Music stops playing in PowerPoint 2003 slideshow

[Michael Koerner]

PowerPoint presentations that you receive via email and open when you click
on them have a .pps (PowerPoint Show) extension. will open in the slideshow
mode automatically. Regardless of what you save your presentations as .PPT
or .PPS they open in the slideshow mode if your just using the PowerPoint
Viewer and not the full version of PowerPoint.

--
Michael Koerner
MS MVP - PowerPoint

Thanks I will try running the play.bat file. Also, after I sent my last
post,
I remembered that all of the PowerPoint shows I receive via email ALWAYS
start automatically so I don't know WHY mine does not. Like I said, if
that
feature does not work, I can live with it. It just bugs me as to why it
won't.

Again, thank you for your help!

Deloresw

You might try changing the autorun selection, just to see if that is the
culprit.

You could also try running the play.bat file that is also created when
you
used the Copy to CD function. I don't have Vista on my computer at the
present time, as I need something that is reliable <g> So, I can't tell
you
how to run the bat file. In XP you just click on start, run, and enter
the
path to wherever your created files are stored, example
C:\yourCDfile\play.bat. As it looks like you have done everything
correctly
in the creation of the files.

--
Michael Koerner
MS MVP - PowerPoint

The playlist text file has the name of the PP show: AlecNew.pps

I have not activated the autorun on anything but Media Player. When the
popup comes up, I ignore it and open a file where ever I choose. Maybe
that
is the problem on my computer. I have been blaming VISTA, which is easy
to
do. <smile> I will test it and let you know what happens.

One of my son-in-laws is a computer specialist and he told me he NEVER
lets
any program open automatically so that would be the solution for why it
does
not open automatically on his computer. I am the one who questioned it,
but I
have. I would almost bet my other son-in-law feels the same way and has
the
autorun turned off.

:

I think that should work. Maybe Michael will spot something, though --
he's
better with the autorun thing than I am!

What's in your playlist.txt file?

I'm wondering if it's just that autorun has been turned off on the
computer
in question.

--
Echo S [MS PPT MVP] http://www.echosvoice.com
What's new in PowerPoint 2007? http://www.echosvoice.com/2007.htm
Fixing PowerPoint Annoyances
http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/powerpointannoy/index.html
PPTLive! Oct 28-31, New Orleans http://www.pptlive.com

The autorun.ini says open=pptview.exe /L "playlist.txt"
The options for package the CD are:
Include these files
PP Viewer
Play all presentations automatically in the specified order
Linked files has check mark

:

What Michael asked -- what does the autorun.ini say? (You can open
it
in
Notepad or Wordpad.)

Or, when you go to File | Package for CD and choose Options, which
option
are you choosing for "select how presentations will play in the
viewer"?

--
Echo S [MS PPT MVP] http://www.echosvoice.com
What's new in PowerPoint 2007? http://www.echosvoice.com/2007.htm
Fixing PowerPoint Annoyances
http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/powerpointannoy/index.html
PPTLive! Oct 28-31, New Orleans http://www.pptlive.com

I'm back!! I really appreciate all of the time you spent helping
me,
but
when
I changed the effect options to "Stop playing after 999 slides,"
the
songs
only played one time each. I changed the timing to repeat until
end
of
slide,
but this caused the songs to overlap. I then changed the timing
to
first
song, (none) and second song to play 3 times, etc. The songs
still
would
only
play one time each.

I reverted back to my original settings for the effect options,
e.g.,
first
song, stop after 23 slides, timing; play to end of slide; second
song,
stop
after 39 slides, etc. Now, I am back in business except for the
same
problem
of autorun not working properly on my computer. The autorun and
PP
viewer,
as
always, are listed on the CD, but I still have to click on the PP
file
and
select from the dropdown menu for Microsoft PowerPoint to run the
slideshow.
I can live with this as long as everything else works on the XP
computers,
but if you have anymore suggestions for me to try I would more
than
welcome
them.

Again, I thank all of you for your time and help! I hope my
experience
helps
someone else.

Deloresw



:

Thank you so much for your help! I will try not to cry too much
if
something
does not work! I have had fun making the slideshows, but the
small
glitches
were about to get me down.

Deloresw

:

Well, I'm glad I could make you laugh, anyway!

But now I might make you cry. :-(

Using the "stop playing after 999 slides" won't keep you from
having
to
make
timing adjustments to the slide transitions. But it should
ensure
that
the
songs play all the way through and not stop unexpectedly
partway
through the
song. I would not try to use a "stop after XX slides" and put
the
real
number of slides in there. It just doesn't seem to work right
for
some
strange reason.

However, you should be aware that timing is not PowerPoint's
strong
suit.
You're not going to get extremely accurate timing with PPT. My
favorite
way
to explain it is, if you're playing the Star Spangled Banner
and
you
want
the fireworks animation to happen when the song says "and the
rockets'
red
glare," well, it ain't gonna happen. PPT just isn't going to
be
that
precise.

So, you will probably be better off just putting 3-, 4-, and
5-second
automatic transitions on each slide and trying to get within a
few
seconds
of the total sound length.

Or, what I might do is use a sound editor and combine all the
MP3s
into
one
sound file, insert that on the first slide and set it to stop
playing
after
999 slides, and then just set the transition times (3, 4, 5
seconds
or
so)
for all the slides.

Audacity is a good free sound editor.
http://audacity.sourceforge.net/
You
must download and install the LAME MP3 encoder as well, but
there
are
links
to it on that site. Just click "Download Audacity 1.2.6" to
get
to
it.

As for putting the MP3 into the folder with the presentation
before
inserting it, yes, it's a good habit to get into. But it's not
really
necessary since you're using Package for CD. The PfCD process
actually
creates a new folder and puts the presentation and the MP3s in
the
same
folder -- and it fixes up all the links. So you don't have to
worry
so
much
about starting with the MP3 in the same folder as the
presentation.
It
may
make your life easier, though, and, as I mentioned, it really
is
a
good
habit to get into.

Go here http://www.echosvoice.com/autoruncd2.htm and scroll
down
a
little
way, and you can see a screeenshot of the files inside a
package
for
CD
folder. You'll have autorun.INF, gdiplus.dll, pptview.exe and
a
bunch
of
other files. You'll also see your presentation file and your
MP3s.
(The
linked audio in the screenshot is a WMA file, Beethoven's
Symphony....)
Burn
all those files to the CD. Don't burn the *folder.* Windows
looks
for
the
autorun.INF file, or sometimes the play.BAT file, to start the
CD
automatically. If that file is inside a folder, Windows can't
see
it
on
the
CD. And those INF/BAT files look for the pptview.exe file on
the
CD
directly. If it's in a folder, they can't find it. And thye
pptview.exe
file
looks for your presentation (PPT or PPS) file on the CD. If
it's
in
a
folder, the Viewer won't be able to find it. And so on. You
get
the
idea.

As for the 50,000 -- that is only for WAV files. Only WAVs can
be
embedded,
and so that setting applies only to WAVs. You are working with
MP3s,
so
you
can ignore it. You can leave it alone or set it back to 100 or
whatever. It
doesn't matter.

Oh, file size. 170 slides at 34MB or so doesn't seem out of
whack.
So I
don't think the file size is the problem. (I could be wrong,
though,
and I'm
sure others will pop in and correct me if I am!)

--
Echo S [MS PPT MVP] http://www.echosvoice.com
What's new in PowerPoint 2007?
http://www.echosvoice.com/2007.htm
Fixing PowerPoint Annoyances
http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/powerpointannoy/index.html
PPTLive! Oct 28-31, New Orleans http://www.pptlive.com

message
Thank you so much for your comments--you are soooo funny.
<smile>
I
need
funny after being submerged in these slideshows.

I have been doing everything you said about adding the
music,
except
I

 

[Echo S]

You have to actually do something to open them, though, right? Like
double-click the attachment in the email or save it to your harddrive and
then double-click it. So it's not really starting automatically.

But maybe you mean "full screen," not "automatic"?

If you're just double-clicking the PPT file on the CD, then it will open in
PowerPoint installed on your computer (not the PPT Viewer on the CD), and
it will open in editing view. If you save the file as a PPS and double-click
that, it will open in full screen view with PPT installed on your computer.

If you double-click the PLAY file on the CD, that opens the PPT Viewer
(which can only play files full screen), which in turn opens the
presentation. In that case, it doesn't matter if it's a PPT or PPS file.

However...hang on, lemme check. Yeah, you mentioned your playlist has a PPS
file, so this is really a moot point. It's gonn open full screen no matter
what, and so I'm guessing you really did mean "start automatically," as
opposed to "start full-screen." So ignore my babbling!

--
Echo S [MS PPT MVP] http://www.echosvoice.com
What's new in PowerPoint 2007? http://www.echosvoice.com/2007.htm
Fixing PowerPoint Annoyances
http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/powerpointannoy/index.html
PPTLive! Oct 28-31, New Orleans http://www.pptlive.com

Thanks I will try running the play.bat file. Also, after I sent my last
post,
I remembered that all of the PowerPoint shows I receive via email ALWAYS
start automatically so I don't know WHY mine does not. Like I said, if
that
feature does not work, I can live with it. It just bugs me as to why it
won't.

Again, thank you for your help!

Deloresw

You might try changing the autorun selection, just to see if that is the
culprit.

You could also try running the play.bat file that is also created when
you
used the Copy to CD function. I don't have Vista on my computer at the
present time, as I need something that is reliable <g> So, I can't tell
you
how to run the bat file. In XP you just click on start, run, and enter
the
path to wherever your created files are stored, example
C:\yourCDfile\play.bat. As it looks like you have done everything
correctly
in the creation of the files.

--
Michael Koerner
MS MVP - PowerPoint

The playlist text file has the name of the PP show: AlecNew.pps

I have not activated the autorun on anything but Media Player. When the
popup comes up, I ignore it and open a file where ever I choose. Maybe
that
is the problem on my computer. I have been blaming VISTA, which is easy
to
do. <smile> I will test it and let you know what happens.

One of my son-in-laws is a computer specialist and he told me he NEVER
lets
any program open automatically so that would be the solution for why it
does
not open automatically on his computer. I am the one who questioned it,
but I
have. I would almost bet my other son-in-law feels the same way and has
the
autorun turned off.

:

I think that should work. Maybe Michael will spot something, though --
he's
better with the autorun thing than I am!

What's in your playlist.txt file?

I'm wondering if it's just that autorun has been turned off on the
computer
in question.

--
Echo S [MS PPT MVP] http://www.echosvoice.com
What's new in PowerPoint 2007? http://www.echosvoice.com/2007.htm
Fixing PowerPoint Annoyances
http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/powerpointannoy/index.html
PPTLive! Oct 28-31, New Orleans http://www.pptlive.com

The autorun.ini says open=pptview.exe /L "playlist.txt"
The options for package the CD are:
Include these files
PP Viewer
Play all presentations automatically in the specified order
Linked files has check mark

:

What Michael asked -- what does the autorun.ini say? (You can open
it
in
Notepad or Wordpad.)

Or, when you go to File | Package for CD and choose Options, which
option
are you choosing for "select how presentations will play in the
viewer"?

--
Echo S [MS PPT MVP] http://www.echosvoice.com
What's new in PowerPoint 2007? http://www.echosvoice.com/2007.htm
Fixing PowerPoint Annoyances
http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/powerpointannoy/index.html
PPTLive! Oct 28-31, New Orleans http://www.pptlive.com

I'm back!! I really appreciate all of the time you spent helping
me,
but
when
I changed the effect options to "Stop playing after 999 slides,"
the
songs
only played one time each. I changed the timing to repeat until
end
of
slide,
but this caused the songs to overlap. I then changed the timing
to
first
song, (none) and second song to play 3 times, etc. The songs
still
would
only
play one time each.

I reverted back to my original settings for the effect options,
e.g.,
first
song, stop after 23 slides, timing; play to end of slide; second
song,
stop
after 39 slides, etc. Now, I am back in business except for the
same
problem
of autorun not working properly on my computer. The autorun and
PP
viewer,
as
always, are listed on the CD, but I still have to click on the PP
file
and
select from the dropdown menu for Microsoft PowerPoint to run the
slideshow.
I can live with this as long as everything else works on the XP
computers,
but if you have anymore suggestions for me to try I would more
than
welcome
them.

Again, I thank all of you for your time and help! I hope my
experience
helps
someone else.

Deloresw



:

Thank you so much for your help! I will try not to cry too much
if
something
does not work! I have had fun making the slideshows, but the
small
glitches
were about to get me down.

Deloresw

:

Well, I'm glad I could make you laugh, anyway!

But now I might make you cry. :-(

Using the "stop playing after 999 slides" won't keep you from
having
to
make
timing adjustments to the slide transitions. But it should
ensure
that
the
songs play all the way through and not stop unexpectedly
partway
through the
song. I would not try to use a "stop after XX slides" and put
the
real
number of slides in there. It just doesn't seem to work right
for
some
strange reason.

However, you should be aware that timing is not PowerPoint's
strong
suit.
You're not going to get extremely accurate timing with PPT. My
favorite
way
to explain it is, if you're playing the Star Spangled Banner
and
you
want
the fireworks animation to happen when the song says "and the
rockets'
red
glare," well, it ain't gonna happen. PPT just isn't going to
be
that
precise.

So, you will probably be better off just putting 3-, 4-, and
5-second
automatic transitions on each slide and trying to get within a
few
seconds
of the total sound length.

Or, what I might do is use a sound editor and combine all the
MP3s
into
one
sound file, insert that on the first slide and set it to stop
playing
after
999 slides, and then just set the transition times (3, 4, 5
seconds
or
so)
for all the slides.

Audacity is a good free sound editor.
http://audacity.sourceforge.net/
You
must download and install the LAME MP3 encoder as well, but
there
are
links
to it on that site. Just click "Download Audacity 1.2.6" to
get
to
it.

As for putting the MP3 into the folder with the presentation
before
inserting it, yes, it's a good habit to get into. But it's not
really
necessary since you're using Package for CD. The PfCD process
actually
creates a new folder and puts the presentation and the MP3s in
the
same
folder -- and it fixes up all the links. So you don't have to
worry
so
much
about starting with the MP3 in the same folder as the
presentation.
It
may
make your life easier, though, and, as I mentioned, it really
is
a
good
habit to get into.

Go here http://www.echosvoice.com/autoruncd2.htm and scroll
down
a
little
way, and you can see a screeenshot of the files inside a
package
for
CD
folder. You'll have autorun.INF, gdiplus.dll, pptview.exe and
a
bunch
of
other files. You'll also see your presentation file and your
MP3s.
(The
linked audio in the screenshot is a WMA file, Beethoven's
Symphony....)
Burn
all those files to the CD. Don't burn the *folder.* Windows
looks
for
the
autorun.INF file, or sometimes the play.BAT file, to start the
CD
automatically. If that file is inside a folder, Windows can't
see
it
on
the
CD. And those INF/BAT files look for the pptview.exe file on
the
CD
directly. If it's in a folder, they can't find it. And thye
pptview.exe
file
looks for your presentation (PPT or PPS) file on the CD. If
it's
in
a
folder, the Viewer won't be able to find it. And so on. You
get
the
idea.

As for the 50,000 -- that is only for WAV files. Only WAVs can
be
embedded,
and so that setting applies only to WAVs. You are working with
MP3s,
so
you
can ignore it. You can leave it alone or set it back to 100 or
whatever. It
doesn't matter.

Oh, file size. 170 slides at 34MB or so doesn't seem out of
whack.
So I
don't think the file size is the problem. (I could be wrong,
though,
and I'm
sure others will pop in and correct me if I am!)

--
Echo S [MS PPT MVP] http://www.echosvoice.com
What's new in PowerPoint 2007?
http://www.echosvoice.com/2007.htm
Fixing PowerPoint Annoyances
http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/powerpointannoy/index.html
PPTLive! Oct 28-31, New Orleans http://www.pptlive.com

message
Thank you so much for your comments--you are soooo funny.
<smile>
I
need
funny after being submerged in these slideshows.

I have been doing everything you said about adding the
music,
except
I

 

[Deloresw]

Thanks for the suggestion!

There is not a play.bat file in the list. I did a search for it, but nothing
was found. I had created a folder C:\\AlecH and when I packaged the slideshow
named AlecNew.pps, it created a subfolder called Alec0707--the name I
assigned to the package and selected copy to file so now the path is
C:\\AlecH\Alec0707, which contains all of the information for the CD. Could
the longer file name be the problem?

Deloresw

I have a folder on my C: drive called "tocd" without the quotes I created
this when I created my first copy to CD program. Now all I have to do is
copy any presentation to the folder, make the name change in the playlst
file and burn to a CD. Does not matter what your folder is called, as you
don't copy the folder to the CD. Everything goes into the root directory of
your CD .

--
Michael Koerner
MS MVP - PowerPoint

One more question--When I package the PowerPoint slideshow, I always type
in
a different name for the CD or file than the name of my PP slideshow. Is
this
the correct thing to do or am I supposed to use the same name as my PP
slideshow?

I have been curious where the CD or file name goes to. My actual PP
slideshow file name always appears in the list on the CD, but I have never
seen anything about the name I assigned to the packaging. I hope this
makes
sense.
Deloresw

I think that should work. Maybe Michael will spot something, though --
he's
better with the autorun thing than I am!

What's in your playlist.txt file?

I'm wondering if it's just that autorun has been turned off on the
computer
in question.

--
Echo S [MS PPT MVP] http://www.echosvoice.com
What's new in PowerPoint 2007? http://www.echosvoice.com/2007.htm
Fixing PowerPoint Annoyances
http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/powerpointannoy/index.html
PPTLive! Oct 28-31, New Orleans http://www.pptlive.com

The autorun.ini says open=pptview.exe /L "playlist.txt"
The options for package the CD are:
Include these files
PP Viewer
Play all presentations automatically in the specified order
Linked files has check mark

:

What Michael asked -- what does the autorun.ini say? (You can open it
in
Notepad or Wordpad.)

Or, when you go to File | Package for CD and choose Options, which
option
are you choosing for "select how presentations will play in the
viewer"?

--
Echo S [MS PPT MVP] http://www.echosvoice.com
What's new in PowerPoint 2007? http://www.echosvoice.com/2007.htm
Fixing PowerPoint Annoyances
http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/powerpointannoy/index.html
PPTLive! Oct 28-31, New Orleans http://www.pptlive.com

I'm back!! I really appreciate all of the time you spent helping me,
but
when
I changed the effect options to "Stop playing after 999 slides," the
songs
only played one time each. I changed the timing to repeat until end
of
slide,
but this caused the songs to overlap. I then changed the timing to
first
song, (none) and second song to play 3 times, etc. The songs still
would
only
play one time each.

I reverted back to my original settings for the effect options,
e.g.,
first
song, stop after 23 slides, timing; play to end of slide; second
song,
stop
after 39 slides, etc. Now, I am back in business except for the same
problem
of autorun not working properly on my computer. The autorun and PP
viewer,
as
always, are listed on the CD, but I still have to click on the PP
file
and
select from the dropdown menu for Microsoft PowerPoint to run the
slideshow.
I can live with this as long as everything else works on the XP
computers,
but if you have anymore suggestions for me to try I would more than
welcome
them.

Again, I thank all of you for your time and help! I hope my
experience
helps
someone else.

Deloresw



:

Thank you so much for your help! I will try not to cry too much if
something
does not work! I have had fun making the slideshows, but the small
glitches
were about to get me down.

Deloresw

:

Well, I'm glad I could make you laugh, anyway!

But now I might make you cry. :-(

Using the "stop playing after 999 slides" won't keep you from
having
to
make
timing adjustments to the slide transitions. But it should ensure
that
the
songs play all the way through and not stop unexpectedly partway
through the
song. I would not try to use a "stop after XX slides" and put the
real
number of slides in there. It just doesn't seem to work right for
some
strange reason.

However, you should be aware that timing is not PowerPoint's
strong
suit.
You're not going to get extremely accurate timing with PPT. My
favorite
way
to explain it is, if you're playing the Star Spangled Banner and
you
want
the fireworks animation to happen when the song says "and the
rockets'
red
glare," well, it ain't gonna happen. PPT just isn't going to be
that
precise.

So, you will probably be better off just putting 3-, 4-, and
5-second
automatic transitions on each slide and trying to get within a
few
seconds
of the total sound length.

Or, what I might do is use a sound editor and combine all the
MP3s
into
one
sound file, insert that on the first slide and set it to stop
playing
after
999 slides, and then just set the transition times (3, 4, 5
seconds
or
so)
for all the slides.

Audacity is a good free sound editor.
http://audacity.sourceforge.net/
You
must download and install the LAME MP3 encoder as well, but there
are
links
to it on that site. Just click "Download Audacity 1.2.6" to get
to
it.

As for putting the MP3 into the folder with the presentation
before
inserting it, yes, it's a good habit to get into. But it's not
really
necessary since you're using Package for CD. The PfCD process
actually
creates a new folder and puts the presentation and the MP3s in
the
same
folder -- and it fixes up all the links. So you don't have to
worry
so
much
about starting with the MP3 in the same folder as the
presentation.
It
may
make your life easier, though, and, as I mentioned, it really is
a
good
habit to get into.

Go here http://www.echosvoice.com/autoruncd2.htm and scroll down
a
little
way, and you can see a screeenshot of the files inside a package
for
CD
folder. You'll have autorun.INF, gdiplus.dll, pptview.exe and a
bunch
of
other files. You'll also see your presentation file and your
MP3s.
(The
linked audio in the screenshot is a WMA file, Beethoven's
Symphony....)
Burn
all those files to the CD. Don't burn the *folder.* Windows looks
for
the
autorun.INF file, or sometimes the play.BAT file, to start the CD
automatically. If that file is inside a folder, Windows can't see
it
on
the
CD. And those INF/BAT files look for the pptview.exe file on the
CD
directly. If it's in a folder, they can't find it. And thye
pptview.exe
file
looks for your presentation (PPT or PPS) file on the CD. If it's
in
a
folder, the Viewer won't be able to find it. And so on. You get
the
idea.

As for the 50,000 -- that is only for WAV files. Only WAVs can be
embedded,
and so that setting applies only to WAVs. You are working with
MP3s,
so
you
can ignore it. You can leave it alone or set it back to 100 or
whatever. It
doesn't matter.

Oh, file size. 170 slides at 34MB or so doesn't seem out of
whack.
So I
don't think the file size is the problem. (I could be wrong,
though,
and I'm
sure others will pop in and correct me if I am!)

--
Echo S [MS PPT MVP] http://www.echosvoice.com
What's new in PowerPoint 2007? http://www.echosvoice.com/2007.htm
Fixing PowerPoint Annoyances
http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/powerpointannoy/index.html
PPTLive! Oct 28-31, New Orleans http://www.pptlive.com

Thank you so much for your comments--you are soooo funny.
<smile>
I
need
funny after being submerged in these slideshows.

I have been doing everything you said about adding the music,
except
I
have
spent a lot of time calculating the time for each song and
testing
and
retesting when I add or delete a slide to make sure the songs
do
not
overlap

 

[Deloresw]

I forgot to say it has the autorun.INF file.

I have a folder on my C: drive called "tocd" without the quotes I created
this when I created my first copy to CD program. Now all I have to do is
copy any presentation to the folder, make the name change in the playlst
file and burn to a CD. Does not matter what your folder is called, as you
don't copy the folder to the CD. Everything goes into the root directory of
your CD .

--
Michael Koerner
MS MVP - PowerPoint

One more question--When I package the PowerPoint slideshow, I always type
in
a different name for the CD or file than the name of my PP slideshow. Is
this
the correct thing to do or am I supposed to use the same name as my PP
slideshow?

I have been curious where the CD or file name goes to. My actual PP
slideshow file name always appears in the list on the CD, but I have never
seen anything about the name I assigned to the packaging. I hope this
makes
sense.
Deloresw

I think that should work. Maybe Michael will spot something, though --
he's
better with the autorun thing than I am!

What's in your playlist.txt file?

I'm wondering if it's just that autorun has been turned off on the
computer
in question.

--
Echo S [MS PPT MVP] http://www.echosvoice.com
What's new in PowerPoint 2007? http://www.echosvoice.com/2007.htm
Fixing PowerPoint Annoyances
http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/powerpointannoy/index.html
PPTLive! Oct 28-31, New Orleans http://www.pptlive.com

The autorun.ini says open=pptview.exe /L "playlist.txt"
The options for package the CD are:
Include these files
PP Viewer
Play all presentations automatically in the specified order
Linked files has check mark

:

What Michael asked -- what does the autorun.ini say? (You can open it
in
Notepad or Wordpad.)

Or, when you go to File | Package for CD and choose Options, which
option
are you choosing for "select how presentations will play in the
viewer"?

--
Echo S [MS PPT MVP] http://www.echosvoice.com
What's new in PowerPoint 2007? http://www.echosvoice.com/2007.htm
Fixing PowerPoint Annoyances
http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/powerpointannoy/index.html
PPTLive! Oct 28-31, New Orleans http://www.pptlive.com

I'm back!! I really appreciate all of the time you spent helping me,
but
when
I changed the effect options to "Stop playing after 999 slides," the
songs
only played one time each. I changed the timing to repeat until end
of
slide,
but this caused the songs to overlap. I then changed the timing to
first
song, (none) and second song to play 3 times, etc. The songs still
would
only
play one time each.

I reverted back to my original settings for the effect options,
e.g.,
first
song, stop after 23 slides, timing; play to end of slide; second
song,
stop
after 39 slides, etc. Now, I am back in business except for the same
problem
of autorun not working properly on my computer. The autorun and PP
viewer,
as
always, are listed on the CD, but I still have to click on the PP
file
and
select from the dropdown menu for Microsoft PowerPoint to run the
slideshow.
I can live with this as long as everything else works on the XP
computers,
but if you have anymore suggestions for me to try I would more than
welcome
them.

Again, I thank all of you for your time and help! I hope my
experience
helps
someone else.

Deloresw



:

Thank you so much for your help! I will try not to cry too much if
something
does not work! I have had fun making the slideshows, but the small
glitches
were about to get me down.

Deloresw

:

Well, I'm glad I could make you laugh, anyway!

But now I might make you cry. :-(

Using the "stop playing after 999 slides" won't keep you from
having
to
make
timing adjustments to the slide transitions. But it should ensure
that
the
songs play all the way through and not stop unexpectedly partway
through the
song. I would not try to use a "stop after XX slides" and put the
real
number of slides in there. It just doesn't seem to work right for
some
strange reason.

However, you should be aware that timing is not PowerPoint's
strong
suit.
You're not going to get extremely accurate timing with PPT. My
favorite
way
to explain it is, if you're playing the Star Spangled Banner and
you
want
the fireworks animation to happen when the song says "and the
rockets'
red
glare," well, it ain't gonna happen. PPT just isn't going to be
that
precise.

So, you will probably be better off just putting 3-, 4-, and
5-second
automatic transitions on each slide and trying to get within a
few
seconds
of the total sound length.

Or, what I might do is use a sound editor and combine all the
MP3s
into
one
sound file, insert that on the first slide and set it to stop
playing
after
999 slides, and then just set the transition times (3, 4, 5
seconds
or
so)
for all the slides.

Audacity is a good free sound editor.
http://audacity.sourceforge.net/
You
must download and install the LAME MP3 encoder as well, but there
are
links
to it on that site. Just click "Download Audacity 1.2.6" to get
to
it.

As for putting the MP3 into the folder with the presentation
before
inserting it, yes, it's a good habit to get into. But it's not
really
necessary since you're using Package for CD. The PfCD process
actually
creates a new folder and puts the presentation and the MP3s in
the
same
folder -- and it fixes up all the links. So you don't have to
worry
so
much
about starting with the MP3 in the same folder as the
presentation.
It
may
make your life easier, though, and, as I mentioned, it really is
a
good
habit to get into.

Go here http://www.echosvoice.com/autoruncd2.htm and scroll down
a
little
way, and you can see a screeenshot of the files inside a package
for
CD
folder. You'll have autorun.INF, gdiplus.dll, pptview.exe and a
bunch
of
other files. You'll also see your presentation file and your
MP3s.
(The
linked audio in the screenshot is a WMA file, Beethoven's
Symphony....)
Burn
all those files to the CD. Don't burn the *folder.* Windows looks
for
the
autorun.INF file, or sometimes the play.BAT file, to start the CD
automatically. If that file is inside a folder, Windows can't see
it
on
the
CD. And those INF/BAT files look for the pptview.exe file on the
CD
directly. If it's in a folder, they can't find it. And thye
pptview.exe
file
looks for your presentation (PPT or PPS) file on the CD. If it's
in
a
folder, the Viewer won't be able to find it. And so on. You get
the
idea.

As for the 50,000 -- that is only for WAV files. Only WAVs can be
embedded,
and so that setting applies only to WAVs. You are working with
MP3s,
so
you
can ignore it. You can leave it alone or set it back to 100 or
whatever. It
doesn't matter.

Oh, file size. 170 slides at 34MB or so doesn't seem out of
whack.
So I
don't think the file size is the problem. (I could be wrong,
though,
and I'm
sure others will pop in and correct me if I am!)

--
Echo S [MS PPT MVP] http://www.echosvoice.com
What's new in PowerPoint 2007? http://www.echosvoice.com/2007.htm
Fixing PowerPoint Annoyances
http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/powerpointannoy/index.html
PPTLive! Oct 28-31, New Orleans http://www.pptlive.com

Thank you so much for your comments--you are soooo funny.
<smile>
I
need
funny after being submerged in these slideshows.

I have been doing everything you said about adding the music,
except
I
have
spent a lot of time calculating the time for each song and
testing
and
retesting when I add or delete a slide to make sure the songs
do
not
overlap

 

[Michael Koerner]

Not really, because your burning all the files from Alec0707, and none of
the folders to the root of the CD, and file paths are not used. The only
thing I see out of the ordinary is the C:\\.

--
Michael Koerner
MS MVP - PowerPoint

Thanks for the suggestion!

There is not a play.bat file in the list. I did a search for it, but
nothing
was found. I had created a folder C:\\AlecH and when I packaged the
slideshow
named AlecNew.pps, it created a subfolder called Alec0707--the name I
assigned to the package and selected copy to file so now the path is
C:\\AlecH\Alec0707, which contains all of the information for the CD.
Could
the longer file name be the problem?

Deloresw

I have a folder on my C: drive called "tocd" without the quotes I created
this when I created my first copy to CD program. Now all I have to do is
copy any presentation to the folder, make the name change in the playlst
file and burn to a CD. Does not matter what your folder is called, as you
don't copy the folder to the CD. Everything goes into the root directory
of
your CD .

--
Michael Koerner
MS MVP - PowerPoint

One more question--When I package the PowerPoint slideshow, I always
type
in
a different name for the CD or file than the name of my PP slideshow.
Is
this
the correct thing to do or am I supposed to use the same name as my PP
slideshow?

I have been curious where the CD or file name goes to. My actual PP
slideshow file name always appears in the list on the CD, but I have
never
seen anything about the name I assigned to the packaging. I hope this
makes
sense.
Deloresw

:

I think that should work. Maybe Michael will spot something, though --
he's
better with the autorun thing than I am!

What's in your playlist.txt file?

I'm wondering if it's just that autorun has been turned off on the
computer
in question.

--
Echo S [MS PPT MVP] http://www.echosvoice.com
What's new in PowerPoint 2007? http://www.echosvoice.com/2007.htm
Fixing PowerPoint Annoyances
http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/powerpointannoy/index.html
PPTLive! Oct 28-31, New Orleans http://www.pptlive.com

The autorun.ini says open=pptview.exe /L "playlist.txt"
The options for package the CD are:
Include these files
PP Viewer
Play all presentations automatically in the specified order
Linked files has check mark

:

What Michael asked -- what does the autorun.ini say? (You can open
it
in
Notepad or Wordpad.)

Or, when you go to File | Package for CD and choose Options, which
option
are you choosing for "select how presentations will play in the
viewer"?

--
Echo S [MS PPT MVP] http://www.echosvoice.com
What's new in PowerPoint 2007? http://www.echosvoice.com/2007.htm
Fixing PowerPoint Annoyances
http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/powerpointannoy/index.html
PPTLive! Oct 28-31, New Orleans http://www.pptlive.com

I'm back!! I really appreciate all of the time you spent helping
me,
but
when
I changed the effect options to "Stop playing after 999 slides,"
the
songs
only played one time each. I changed the timing to repeat until
end
of
slide,
but this caused the songs to overlap. I then changed the timing
to
first
song, (none) and second song to play 3 times, etc. The songs
still
would
only
play one time each.

I reverted back to my original settings for the effect options,
e.g.,
first
song, stop after 23 slides, timing; play to end of slide; second
song,
stop
after 39 slides, etc. Now, I am back in business except for the
same
problem
of autorun not working properly on my computer. The autorun and
PP
viewer,
as
always, are listed on the CD, but I still have to click on the PP
file
and
select from the dropdown menu for Microsoft PowerPoint to run the
slideshow.
I can live with this as long as everything else works on the XP
computers,
but if you have anymore suggestions for me to try I would more
than
welcome
them.

Again, I thank all of you for your time and help! I hope my
experience
helps
someone else.

Deloresw



:

Thank you so much for your help! I will try not to cry too much
if
something
does not work! I have had fun making the slideshows, but the
small
glitches
were about to get me down.

Deloresw

:

Well, I'm glad I could make you laugh, anyway!

But now I might make you cry. :-(

Using the "stop playing after 999 slides" won't keep you from
having
to
make
timing adjustments to the slide transitions. But it should
ensure
that
the
songs play all the way through and not stop unexpectedly
partway
through the
song. I would not try to use a "stop after XX slides" and put
the
real
number of slides in there. It just doesn't seem to work right
for
some
strange reason.

However, you should be aware that timing is not PowerPoint's
strong
suit.
You're not going to get extremely accurate timing with PPT. My
favorite
way
to explain it is, if you're playing the Star Spangled Banner
and
you
want
the fireworks animation to happen when the song says "and the
rockets'
red
glare," well, it ain't gonna happen. PPT just isn't going to
be
that
precise.

So, you will probably be better off just putting 3-, 4-, and
5-second
automatic transitions on each slide and trying to get within a
few
seconds
of the total sound length.

Or, what I might do is use a sound editor and combine all the
MP3s
into
one
sound file, insert that on the first slide and set it to stop
playing
after
999 slides, and then just set the transition times (3, 4, 5
seconds
or
so)
for all the slides.

Audacity is a good free sound editor.
http://audacity.sourceforge.net/
You
must download and install the LAME MP3 encoder as well, but
there
are
links
to it on that site. Just click "Download Audacity 1.2.6" to
get
to
it.

As for putting the MP3 into the folder with the presentation
before
inserting it, yes, it's a good habit to get into. But it's not
really
necessary since you're using Package for CD. The PfCD process
actually
creates a new folder and puts the presentation and the MP3s in
the
same
folder -- and it fixes up all the links. So you don't have to
worry
so
much
about starting with the MP3 in the same folder as the
presentation.
It
may
make your life easier, though, and, as I mentioned, it really
is
a
good
habit to get into.

Go here http://www.echosvoice.com/autoruncd2.htm and scroll
down
a
little
way, and you can see a screeenshot of the files inside a
package
for
CD
folder. You'll have autorun.INF, gdiplus.dll, pptview.exe and
a
bunch
of
other files. You'll also see your presentation file and your
MP3s.
(The
linked audio in the screenshot is a WMA file, Beethoven's
Symphony....)
Burn
all those files to the CD. Don't burn the *folder.* Windows
looks
for
the
autorun.INF file, or sometimes the play.BAT file, to start the
CD
automatically. If that file is inside a folder, Windows can't
see
it
on
the
CD. And those INF/BAT files look for the pptview.exe file on
the
CD
directly. If it's in a folder, they can't find it. And thye
pptview.exe
file
looks for your presentation (PPT or PPS) file on the CD. If
it's
in
a
folder, the Viewer won't be able to find it. And so on. You
get
the
idea.

As for the 50,000 -- that is only for WAV files. Only WAVs can
be
embedded,
and so that setting applies only to WAVs. You are working with
MP3s,
so
you
can ignore it. You can leave it alone or set it back to 100 or
whatever. It
doesn't matter.

Oh, file size. 170 slides at 34MB or so doesn't seem out of
whack.
So I
don't think the file size is the problem. (I could be wrong,
though,
and I'm
sure others will pop in and correct me if I am!)

--
Echo S [MS PPT MVP] http://www.echosvoice.com
What's new in PowerPoint 2007?
http://www.echosvoice.com/2007.htm
Fixing PowerPoint Annoyances
http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/powerpointannoy/index.html
PPTLive! Oct 28-31, New Orleans http://www.pptlive.com

message
Thank you so much for your comments--you are soooo funny.
<smile>
I
need
funny after being submerged in these slideshows.

I have been doing everything you said about adding the
music,
except
I
have
spent a lot of time calculating the time for each song and
testing
and
retesting when I add or delete a slide to make sure the
songs
do
not
overlap

 

[Deloresw]

The C:\\ is my "C" drive and the destination for my "package for CD"
slideshow. The linked music files are included in the package. When I copied
the music file links into the file, I got the message they were duplicates,
but I chose to copy them anyway so those files now have a (2) beside them.
The CD runs fine on my computer, but the real test will be when I try it on
one of the XP computers tomorrow.

I am sorry I have taken so much of you and Echo's time, but I can't begin to
express my appreciation for your assistance!

I am hoping to have a "Happy Face" tomorrow.

Deloresw

Not really, because your burning all the files from Alec0707, and none of
the folders to the root of the CD, and file paths are not used. The only
thing I see out of the ordinary is the C:\\.

--
Michael Koerner
MS MVP - PowerPoint

Thanks for the suggestion!

There is not a play.bat file in the list. I did a search for it, but
nothing
was found. I had created a folder C:\\AlecH and when I packaged the
slideshow
named AlecNew.pps, it created a subfolder called Alec0707--the name I
assigned to the package and selected copy to file so now the path is
C:\\AlecH\Alec0707, which contains all of the information for the CD.
Could
the longer file name be the problem?

Deloresw

I have a folder on my C: drive called "tocd" without the quotes I created
this when I created my first copy to CD program. Now all I have to do is
copy any presentation to the folder, make the name change in the playlst
file and burn to a CD. Does not matter what your folder is called, as you
don't copy the folder to the CD. Everything goes into the root directory
of
your CD .

--
Michael Koerner
MS MVP - PowerPoint


One more question--When I package the PowerPoint slideshow, I always
type
in
a different name for the CD or file than the name of my PP slideshow.
Is
this
the correct thing to do or am I supposed to use the same name as my PP
slideshow?

I have been curious where the CD or file name goes to. My actual PP
slideshow file name always appears in the list on the CD, but I have
never
seen anything about the name I assigned to the packaging. I hope this
makes
sense.
Deloresw

:

I think that should work. Maybe Michael will spot something, though --
he's
better with the autorun thing than I am!

What's in your playlist.txt file?

I'm wondering if it's just that autorun has been turned off on the
computer
in question.

--
Echo S [MS PPT MVP] http://www.echosvoice.com
What's new in PowerPoint 2007? http://www.echosvoice.com/2007.htm
Fixing PowerPoint Annoyances
http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/powerpointannoy/index.html
PPTLive! Oct 28-31, New Orleans http://www.pptlive.com

The autorun.ini says open=pptview.exe /L "playlist.txt"
The options for package the CD are:
Include these files
PP Viewer
Play all presentations automatically in the specified order
Linked files has check mark

:

What Michael asked -- what does the autorun.ini say? (You can open
it
in
Notepad or Wordpad.)

Or, when you go to File | Package for CD and choose Options, which
option
are you choosing for "select how presentations will play in the
viewer"?

--
Echo S [MS PPT MVP] http://www.echosvoice.com
What's new in PowerPoint 2007? http://www.echosvoice.com/2007.htm
Fixing PowerPoint Annoyances
http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/powerpointannoy/index.html
PPTLive! Oct 28-31, New Orleans http://www.pptlive.com

I'm back!! I really appreciate all of the time you spent helping
me,
but
when
I changed the effect options to "Stop playing after 999 slides,"
the
songs
only played one time each. I changed the timing to repeat until
end
of
slide,
but this caused the songs to overlap. I then changed the timing
to
first
song, (none) and second song to play 3 times, etc. The songs
still
would
only
play one time each.

I reverted back to my original settings for the effect options,
e.g.,
first
song, stop after 23 slides, timing; play to end of slide; second
song,
stop
after 39 slides, etc. Now, I am back in business except for the
same
problem
of autorun not working properly on my computer. The autorun and
PP
viewer,
as
always, are listed on the CD, but I still have to click on the PP
file
and
select from the dropdown menu for Microsoft PowerPoint to run the
slideshow.
I can live with this as long as everything else works on the XP
computers,
but if you have anymore suggestions for me to try I would more
than
welcome
them.

Again, I thank all of you for your time and help! I hope my
experience
helps
someone else.

Deloresw



:

Thank you so much for your help! I will try not to cry too much
if
something
does not work! I have had fun making the slideshows, but the
small
glitches
were about to get me down.

Deloresw

:

Well, I'm glad I could make you laugh, anyway!

But now I might make you cry. :-(

Using the "stop playing after 999 slides" won't keep you from
having
to
make
timing adjustments to the slide transitions. But it should
ensure
that
the
songs play all the way through and not stop unexpectedly
partway
through the
song. I would not try to use a "stop after XX slides" and put
the
real
number of slides in there. It just doesn't seem to work right
for
some
strange reason.

However, you should be aware that timing is not PowerPoint's
strong
suit.
You're not going to get extremely accurate timing with PPT. My
favorite
way
to explain it is, if you're playing the Star Spangled Banner
and
you
want
the fireworks animation to happen when the song says "and the
rockets'
red
glare," well, it ain't gonna happen. PPT just isn't going to
be
that
precise.

So, you will probably be better off just putting 3-, 4-, and
5-second
automatic transitions on each slide and trying to get within a
few
seconds
of the total sound length.

Or, what I might do is use a sound editor and combine all the
MP3s
into
one
sound file, insert that on the first slide and set it to stop
playing
after
999 slides, and then just set the transition times (3, 4, 5
seconds
or
so)
for all the slides.

Audacity is a good free sound editor.
http://audacity.sourceforge.net/
You
must download and install the LAME MP3 encoder as well, but
there
are
links
to it on that site. Just click "Download Audacity 1.2.6" to
get
to
it.

As for putting the MP3 into the folder with the presentation
before
inserting it, yes, it's a good habit to get into. But it's not
really
necessary since you're using Package for CD. The PfCD process
actually
creates a new folder and puts the presentation and the MP3s in
the
same
folder -- and it fixes up all the links. So you don't have to
worry
so
much
about starting with the MP3 in the same folder as the
presentation.
It
may
make your life easier, though, and, as I mentioned, it really
is
a
good
habit to get into.

Go here http://www.echosvoice.com/autoruncd2.htm and scroll
down
a
little
way, and you can see a screeenshot of the files inside a
package
for
CD
folder. You'll have autorun.INF, gdiplus.dll, pptview.exe and
a
bunch
of
other files. You'll also see your presentation file and your
MP3s.
(The
linked audio in the screenshot is a WMA file, Beethoven's
Symphony....)
Burn
all those files to the CD. Don't burn the *folder.* Windows
looks
for
the
autorun.INF file, or sometimes the play.BAT file, to start the
CD
automatically. If that file is inside a folder, Windows can't
see
it
on

 

[Michael Koerner]

all I'm saying, if you have C:\\AlecH the folder is called \AlecH because
your using double slashes. If the autorun works on your computer, then it
should run on the XP machine. good luck. The time is all yours. that is what
we are here for regardless of how long it takes to answer your questions.

--
Michael Koerner
MS MVP - PowerPoint

The C:\\ is my "C" drive and the destination for my "package for CD"
slideshow. The linked music files are included in the package. When I
copied
the music file links into the file, I got the message they were
duplicates,
but I chose to copy them anyway so those files now have a (2) beside them.
The CD runs fine on my computer, but the real test will be when I try it
on
one of the XP computers tomorrow.

I am sorry I have taken so much of you and Echo's time, but I can't begin
to
express my appreciation for your assistance!

I am hoping to have a "Happy Face" tomorrow.

Deloresw

Not really, because your burning all the files from Alec0707, and none of
the folders to the root of the CD, and file paths are not used. The only
thing I see out of the ordinary is the C:\\.

--
Michael Koerner
MS MVP - PowerPoint

Thanks for the suggestion!

There is not a play.bat file in the list. I did a search for it, but
nothing
was found. I had created a folder C:\\AlecH and when I packaged the
slideshow
named AlecNew.pps, it created a subfolder called Alec0707--the name I
assigned to the package and selected copy to file so now the path is
C:\\AlecH\Alec0707, which contains all of the information for the CD.
Could
the longer file name be the problem?

Deloresw

:

I have a folder on my C: drive called "tocd" without the quotes I
created
this when I created my first copy to CD program. Now all I have to do
is
copy any presentation to the folder, make the name change in the
playlst
file and burn to a CD. Does not matter what your folder is called, as
you
don't copy the folder to the CD. Everything goes into the root
directory
of
your CD .

--
Michael Koerner
MS MVP - PowerPoint


One more question--When I package the PowerPoint slideshow, I always
type
in
a different name for the CD or file than the name of my PP
slideshow.
Is
this
the correct thing to do or am I supposed to use the same name as my
PP
slideshow?

I have been curious where the CD or file name goes to. My actual PP
slideshow file name always appears in the list on the CD, but I have
never
seen anything about the name I assigned to the packaging. I hope
this
makes
sense.
Deloresw

:

I think that should work. Maybe Michael will spot something,
though --
he's
better with the autorun thing than I am!

What's in your playlist.txt file?

I'm wondering if it's just that autorun has been turned off on the
computer
in question.

--
Echo S [MS PPT MVP] http://www.echosvoice.com
What's new in PowerPoint 2007? http://www.echosvoice.com/2007.htm
Fixing PowerPoint Annoyances
http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/powerpointannoy/index.html
PPTLive! Oct 28-31, New Orleans http://www.pptlive.com

The autorun.ini says open=pptview.exe /L "playlist.txt"
The options for package the CD are:
Include these files
PP Viewer
Play all presentations automatically in the specified order
Linked files has check mark

:

What Michael asked -- what does the autorun.ini say? (You can
open
it
in
Notepad or Wordpad.)

Or, when you go to File | Package for CD and choose Options,
which
option
are you choosing for "select how presentations will play in the
viewer"?

--
Echo S [MS PPT MVP] http://www.echosvoice.com
What's new in PowerPoint 2007?
http://www.echosvoice.com/2007.htm
Fixing PowerPoint Annoyances
http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/powerpointannoy/index.html
PPTLive! Oct 28-31, New Orleans http://www.pptlive.com

I'm back!! I really appreciate all of the time you spent
helping
me,
but
when
I changed the effect options to "Stop playing after 999
slides,"
the
songs
only played one time each. I changed the timing to repeat
until
end
of
slide,
but this caused the songs to overlap. I then changed the
timing
to
first
song, (none) and second song to play 3 times, etc. The songs
still
would
only
play one time each.

I reverted back to my original settings for the effect
options,
e.g.,
first
song, stop after 23 slides, timing; play to end of slide;
second
song,
stop
after 39 slides, etc. Now, I am back in business except for
the
same
problem
of autorun not working properly on my computer. The autorun
and
PP
viewer,
as
always, are listed on the CD, but I still have to click on the
PP
file
and
select from the dropdown menu for Microsoft PowerPoint to run
the
slideshow.
I can live with this as long as everything else works on the
XP
computers,
but if you have anymore suggestions for me to try I would more
than
welcome
them.

Again, I thank all of you for your time and help! I hope my
experience
helps
someone else.

Deloresw



:

Thank you so much for your help! I will try not to cry too
much
if
something
does not work! I have had fun making the slideshows, but the
small
glitches
were about to get me down.

Deloresw

:

Well, I'm glad I could make you laugh, anyway!

But now I might make you cry. :-(

Using the "stop playing after 999 slides" won't keep you
from
having
to
make
timing adjustments to the slide transitions. But it should
ensure
that
the
songs play all the way through and not stop unexpectedly
partway
through the
song. I would not try to use a "stop after XX slides" and
put
the
real
number of slides in there. It just doesn't seem to work
right
for
some
strange reason.

However, you should be aware that timing is not
PowerPoint's
strong
suit.
You're not going to get extremely accurate timing with PPT.
My
favorite
way
to explain it is, if you're playing the Star Spangled
Banner
and
you
want
the fireworks animation to happen when the song says "and
the
rockets'
red
glare," well, it ain't gonna happen. PPT just isn't going
to
be
that
precise.

So, you will probably be better off just putting 3-, 4-,
and
5-second
automatic transitions on each slide and trying to get
within a
few
seconds
of the total sound length.

Or, what I might do is use a sound editor and combine all
the
MP3s
into
one
sound file, insert that on the first slide and set it to
stop
playing
after
999 slides, and then just set the transition times (3, 4, 5
seconds
or
so)
for all the slides.

Audacity is a good free sound editor.
http://audacity.sourceforge.net/
You
must download and install the LAME MP3 encoder as well, but
there
are
links
to it on that site. Just click "Download Audacity 1.2.6" to
get
to
it.

As for putting the MP3 into the folder with the
presentation
before
inserting it, yes, it's a good habit to get into. But it's
not
really
necessary since you're using Package for CD. The PfCD
process
actually
creates a new folder and puts the presentation and the MP3s
in
the
same
folder -- and it fixes up all the links. So you don't have
to
worry
so
much
about starting with the MP3 in the same folder as the
presentation.
It
may
make your life easier, though, and, as I mentioned, it
really
is
a
good
habit to get into.

Go here http://www.echosvoice.com/autoruncd2.htm and scroll
down
a
little
way, and you can see a screeenshot of the files inside a
package
for
CD
folder. You'll have autorun.INF, gdiplus.dll, pptview.exe
and
a
bunch
of
other files. You'll also see your presentation file and
your
MP3s.
(The
linked audio in the screenshot is a WMA file, Beethoven's
Symphony....)
Burn
all those files to the CD. Don't burn the *folder.* Windows
looks
for
the
autorun.INF file, or sometimes the play.BAT file, to start
the
CD
automatically. If that file is inside a folder, Windows
can't
see
it
on

 

[Deloresw]

My only excuse about typing C:\\ must have been a "senior moment." I guess I
was "thinking" I was typing an URL.

I have not had the opportunity to test the slideshow CD, but hope to today
or tomorrow. If the test CD runs okay, I will check the "Yes, the post
answered my question."

Deloresw

Not really, because your burning all the files from Alec0707, and none of
the folders to the root of the CD, and file paths are not used. The only
thing I see out of the ordinary is the C:\\.

--
Michael Koerner
MS MVP - PowerPoint

Thanks for the suggestion!

There is not a play.bat file in the list. I did a search for it, but
nothing
was found. I had created a folder C:\\AlecH and when I packaged the
slideshow
named AlecNew.pps, it created a subfolder called Alec0707--the name I
assigned to the package and selected copy to file so now the path is
C:\\AlecH\Alec0707, which contains all of the information for the CD.
Could
the longer file name be the problem?

Deloresw

I have a folder on my C: drive called "tocd" without the quotes I created
this when I created my first copy to CD program. Now all I have to do is
copy any presentation to the folder, make the name change in the playlst
file and burn to a CD. Does not matter what your folder is called, as you
don't copy the folder to the CD. Everything goes into the root directory
of
your CD .

--
Michael Koerner
MS MVP - PowerPoint


One more question--When I package the PowerPoint slideshow, I always
type
in
a different name for the CD or file than the name of my PP slideshow.
Is
this
the correct thing to do or am I supposed to use the same name as my PP
slideshow?

I have been curious where the CD or file name goes to. My actual PP
slideshow file name always appears in the list on the CD, but I have
never
seen anything about the name I assigned to the packaging. I hope this
makes
sense.
Deloresw

:

I think that should work. Maybe Michael will spot something, though --
he's
better with the autorun thing than I am!

What's in your playlist.txt file?

I'm wondering if it's just that autorun has been turned off on the
computer
in question.

--
Echo S [MS PPT MVP] http://www.echosvoice.com
What's new in PowerPoint 2007? http://www.echosvoice.com/2007.htm
Fixing PowerPoint Annoyances
http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/powerpointannoy/index.html
PPTLive! Oct 28-31, New Orleans http://www.pptlive.com

The autorun.ini says open=pptview.exe /L "playlist.txt"
The options for package the CD are:
Include these files
PP Viewer
Play all presentations automatically in the specified order
Linked files has check mark

:

What Michael asked -- what does the autorun.ini say? (You can open
it
in
Notepad or Wordpad.)

Or, when you go to File | Package for CD and choose Options, which
option
are you choosing for "select how presentations will play in the
viewer"?

--
Echo S [MS PPT MVP] http://www.echosvoice.com
What's new in PowerPoint 2007? http://www.echosvoice.com/2007.htm
Fixing PowerPoint Annoyances
http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/powerpointannoy/index.html
PPTLive! Oct 28-31, New Orleans http://www.pptlive.com

I'm back!! I really appreciate all of the time you spent helping
me,
but
when
I changed the effect options to "Stop playing after 999 slides,"
the
songs
only played one time each. I changed the timing to repeat until
end
of
slide,
but this caused the songs to overlap. I then changed the timing
to
first
song, (none) and second song to play 3 times, etc. The songs
still
would
only
play one time each.

I reverted back to my original settings for the effect options,
e.g.,
first
song, stop after 23 slides, timing; play to end of slide; second
song,
stop
after 39 slides, etc. Now, I am back in business except for the
same
problem
of autorun not working properly on my computer. The autorun and
PP
viewer,
as
always, are listed on the CD, but I still have to click on the PP
file
and
select from the dropdown menu for Microsoft PowerPoint to run the
slideshow.
I can live with this as long as everything else works on the XP
computers,
but if you have anymore suggestions for me to try I would more
than
welcome
them.

Again, I thank all of you for your time and help! I hope my
experience
helps
someone else.

Deloresw



:

Thank you so much for your help! I will try not to cry too much
if
something
does not work! I have had fun making the slideshows, but the
small
glitches
were about to get me down.

Deloresw

:

Well, I'm glad I could make you laugh, anyway!

But now I might make you cry. :-(

Using the "stop playing after 999 slides" won't keep you from
having
to
make
timing adjustments to the slide transitions. But it should
ensure
that
the
songs play all the way through and not stop unexpectedly
partway
through the
song. I would not try to use a "stop after XX slides" and put
the
real
number of slides in there. It just doesn't seem to work right
for
some
strange reason.

However, you should be aware that timing is not PowerPoint's
strong
suit.
You're not going to get extremely accurate timing with PPT. My
favorite
way
to explain it is, if you're playing the Star Spangled Banner
and
you
want
the fireworks animation to happen when the song says "and the
rockets'
red
glare," well, it ain't gonna happen. PPT just isn't going to
be
that
precise.

So, you will probably be better off just putting 3-, 4-, and
5-second
automatic transitions on each slide and trying to get within a
few
seconds
of the total sound length.

Or, what I might do is use a sound editor and combine all the
MP3s
into
one
sound file, insert that on the first slide and set it to stop
playing
after
999 slides, and then just set the transition times (3, 4, 5
seconds
or
so)
for all the slides.

Audacity is a good free sound editor.
http://audacity.sourceforge.net/
You
must download and install the LAME MP3 encoder as well, but
there
are
links
to it on that site. Just click "Download Audacity 1.2.6" to
get
to
it.

As for putting the MP3 into the folder with the presentation
before
inserting it, yes, it's a good habit to get into. But it's not
really
necessary since you're using Package for CD. The PfCD process
actually
creates a new folder and puts the presentation and the MP3s in
the
same
folder -- and it fixes up all the links. So you don't have to
worry
so
much
about starting with the MP3 in the same folder as the
presentation.
It
may
make your life easier, though, and, as I mentioned, it really
is
a
good
habit to get into.

Go here http://www.echosvoice.com/autoruncd2.htm and scroll
down
a
little
way, and you can see a screeenshot of the files inside a
package
for
CD
folder. You'll have autorun.INF, gdiplus.dll, pptview.exe and
a
bunch
of
other files. You'll also see your presentation file and your
MP3s.
(The
linked audio in the screenshot is a WMA file, Beethoven's
Symphony....)
Burn
all those files to the CD. Don't burn the *folder.* Windows
looks
for
the
autorun.INF file, or sometimes the play.BAT file, to start the
CD
automatically. If that file is inside a folder, Windows can't
see
it
on

 

[Echo S]

I have not had the opportunity to test the slideshow CD, but hope to today
or tomorrow.

Good luck with it, Delores. We'll keep our fingers crossed for you!

--
Echo S [MS PPT MVP] http://www.echosvoice.com
What's new in PowerPoint 2007? http://www.echosvoice.com/2007.htm
Fixing PowerPoint Annoyances
http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/powerpointannoy/index.html
PPTLive! Oct 28-31, New Orleans http://www.pptlive.com

 

[Deloresw]

I appreciate your sentiment, but I think I need your prayers for my sanity!!

I did the "trial run" this morning on one of the XP computers, and had the
SAME problem with the SAME song. All of the other four songs played fine, BUT
there is still a problem with the one song not playing correctly. Today, it
would not play at all! I think my only alternatives are to delete that song
and try another one or extend the playing time of one or two of the other
songs. All of the songs play fine, as usual, when I run the CD on my computer.

I welcome any suggestions you may have, but I am ready to give up on that
particular song.

Deloresw

I have not had the opportunity to test the slideshow CD, but hope to today
or tomorrow.

Good luck with it, Delores. We'll keep our fingers crossed for you!

--
Echo S [MS PPT MVP] http://www.echosvoice.com
What's new in PowerPoint 2007? http://www.echosvoice.com/2007.htm
Fixing PowerPoint Annoyances
http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/powerpointannoy/index.html
PPTLive! Oct 28-31, New Orleans http://www.pptlive.com

 

[Echo S]

At this point, that might be your best bet. Bummer.

--
Echo S [MS PPT MVP] http://www.echosvoice.com
What's new in PowerPoint 2007? http://www.echosvoice.com/2007.htm
Fixing PowerPoint Annoyances
http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/powerpointannoy/index.html
PPTLive! Oct 28-31, New Orleans http://www.pptlive.com

I appreciate your sentiment, but I think I need your prayers for my
sanity!!

I did the "trial run" this morning on one of the XP computers, and had the
SAME problem with the SAME song. All of the other four songs played fine,
BUT
there is still a problem with the one song not playing correctly. Today,
it
would not play at all! I think my only alternatives are to delete that
song
and try another one or extend the playing time of one or two of the other
songs. All of the songs play fine, as usual, when I run the CD on my
computer.

I welcome any suggestions you may have, but I am ready to give up on that
particular song.

Deloresw

I have not had the opportunity to test the slideshow CD, but hope to
today
or tomorrow.

Good luck with it, Delores. We'll keep our fingers crossed for you!

--
Echo S [MS PPT MVP] http://www.echosvoice.com
What's new in PowerPoint 2007? http://www.echosvoice.com/2007.htm
Fixing PowerPoint Annoyances
http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/powerpointannoy/index.html
PPTLive! Oct 28-31, New Orleans http://www.pptlive.com

 

[Echo S]

You know, it could be a digital rights management issue -- in other words,
you don't have the right permissions/licenses to play the music on different
computers. PPT will respect those settings, and that could cause that audio
not to play on a different machine.

--
Echo S [MS PPT MVP] http://www.echosvoice.com
What's new in PowerPoint 2007? http://www.echosvoice.com/2007.htm
Fixing PowerPoint Annoyances
http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/powerpointannoy/index.html
PPTLive! Oct 28-31, New Orleans http://www.pptlive.com

I appreciate your sentiment, but I think I need your prayers for my
sanity!!

I did the "trial run" this morning on one of the XP computers, and had the
SAME problem with the SAME song. All of the other four songs played fine,
BUT
there is still a problem with the one song not playing correctly. Today,
it
would not play at all! I think my only alternatives are to delete that
song
and try another one or extend the playing time of one or two of the other
songs. All of the songs play fine, as usual, when I run the CD on my
computer.

I welcome any suggestions you may have, but I am ready to give up on that
particular song.

Deloresw

I have not had the opportunity to test the slideshow CD, but hope to
today
or tomorrow.

Good luck with it, Delores. We'll keep our fingers crossed for you!

--
Echo S [MS PPT MVP] http://www.echosvoice.com
What's new in PowerPoint 2007? http://www.echosvoice.com/2007.htm
Fixing PowerPoint Annoyances
http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/powerpointannoy/index.html
PPTLive! Oct 28-31, New Orleans http://www.pptlive.com

 

[Austin Myers]

If I can jump in here.

All MP3s are not created equal. Currently there are three different (major)
codecs for MP3s. It may well be that your songs have different codecs and
they are not all available on other machines.

As a suggestion, you might give PFCPro a try (fully functioning two week
trial) and allow it to convert them to a more PowerPoint friendly format.
Once ran through the add-in the songs should play on just about any Windows
PC. (Won't cost you a thing to try it for two weeks and that should get
your presentation out the door.)

http://www.playsforcertain.com


Austin Myers
MS PowerPoint MVP Team

Provider of PFCPro, PFCMedia and PFCExpress
www.playsforcertain.com

 

[David M. Marcovitz]

Because this isn't clear from Austin's message, I should mention, on his
behalf, that PFCPro is not needed after it is used to convert the files.
That is, you won't be stuck with things that won't play again after the
two-week trial is up. Anything you convert will continue to work for the
forseeable future. When the trial is up, you just won't be able to
convert new things.
--David

 

[Austin Myers]

Thanks David, I should do a better job of explaining that. Also note, other
PCs do not need the add-in, it is only installed on the presentation
creation PC.


Austin Myers
MS PowerPoint MVP Team

Provider of PFCPro, PFCMedia and PFCExpress
www.playsforcertain.com

 

[Echo S]

And I'll just jump in and say I wish I'd thought to suggest PFC stuff
earlier!

--
Echo S [MS PPT MVP] http://www.echosvoice.com
What's new in PowerPoint 2007? http://www.echosvoice.com/2007.htm
Fixing PowerPoint Annoyances
http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/powerpointannoy/index.html
PPTLive! Oct 28-31, New Orleans http://www.pptlive.com

 

[Deloresw]

Thanks for all of your input. I will give your suggestions a try. My
sons-in-law have the XP computers that I have been using for my "test," and
knowing them as I do, I would think their computers would have more than
enough to handle just about anything, but I could be wrong.

I thought of the music rights, but I own all of the CDs that contain the
tracks I am using so thought it would not be an issue. Also, previously, the
song would play after clicking back to the previous slide and then back to
the slide with the linked song. The song in question is "I'd Like to Teach
the World to Sing," by the New Seekers, and I am almost to the point of
hating the song.

I still question if creating the slideshow on a VISTA operating system could
have anything to do with all of this.

Thanks again, and I will let you know whether or not it works.

Deloresw

 

[Deloresw]

Well, I just received a report from my other son-in-law about the slideshow.
He tested the copy I left for him last night, and NONE of the songs would
play. He plans to try some different things with it tonight to see if he can
get it to work. I sent a copy to him of all of your suggestions today. This
problem has become a nightmare for me.

Something I forgot to mention in my last post.

The CD would not open automatically, and my daughter, said that may be
because they might have that feature turned off. My 11-year-old grandson,
suggested for her to open it in PowerPoint. In the slideshow view, none of
the music would play. My grandson had her double-click on the sound icon on
the first slide and then click on “play sound†in the bottom, left corner.
The music played until it got to “I’d Like to Teach†and it stopped. He then
had her try the same procedure as she did on the first slide, but it did not
work. He had her go to the next song and do the same thing and the other
songs played fine.

My grandson learned how to make PowerPoint slideshows at school in the fifth
grade on the VISTA operating system. Maybe I should take a fifth-grade
PowerPoint class!

I am wondering if the latest problems could be attributed to my using the
Windows CD burner to produce this test CD. I had problems with the Roxio CD
burner so I switched to the one in Windows. Hey, I am grasping at straws. I
do plan to download the PFCPro, but probably not until tomorrow. My brain is
in overload tonight.

Deloresw

 

[Deloresw]

I started out packaging the slideshow to CD and burned it from Powerpoint
with three songs. The third song, I'd Lke to Teach" would not play without
clicking the previous slide, etc. Echo and Austin gave the instructions to me
on how to package the show for CD and save it in a file. I then added two
more songs to the show, so I copied them from my Music folder into the file
created by PowerPoint. So now I have the linked music files from PowerPoint
plus the linked files from my hard drive all in one file. This seemed to
create yet another problem although Echo and Austin both said everything
looked okay after having me check various files in the folder.

I checked the PCFPro website, but I did not find anything that said it was
compatible with VISTA. I already have too many software programs that are not
compatible with VISTA so I don't need anymore.

If I had an easy access to a XP computer, I would be tempted to try saving
the slideshow on XP and redo the music, etc. Last night, I deleted the I'd
Like to Teach" song and replaced it with another song by the same artist who
sings two of the other songs on the slideshow. I have not tested the revised
CD on the XP computers yet, and probably won't get to until Sunday or
sometime next week.

In other words, I really don't know what I more I can do at this point. I
think I need to set it aside for awhile, but it is difficult for me to do.

Another grasping at the straw question I have is if I converted it to play
on a DVD, do you think I would have the same problems?

Steve, thanks for responding!
Deloresw

 

[Deloresw]

First, to answer your question, Steve, Windows Movie Maker is installed on my
computer, but I have not checked it out yet.

I wish I had good news about the PP slideshow, but I don't. My son-in-law
tested the latest revision of the PP slideshow today.
He said he executed the show by clicking on play.bat. I did not see a
play.bat file in the list.

The show played the first song only after he clicked on the screen.
The slides advanced for seven slides and stopped.
The song played for approximately another minute and stopped.
NOTHING happened after that.

Both of the XP computers are having more issues with trying to play the
slideshow after I changed from "packaging to a CD and burning it in PP" to
"packaging to a CD, sending it to a file," and copying the songs from my hard
disk to the file. A reminder, when I copied the files from my hard disk to
the file, this created duplicate copies of the songs in the file. Wouldn't
this cause a conflict?

At least, when I packaged the file to CD and burned it from PP, I only had
trouble with the one song, which I have now deleted from the slideshow. So,
should I now revert back to packaging the CD and and burning it from PP?

Another thing, all of these songs have the Itunes symbol beside them on my
hard disk. I am contemplating unistalling Itunes and quicktime, because I do
not use them at all. I don't like the idea of Itunes taking ownership of my
music files.

As usual, I welcome any suggestions or comments. I can't believe I am the
ONLY one who is having these problems with PP.

Also, I would like to have the answer as to whether or not PFC is compatible
with VISTA.

Deloresw