As noted in the Media player chapter, Lightroom doesn't manage audio or video assets, so to load either you have to go around the application to incorporate them. This chapter will show you how.
To assign an audio file, you first must place it in an accessible place online. Connect to your web server, and upload the MP3 file you'd like to use anywhere you want. Next, load the mp3 file in your web browser using an absolute path (e.g, http://yourdomain.com/mp3/album.mp3) to ensure you have the correct URL. When you've verified the URL works, copy the URL to your clipboard, then proceed to step two.
Open the "Output Settings" panel, and scroll down to the "Audio" section. Click inside the AUDIO/File URL field, then paste. When complete press the Tab key to complete the change.
By default, SlideShowPro for Lightroom will read the ID3 metadata in your MP3 file and display the song title and artist as your audio caption. If you'd like to override this with your own caption, click inside the AUDIO/Caption field, and enter your text.
If you don't already have an FLV, create one using Adobe Flash Video Encoder. Move the published file into "gallery/album1/images/".
Open "images.xml" and add an img element to your album that contains the video's file name:
<img src="video.flv" />
If you are using the "Thumbnail" navigation appearance (and not "Numbers") you will need to add an image for SlideShowPro to use for the video. For instructions on how to do this, see Step Four in these instructions.
