Introduction

The Music properties dialog box allows to settle the music track:



This dialog box is call by double clicking the music zone of slides since the timeline of the main window.

Description of the dialog box

The upper part of the dialog box

Principle of functioning

The general principle of music track functioning is that as long as you do not change the settings, the previous settings apply.

So, if:
Then:

Settings of the music track


Continue current playlist
Allows to continue to play the play list define by a previous slide :

Normal No specific settings
Change sound level
Allows to indicate that from now on, the sound volume is reduced.
This option is particularly useful, for example, to reduce the sound of the music during the play of a video.
Remark : This reduction of volume is defined only for this slide.
Set to pause
Allows to set to pause the current play.
Remark : This pause is defined only for this slide.
Start a new playlist
Allows to start a new playlist.
If a list defined in a previous slide, is in the course of playling, the previous list is stopped with a fade - out effect (progressive decline of the sound volume up to complete stop).

The playlist (bottom part of the dialog box)

The list of reading consists of two parts:
  • The toolbar containing the controls of the playlist
  • The list of the music files composing the playlist

The toolbar


Allows to add a file to the playlist
A file selection dialog box appear allowing you to select a file.

Allows to remove the current selected file.

Allows to change the order in which will be played the music files.
Move the current selected file of a notch upward.

Allows to change the order in which will be played the music files.
Move the current selected file of a notch downward.

The playlist

The music files are listed in the order in which they will be played, of the top downward.
The column Volume allows to define the " Master volume " for the file. This volume is independent possible reductions of volume that you define in the upper part of the dialog box.

Remark

The fade in/out effects and the increase/decrease of volume have places during the entering slides transitions.
Consequently:

See also



ffDiaporama 1.0 - July 2011