[Libreoffice-ux-advise] [Bug 151394] Better UX to insert and manage playing an audio stream/soundtrack in background for entire ODF presentation

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https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=151394

V Stuart Foote <vstuart.foote at utsa.edu> changed:

           What    |Removed                     |Added
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     Ever confirmed|1                           |0
         Resolution|INVALID                     |---
            Summary|play an audio               |Better UX to insert and
                   |stream/soundtrack in        |manage playing an audio
                   |background for entire ODF   |stream/soundtrack in
                   |presentation                |background for entire ODF
                   |                            |presentation
             Status|RESOLVED                    |UNCONFIRMED

--- Comment #15 from V Stuart Foote <vstuart.foote at utsa.edu> ---
Yes, the effect is available and functions pretty well. But the UI needs some
effort. This is not an Invalid *enhancement* request.

>From the 7.3 Impress guide, pg 275
<quote>
Playing music
Music can be played during a slide show instead of a sound as a transition
effect. When using music in a slide show, make sure any musical copyright or
licensing for the music is not being infringed.

1) Click on Slide Transition in the Sidebar to open the Slide Transition deck.
2) Open the presentation file to add slide transitions.
3) In the Slides pane or Slide Sorter view, select the slide where music is
going to be added as part of the slide transition. 
4) In Modify Transition, select Other sound from the Sound drop-down list.
5) In the file browser window that opens, navigate to where the music file is
located and select the music file required. 
6) Click on Play to check if the music file is suitable.
7) If the music is suitable, click Open to add the music to the selected slide
and close the file browser window.
8) To play a music file continuously in the slide show, select Loop until next
sound in Modify Transition. The music file restarts once it is finished until
the next music file that is inserted in the slide show.

Note
Do not select the Apply Transition to All Slides option to prevent the selected
music file restarting as each slide opens in the presentation.

Note
The music file is linked to a slide show rather than embedded. If the slide
show is going to be displayed on a different computer, the music file must be
available on the computer where the slide show is going to be displayed and the
link to the music file must be established before starting the slide show.
</quote>

=-=-=-

But, some major UX issues around usage and discoverability probably needs
documentation guidance of the workflow.

1. slide advance and transition/effect if any for the entire slide deck must be
finalized *before* applying the sound as last edit(s). Which should *not* then
be "Applied to all slides".

2. Can only be applied to the first slide of a sequence from  SB "Slide
Transition" deck (or entered from main menu "Slide" menu -> "Slide Transition")
using the Modify Transition content panel. Then setting the 'Loop until next
sound' checkbox. The transition can be blank, and only the 'Sound' -> 'Other
sound...' is used to select the audio file to play.

3. To loop, Presentation mode (main menu 'Slide Show' -> 'Slide Show
Settings...') must be set to 'Loop and repeat after:' some value in hr:min:sec.

4. the loop after pause is treated as a "next sound" and the audio restarts--so
the music/audio file would need to be trimmed externally to match the slide
show duration.

5. the audio file is *not* embedded into the ODF presentation, just file system
reference recorded as a "<presentation:sound xlink:href=" entry in content.xml;
so the audio will have to be provided as an external file with the ODF archive.

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