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Hi, I need pushing in the right direction if you don't mind.
In our CBT we have a text bubble which we would only like to reveal when the audio has finished, so as not to distract from the screen shot.

I have checked forums and the user manuals (both standard and scripting) but I cant see a way to trigger on the end of a audio file.

I cant use the "Wait for sound to finish.." option as I would still like there to be interactivity, I have also looked at the GetPosition examples in scripting, but I would rather use the non-scripting method of launching the audio incase anyone else has to pick up my work.

What I'm proposing therefore is a re-useable script I can drop into any page that detects when the audio has finished and unhide the text bubble (which will always have the same name). Kind of like this...

while (true){
if (audioplay() == false)
{
textobject.Show()
}
}

Any help appreciated. PS I also would prefer to avoid the timeline, as my audio files would be of greatly varying length.

Cheers, Buns
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Opus Pro 6.01
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Hi Buns,

Easier to use the sync to end trigger.

See example.

Mack

Ah many thanks Mackavi, hadn't even thought of that one.

Your a life saver!

Was happily plodding away using the 'Synchronise To End' and notice the attached discrepancies, where the object in the left panel does not match the object in the right. All pages seem to be affected and curiously all work fine.

Anyone seen this before?

OPUS requires you to select which Object you want to use -- even if there is only one option. In your top example, you've selected "NE27.ogg." In the lower example you have NOT made a selection. That's why there is nothing between the symbols.

You need to highlight "EM01.ogg" in the right panel, then click "Apply" at the bottom right of the screen. When you do this, you will see OPUS has accepted your selection, and placed it within the greater than/less than symbols e.g. "Synchronise to End <EM01.ogg>".

Hi Fred, in both of those examples I had selected the object, and both work fine.

The application is showing the incorrect audio clips after I have selected and 'Applied' the settings.

Regards, Kurt

Kurt --

Do a test. In a New Publication using standard OPUS, create a Page and a Button Object which has Play Audio as it's Action. Select your ogg file. Do a Preview and see if it plays when you click the Button.

If that works, create an Image Object and have it Initially Hidden. Then create a Frame and have a Trigger of "On Show" with an Action to Play the same audio file used in the first test. Again, do a Preview to test it's working. Now add a second Trigger to the Frame which uses "Synch to end" and select the previously tested audio file. Have the Action be to Show the Image Object. Notice if OPUS is accepting your audio file within its brackets when you click "Apply." If it's not, try using a WAV or MP3 file to verify things are working.

If OPUS only accepts the WAV or MP3, then there's something about your OGG file which OPUS doesn't like. Did you create this OGG file? Any chance the file is really different than the File Extension?

Hi demofred, I will try this next week - thanks.

As I say it actually all works, and plays the correct files and syncs perfectly, but for the strange way it shows the properties.

Regards, Kurt