diff --git a/include/osgPresentation/PropertyManager b/include/osgPresentation/PropertyManager
index 47a402188..a0154fa3c 100644
--- a/include/osgPresentation/PropertyManager
+++ b/include/osgPresentation/PropertyManager
@@ -89,6 +89,7 @@ extern OSGPRESENTATION_EXPORT bool containsPropertyReference(const std::string&
 struct PropertyReader
 {
     PropertyReader(const osg::NodePath& nodePath, const std::string& str):
+        _errorGenerated(false),
         _nodePath(nodePath),
         _sstream(str) {}
 
@@ -117,11 +118,12 @@ struct PropertyReader
     }
 
     template<typename T>
-    PropertyReader& operator>>( T& value ) { read(value); return *this; }
+    PropertyReader& operator>>( T& value ) { if (!read(value)) _errorGenerated=true; return *this; }
 
-    bool ok() { return !_sstream.fail(); }
-    bool fail() { return _sstream.fail(); }
+    bool ok() { return !_sstream.fail() && !_errorGenerated; }
+    bool fail() { return _sstream.fail() || _errorGenerated; }
 
+    bool                _errorGenerated;
     osg::NodePath       _nodePath;
     std::istringstream  _sstream;    
 };
diff --git a/include/osgPresentation/SlideShowConstructor b/include/osgPresentation/SlideShowConstructor
index 28ed5cab0..7f3047306 100644
--- a/include/osgPresentation/SlideShowConstructor
+++ b/include/osgPresentation/SlideShowConstructor
@@ -255,7 +255,8 @@ public:
             blendingHint(USE_IMAGE_ALPHA),
             delayTime(0.0),
             startTime(0.0),
-            stopTime(-1.0)            
+            stopTime(-1.0),
+            volume("")
         {}
 
         std::string                     options;
@@ -293,6 +294,7 @@ public:
         double          delayTime;
         double          startTime;
         double          stopTime;
+        std::string     volume;
 
     };
 
@@ -499,6 +501,7 @@ protected:
     void findImageStreamsAndAddCallbacks(osg::Node* node);
 
     osg::Geometry* createTexturedQuadGeometry(const osg::Vec3& pos, const osg::Vec4& rotation, float width,float height, osg::Image* image, bool& usedTextureRectangle);
+    void setUpMovieVolume(osg::Node* subgraph, osg::ImageStream* imageStream, const ImageData& imageData);
 
     osg::Vec3 computePositionInModelCoords(const PositionData& positionData) const;
     void updatePositionFromInModelCoords(const osg::Vec3& vertex, PositionData& positionData) const;
diff --git a/src/osgPlugins/p3d/ReaderWriterP3D.cpp b/src/osgPlugins/p3d/ReaderWriterP3D.cpp
index f28c0c194..105c66567 100644
--- a/src/osgPlugins/p3d/ReaderWriterP3D.cpp
+++ b/src/osgPlugins/p3d/ReaderWriterP3D.cpp
@@ -974,6 +974,12 @@ bool ReaderWriterP3DXML::getProperties(osgDB::XmlNode*cur, osgPresentation::Slid
         OSG_NOTIFY(_notifyLevel)<<"read stop \""<<value.stopTime<<"\""<<std::endl;
     }
 
+    if (getProperty(cur, "volume", value.volume))
+    {
+        propertiesRead = true;
+        OSG_NOTIFY(_notifyLevel)<<"read volume \""<<value.volume<<"\""<<std::endl;
+    }
+
     /*
     if (getProperty(cur, "texcoord_offset", value.texcoord_offset))
     {
diff --git a/src/osgPresentation/SlideShowConstructor.cpp b/src/osgPresentation/SlideShowConstructor.cpp
index 966ebaffe..badd4ebc6 100644
--- a/src/osgPresentation/SlideShowConstructor.cpp
+++ b/src/osgPresentation/SlideShowConstructor.cpp
@@ -1121,6 +1121,67 @@ osg::Image* SlideShowConstructor::readImage(const std::string& filename, const I
     return image.release();
 }
 
+struct VolumeCallback : public osg::NodeCallback
+{
+public:
+    VolumeCallback(osg::ImageStream* movie, const std::string& str):
+        _movie(movie),
+        _source(str) {}
+
+    virtual void operator()(osg::Node* node, osg::NodeVisitor* nv)
+    {
+        PropertyReader pr(nv->getNodePath(), _source);
+
+        float volume=0.0f;
+        pr>>volume;
+
+        if (pr.ok())
+        {
+            OSG_NOTICE<<"VolumeCallback : volume="<<volume<<", from "<<_source<<std::endl;
+            _movie->setVolume(volume);
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            OSG_NOTICE<<"Problem in reading, VolumeCallback : volume="<<volume<<std::endl;
+        }
+
+
+        // note, callback is responsible for scenegraph traversal so
+        // they must call traverse(node,nv) to ensure that the
+        // scene graph subtree (and associated callbacks) are traversed.
+        traverse(node, nv);
+    }
+
+protected:
+
+    osg::ref_ptr<osg::ImageStream> _movie;
+    std::string  _source;
+};
+
+void SlideShowConstructor::setUpMovieVolume(osg::Node* subgraph, osg::ImageStream* imageStream, const ImageData& imageData)
+{
+    if (containsPropertyReference(imageData.volume))
+    {
+        subgraph->addUpdateCallback(new VolumeCallback(imageStream, imageData.volume));
+    }
+    else
+    {
+        float volume;
+        std::istringstream sstream(imageData.volume);
+        sstream>>volume;
+
+        if (!sstream.fail())
+        {
+            OSG_NOTICE<<"Setting volume "<<volume<<std::endl;
+            imageStream->setVolume( volume );
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            OSG_NOTICE<<"Invalid volume setting: "<<imageData.volume<<std::endl;
+        }
+    }
+}
+
 void SlideShowConstructor::addImage(const std::string& filename, const PositionData& positionData, const ImageData& imageData)
 {
 
@@ -1215,6 +1276,12 @@ void SlideShowConstructor::addImage(const std::string& filename, const PositionD
         pictureStateSet->setMode(GL_BLEND, osg::StateAttribute::ON);
     }
 
+
+    if (imageStream && !imageData.volume.empty()) 
+    {
+        setUpMovieVolume(subgraph, imageStream, imageData);
+    }
+
     osg::ImageSequence* imageSequence = dynamic_cast<osg::ImageSequence*>(image.get());
     if (imageSequence)        
     {
@@ -1418,6 +1485,16 @@ void SlideShowConstructor::addStereoImagePair(const std::string& filenameLeft, c
     subgraph->addChild(pictureLeft);
     subgraph->addChild(pictureRight);
 
+    if (imageStreamLeft && !imageDataLeft.volume.empty())
+    {
+        setUpMovieVolume(subgraph, imageStreamLeft, imageDataLeft);
+    }
+
+    if (imageStreamRight && !imageDataRight.volume.empty())
+    {
+        setUpMovieVolume(subgraph, imageStreamRight, imageDataRight);
+    }
+
     osg::ImageSequence* imageSequence = dynamic_cast<osg::ImageSequence*>(imageLeft.get());
     if (imageSequence)
     {
@@ -1775,6 +1852,7 @@ std::string SlideShowConstructor::findFileAndRecordPath(const std::string& filen
 
 }
 
+
 struct ClipRegionCallback : public osg::NodeCallback
 {
 public: