This article explains how to add an MP3 audio soundtrack to a slideshow in legacy Multimedia Manager, including looping behavior and how to remove an existing soundtrack.
💡Quick answers
- How do you add music to a Multimedia Manager slideshow? Upload an MP3 file into the slideshow alongside the image files; this creates an Audio Soundtrack section in the folder information.
- Can more than one soundtrack file be added to a slideshow? No; only one soundtrack file can be uploaded to a slideshow at a time.
- Does the audio automatically loop with the slideshow? No; if pictures remain after the audio ends, the slideshow continues advancing silently until the last picture, and the audio only restarts when the slideshow loops back to the first picture.
- How do you make audio loop for the entire slideshow? Use an audio editing program like Audacity to create a single MP3 file with the audio looped multiple times, or to string together multiple audio files into one file.
- How do you remove an audio soundtrack from a slideshow? Click the red Delete Audio Soundtrack button in the folder information to remove the uploaded MP3 file.
You can add music to a slideshow by uploading an MP3 file into the slideshow along with the image files. The uploader notes explain that .mp3 files are acceptable for adding to an image slideshow.
After the .mp3 file is uploaded, you will see an "Audio Soundtrack" section has been added to the folder information. To remove the .mp3 file, click the red "Delete Audio Soundtrack" button. Only one soundtrack file can be uploaded to a slideshow at a time.
Once uploaded, the audio soundtrack will begin playing when the first slide starts and continue playing until the audio file ends.
Note: If there are still pictures remaining in the slideshow when the audio ends, the slideshow will continue to advance without the audio until it reaches the last picture - the audio file does not automatically loop. When the slideshow starts over at the first picture, the audio file will begin playing again.
If you want the audio file to loop until the slideshow is complete, you will need to use an audio editing program to create a single .mp3 audio file, looping it multiple times. Similarly, if you want multiple audio files to play during the slideshow, you will need to string them together into one .mp3 audio file using an audio editing program.
Audacity is an easy-to-use audio editing program that can be downloaded for free at http://audacity.sourceforge.net.
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