Another sound issue between OS

[Ben Eakins]

Hi,

Recently finished a project with Autorun CD Creator 3.0 - great product and
everything went according to plan. I thought. Prepared presentation on Win
2000 using Office XP (powerpoint). I have 18 slides and 2 audio files
(*.wma). Through some very useful links figured out how to put it all
together and get everything running fine on my Win 2000 computer (laptop).
Then tried to run on my Win XP Pro (desktop) with powerpoint 97 (have not
upgraded ms office on this unit yet). Obviously timings went a little
south - OK. So re-timed on the XP Pro box - everything looking fantastic -
even if timed a bit off and had to drop back to static transitions.

SO - I put the autorun CD into my Win 98 desktop as a test - it also has PP
97. I included the latest version of pptviewer during the autorun project.
Now the presentation will autorun, but both audio files will not play. Just
to test went to a neighbors Win 98 machine and get the slide show fine - no
audio?

Any ideas on why? or possible fixes? PS both Win 98 have latest Win Media
Player and wma format checked.

Thanks!

 

[Steve Rindsberg]

Ben,

It might be a question of the default audio player on the Win98 box not
understanding how to play the sounds. Sonia's addressed that.

It might also be a matter of links breaking (your audio files are linked,
not embedded).

LINKS BREAK when I move presentation
http://www.rdpslides.com/pptfaq/FAQ00155.htm

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Steve Rindsberg PPT MVP
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PPT FAQ: http://www.pptfaq.com

 

[Ben Eakins]

Thanks for the info - I think I now know more than I ever thought I could
about powerpoint. Yes - all of the items concerning the MCI are very valid.

End result - I authored a Win 98 version and left the Win 2000/XP alone. To
get Win 98 to work I had to download a shareware WMA to WAV converter -
worked very well.

Then break the links, and reinsert the wav files then go through the
re-authoring process. If I had more patience I guess I could even work out
the slide timings to the audio - however all machines are not created
equal - what works on 3 or 4 machines fine works on the next 3 or 4 poorly
(timings are off).

Guess I am also discovering that using WAV files (larger) possibly taxes
more RAM space and correct playback would of course logically be affected by
small RAM and slower CD Rom drives.

End result if anyone cares is that you have to accept "best effort"
protocols and hope that people get the idea. Bottom line is the
presentation will always be perfectly timed and displayed from the Hard
drive on which it was created and stays.

Ben