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I have an MP3 loaded into a publication and want to display the running time of the sound in a variable. This works when I insert the variable into a text field and click on a button to display the variable. But what I want is that when the sound plays to constantly show the running time of the sound via GetPosition() in the text box. How can I do that ??

Hi,

Thank you for your enquiry.

You could achieve this using a script object for the sound file and a looped GetPosition() function to constantly update the position variable. For example, try adding a script object to the page containing the following:



You will need to ensure that '"test.mp3" in line 1 is edited to match the name of your audio file and that this file resides in the same directory as your publication.

Now add a text object to the page and insert a new variable named 'pos' with a default blank text value.

Preview the publication. The sound should play and the position variable should advance.

Kind regards,

Thank you Robin for your quick help , everything works perfectly, except for one thing. I put the looped GetPosition function in a script object attached to a page

I control the sound by adding buttons to Start(Reset),Pause and Continue the sound

I put the following scripts on the Left Mouse Down trigger:

Start Button :
mySound.SetPosition(0)
mySound.Play()

Pause Button
mySound.Stop(false)

Continue Button
mySound.Play()

The buttons control the sound correctly and the the position variable updates accordingly. When I pause the sound the position variable holds at the correct position but when I click on the continue button the variable doubles its value (for example when I stop at 10 and continue the variable is at 20). When I pause again the variable shows the correct value.

Any reason for this strange behaviour or is there something I've done wrong ??

One more question : which is the best sound format to use , ensuring that all end users will be able to hear it correctly ??