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To have some sound or music files played during your slide show, open the Sound dialog. Select the SlideShow menu and click Sound, or click on the Sound button at the right of the Slide List. Using the Sound dialog you can include several files into the slide show background playlist. For example you may want to include one or more .MP3 music files.
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MySlideShow displays the slide show and background playlist
durations at the right of the toolbar. You can synchronize slides with the
background playlist by the synchronization options in the Settings
dialog. Select Synchronize slides with audio: Background playlist on
the General tab. In this case the program also displays the number of
seconds per slide.
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The background sound/music is independent of the slides.
If you want to start a sound/music file or playlist with a specific slide, use
the Sound option of the Slide List. Select the Playlist item and
create a playlist by the Sound dialog.
This screenshot displays that the 1st and 7th slides have their own playlists. When the program displays the 1st slide, it starts playing the playlist. When it displays the 7th slide, MySlideShow stops the first playlist and starts playing the new one until it meets the [Stop Previous] command of the 12th slide. MySlideShow allows you to synchronize timing of a slide group with a slide playlist. Select Synchronize slides with audio: Slide playlists in the Settings dialog / General tab. The program will calculate slide intervals automatically. For example, in this screenshot, MySlideShow displays the 7th slide, while the first playlist music ends.
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Working with the Sound dialog
The Sound dialog Title Bar displays which playlist you're editing. The
Title Bar
caption may be "Sound - Background Playlist" for the background playlist
of the current slide show or, for example, "Sound - "MyPicture1.jpg"
Playlist" - for the playlist of a MyPicture1.jpg slide.
To add a new sound file, click on the Add button and select a sound file using the standard Open dialog.
To remove a file from the
playlist, select it and click on the
Remove button or press DEL.
To change the position of a file in the list, use the arrow buttons
or drag the file to a new position within the list.
To choose which
columns display in the playlist, click Columns.
To change the
playlist item settings, edit data in the corresponding columns. For example, you
can shorten duration of a music file by the edit box in the End Time column. If
you have a music file with 04:00 duration, set 02:00 in the End Time box to
shorten the duration to 2 minutes.
To play a sound file
and test its settings, select it and use the mini player.
Notes
The End Time and Fade Out settings are useful if you want to
synchronize your slides with the background playlist. If the playlist duration
is long and your slide show contains few slides, the slide interval may be very
long. Shorten the playlist by the End Time edit box and set the Fade
Out interval not to cut music playback abruptly.
Repeat playlist
Select the checkbox if you want to repeat the playlist during the show.
Click OK when you finish creating or changing the play list.