[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

--- Comment #16 from Randy <rpeasley at saultchurch.com> ---
(In reply to V Stuart Foote from comment #15)
> 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.

Thanks for the clarification.  I think when I tried that previously I thought
it wasn't working because i was trying to preview it with the play button in
the slide transition sidebar.  And then I ended up applying to all slides.  I
just followed your instructions and it worked as you indicated.  Looking
forward to potential enhancements for this feature.

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