action for the audio file.
So my two issues are:
Why isn't it working in HTML/SCORM?
What do I need to do to get this functionality to work in SCORM?
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