Replacement for Windows OS's MCI "mplay32.exe"

[5tulips]

In 2003 I created a presentation and saved it as .ppt, and made a copy as
..pps.
I need to use this presentation again but have a problem.

I really need the use the .pps format for kiosk (it has music inserted -mp3
from CD), but when I created it 5 years ago, the insert music and slides
procedure had to call up Windows OS's MCI "mplay32.exe" (the old standard
player).

It has been about 4 years since I created presentations, so not sure what I
have to work with.

Is MP3 file still acceptable in PowerPoint?
If not, what is acceptable?

Does Windows have a standard player now that it will want to call up?
If so, what is its name?

Can I, in the Windows system, change something so that Windows Media Player
can be used, in place of the old MCI player?

Not sure if I need to ask other questions, or if the only hope is to edit
(or just use) the .ppt version and click through the presentation. I think
(not sure) that a .ppt file can be edited, but a .pps file cannot.

What are my options here?

 

[5tulips]

Just took a look at everything again. Apparently that was in the olden days.
These days, in PowerPoint, MP3 can be played through Windows Media Player.

Transfer slide show to remote computer
Use CD with the MP3 music; or rip music from CD to remote computer (remote
computer to have Windows Media Player)
Open the ppt slide show, but don't activate it
Click on the MP3 selection
Click on the .pps file.

What I was really trying to find was the period when WMP finally could be
used for MP3, but instead, found a little history:
http://dictionary.zdnet.com/definition/MP3.html
"MP3 Shook Up the Industry - By the end of the 1990s, music fans discovered
that a CD song title converted to MP3 would still sound pretty good even
though it was only 1/10th the size of the original CD track.
--
5tulips


: In 2003 I created a presentation and saved it as .ppt, and made a copy as
: .pps.
: I need to use this presentation again but have a problem.
:
: I really need the use the .pps format for kiosk (it has music
inserted -mp3
: from CD), but when I created it 5 years ago, the insert music and slides
: procedure had to call up Windows OS's MCI "mplay32.exe" (the old standard
: player).
:
: It has been about 4 years since I created presentations, so not sure what
I
: have to work with.
:
: Is MP3 file still acceptable in PowerPoint?
: If not, what is acceptable?
:
: Does Windows have a standard player now that it will want to call up?
: If so, what is its name?
:
: Can I, in the Windows system, change something so that Windows Media
Player
: can be used, in place of the old MCI player?
:
: Not sure if I need to ask other questions, or if the only hope is to edit
: (or just use) the .ppt version and click through the presentation. I
think
: (not sure) that a .ppt file can be edited, but a .pps file cannot.
:
: What are my options here?
:
:

 

[5tulips]

Thank you, Steve. Technology is running so fast ahead of us, I was sure it
was so with PowerPoint, also.
--
5tulips

: See inline ..
:
: > In 2003 I created a presentation and saved it as .ppt, and made a copy
as
: > ..pps.
: > I need to use this presentation again but have a problem.
: >
: > I really need the use the .pps format for kiosk (it has music
inserted -mp3
: > from CD), but when I created it 5 years ago, the insert music and slides
: > procedure had to call up Windows OS's MCI "mplay32.exe" (the old
standard
: > player).
: >
: > It has been about 4 years since I created presentations, so not sure
what I
: > have to work with.
: >
: > Is MP3 file still acceptable in PowerPoint?
:
: Yes; as before, MP3s are linked rather than embedded. Nothing's really
changed
: from PPT 97 or so.
:
: > Does Windows have a standard player now that it will want to call up?
: > If so, what is its name?
:
: Which version of Windows?
: Through Win XP, nothing much has changed. The MCI player is gone in
Vista, as
: I understand it.
:
: > Can I, in the Windows system, change something so that Windows Media
Player
: > can be used, in place of the old MCI player?
:
: You can make RUN PROGRAM links that invoke the player of choice on your
PC, or
: possibly a RUN PPROGRAM link that points to the sound file, after you've
set
: the Windows file associations to associate that file type with the app you
want
: to run.
:
: There's no setting that lets you tell PPT "When I insert a sound, use this
: player instead of that one" though.
:
: > Not sure if I need to ask other questions, or if the only hope is to
edit
: > (or just use) the .ppt version and click through the presentation. I
think
: > (not sure) that a .ppt file can be edited, but a .pps file cannot.
:
: Not so. A PPS is identical to a PPT except for one thing: the S instead
of
: the T as the final letter in the file name. Change one to the other and
you've
: changed the file. Or just do File, Open in PPT and browse to your PPS.
:
:
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