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mulus_equum_amat wrote:

I'm sure most people have seen projects that were great, but had really annoying background music.  I myself have created projects with background music.  I also like to listen to music while I'm on the the computer, and it's hard for me to do that if I'm viewing a project that has sound effects.  I propose the addition of a mute button to the viewing area on the website that will block out all sound from the project.  This way, people won't have to mute everything else on their computers to mute a project.  Thanks for listening!  Please let me know what you think of my idea.

Awwww mmannn. I just wrote this massive article telling you how to do this, and then I pressed back page.   -__________- I failed.

Here, I'm not gonna retype that, so I'll just give you a project example. Sorry.

I made a project with a mute ability. This project has a mute button.

IN my previous paragraph that I had freaking accidentally DELETED (smh), I was saying somethign like this:

In each sprite that makes sound, make a script that says: "forever set volume to variable"

Then, in a new sprite, have it say:

"forever
    if touching mouse and mouse down"
        if varialbe equal 100
                set variable t o 0
        else
                set variable to 100


That should work. If you're not clear, check out the project, download it, and then look at the volume button.

Hope that helps.

I think this is a really good idea, and it should be easy for the Scratch Team to implement.

laptop97 wrote:

Not all projects will have mute buttons though    , so there should be a button on the website that automatically mutes it.

OHHH you meant just projects in general, not as a tool. Ok, I see what you mean. Then yeah, I'm all in for it.

laptop97 wrote:

woofwoof301 wrote:

mulus_equum_amat wrote:

I'm sure most people have seen projects that were great, but had really annoying background music.  I myself have created projects with background music.  I also like to listen to music while I'm on the the computer, and it's hard for me to do that if I'm viewing a project that has sound effects.  I propose the addition of a mute button to the viewing area on the website that will block out all sound from the project.  This way, people won't have to mute everything else on their computers to mute a project.  Thanks for listening!  Please let me know what you think of my idea.

Awwww mmannn. I just wrote this massive article telling you how to do this, and then I pressed back page.   -__________- I failed.

Here, I'm not gonna retype that, so I'll just give you a project example. Sorry.

I made a project with a mute ability. This project has a mute button.

IN my previous paragraph that I had freaking accidentally DELETED (smh), I was saying somethign like this:

In each sprite that makes sound, make a script that says: "forever set volume to variable"

Then, in a new sprite, have it say:

"forever
    if touching mouse and mouse down"
        if varialbe equal 100
                set variable t o 0
        else
                set variable to 100


That should work. If you're not clear, check out the project, download it, and then look at the volume button.

Hope that helps.

Not all projects will have mute buttons though    , so there should be a button on the website that automatically mutes it.

If you have windows Vista, you should be able to do it by right clicking on the sound, then clicking Open Volume Mixer. Mute the stuff to do with the online project. (Note: If your veiwing in Java, you need to mute the Java platform.)

Last edited by DigiTechs (2011-08-23 11:49:16)

would the mute button mute ALL sounds on the website, or will it just mute music? 

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I see what you mean. 
You can't always hit the mute button on your computer because you might be listening to some other music or something.