No sound on Win 2000

[Charlie3110]

I have made up several PP presentations that have the music embedded in them
I have made these into PP shows and have put them on a CD. I tried this CD on
my laptop (as it has no connection to the slides or the music) and it played
all of the presentations and the music fine. I gave this to a friend for him
to enjoy but out of the 30 presentations only 2 of them play the music. I
have saved one of the ones that plays and one of the one that doesn't as web
pages on my desk top to see if there is any difference in the content of the
music. As I rip my tracks in the same way with the same bit rate in the same
place every time i did not thiink there would be. Any ideas? Thanks
Charlie3110

 

[Michael Koerner]

Without knowing the type of music files that your using, PowerPoint version
makes it a little hard to tell what is happening. Background music on the
web is treated differently than in a regular type of presentation. Here are
a couple of places to look for answers.
Play sounds across multiple slides (A WAV runs through it)
http://www.rdpslides.com/pptfaq/FAQ00047.htm

Sounds won't play across multiple slides on the web
http://www.rdpslides.com/pptfaq/FAQ00303.htm


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|I have made up several PP presentations that have the music embedded in
them
| I have made these into PP shows and have put them on a CD. I tried this CD
on
| my laptop (as it has no connection to the slides or the music) and it
played
| all of the presentations and the music fine. I gave this to a friend for
him
| to enjoy but out of the 30 presentations only 2 of them play the music. I
| have saved one of the ones that plays and one of the one that doesn't as
web
| pages on my desk top to see if there is any difference in the content of
the
| music. As I rip my tracks in the same way with the same bit rate in the
same
| place every time i did not thiink there would be. Any ideas? Thanks
| Charlie3110

 

[Charlie3110]

Sorry Michael. The music I always use successfully is in Wave Audi file MPEG
layer 3 the problem is not with the music or the CD as I can play the PP
presentation from the CD on my laptop (not the PC that made the presentation
so the music is embedded) and I can transfer the folder from the CD to the
desktop on the laptop and play all OK from there. It is only when a friend
tries the same on his PC with Win2000 the the problems occur. I am not trying
to put it on the web. The only reason I saved as a web page was to see the
individual files in the presentation to see if the music files had any
obvious differences. They haven't. i hope this clarifies things so that you
can help me. The pages you suggest I am familiar with but as I have explained
my situation is different.
Thanks
Charlie

 

[Michael Koerner]

How about trying the particular piece of music on your friends machine to
see if it plays outside of PowerPoint. the problem could be with his set up.

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Michael Koerner [MS PPT MVP]


| Sorry Michael. The music I always use successfully is in Wave Audi file
MPEG
| layer 3 the problem is not with the music or the CD as I can play the PP
| presentation from the CD on my laptop (not the PC that made the
presentation
| so the music is embedded) and I can transfer the folder from the CD to the
| desktop on the laptop and play all OK from there. It is only when a friend
| tries the same on his PC with Win2000 the the problems occur. I am not
trying
| to put it on the web. The only reason I saved as a web page was to see the
| individual files in the presentation to see if the music files had any
| obvious differences. They haven't. i hope this clarifies things so that
you
| can help me. The pages you suggest I am familiar with but as I have
explained
| my situation is different.
| Thanks
| Charlie
|
| "Michael Koerner" wrote:
|
| > Without knowing the type of music files that your using, PowerPoint
version
| > makes it a little hard to tell what is happening. Background music on
the
| > web is treated differently than in a regular type of presentation. Here
are
| > a couple of places to look for answers.
| > Play sounds across multiple slides (A WAV runs through it)
| > http://www.rdpslides.com/pptfaq/FAQ00047.htm
| >
| > Sounds won't play across multiple slides on the web
| > http://www.rdpslides.com/pptfaq/FAQ00303.htm
| >
| >
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| > Michael Koerner [MS PPT MVP]
| >
| >
| > | > |I have made up several PP presentations that have the music embedded in
| > them
| > | I have made these into PP shows and have put them on a CD. I tried
this CD
| > on
| > | my laptop (as it has no connection to the slides or the music) and it
| > played
| > | all of the presentations and the music fine. I gave this to a friend
for
| > him
| > | to enjoy but out of the 30 presentations only 2 of them play the
music. I
| > | have saved one of the ones that plays and one of the one that doesn't
as
| > web
| > | pages on my desk top to see if there is any difference in the content
of
| > the
| > | music. As I rip my tracks in the same way with the same bit rate in
the
| > same
| > | place every time i did not thiink there would be. Any ideas? Thanks
| > | Charlie3110
| >
| >
| >

 

[Echo S]

MP3s (MPEG Layer 3) are not embedded, Charlie. Only WAV files are embedded.
Possibly a small nit to pick, but it could be important. Hard to tell in
this case without knowing more.

Michael's suggestion to try the MP3s on your friend's computer outside of
PPT is a good one.

How did you insert the music into your presentations? How did you create
your CDs? Is the music saved on your CD along with the presentation file?
Assuming so, is the music all in one folder, or is the music specific to a
presentation included in the same folder the presentation is in? Or is
everything just loose on the CD with nothing in folders?

--
Echo [MS PPT MVP]
http://www.echosvoice.com

Sorry Michael. The music I always use successfully is in Wave Audi file
MPEG
layer 3 the problem is not with the music or the CD as I can play the PP
presentation from the CD on my laptop (not the PC that made the
presentation
so the music is embedded) and I can transfer the folder from the CD to the
desktop on the laptop and play all OK from there. It is only when a friend
tries the same on his PC with Win2000 the the problems occur. I am not
trying
to put it on the web. The only reason I saved as a web page was to see the
individual files in the presentation to see if the music files had any
obvious differences. They haven't. i hope this clarifies things so that
you
can help me. The pages you suggest I am familiar with but as I have
explained
my situation is different.
Thanks
Charlie

Without knowing the type of music files that your using, PowerPoint
version
makes it a little hard to tell what is happening. Background music on the
web is treated differently than in a regular type of presentation. Here
are
a couple of places to look for answers.
Play sounds across multiple slides (A WAV runs through it)
http://www.rdpslides.com/pptfaq/FAQ00047.htm

Sounds won't play across multiple slides on the web
http://www.rdpslides.com/pptfaq/FAQ00303.htm


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Michael Koerner [MS PPT MVP]


|I have made up several PP presentations that have the music embedded in
them
| I have made these into PP shows and have put them on a CD. I tried this
CD
on
| my laptop (as it has no connection to the slides or the music) and it
played
| all of the presentations and the music fine. I gave this to a friend
for
him
| to enjoy but out of the 30 presentations only 2 of them play the music.
I
| have saved one of the ones that plays and one of the one that doesn't
as
web
| pages on my desk top to see if there is any difference in the content
of
the
| music. As I rip my tracks in the same way with the same bit rate in the
same
| place every time i did not thiink there would be. Any ideas? Thanks
| Charlie3110

 

[Austin Myers]

If the CD plays properly on other computers but not this particular one the
most likely suspect is that your friend does not have the required codec to
play it. Be aware there now are several MP3 codecs and you must have the
right one.

As an alternative to MP3 I'd suggesat giving PFCMedia a try as it will
automatically convert the music file into a standard format that can be
played on any Windows PC. You may download a free trial version from
www.pfcmedia.com



Austin Myers
MS PowerPoint MVP Team

PowerPoint Video and PowerPoint Sound Solutions www.pfcmedia.com

 

[Charlie3110]

Thanks gentlemen for your help. To answer Echo's questions. The music is a
..wav file it is embedded into each presentation (.pps shows). All of the
shows are in the same folder. I am assuming that the music is embedded in the
files because when I play each show on my laptop from the CD and the having
tranferred the folder onto the laptop from that folder direct. The laptop has
no other access to the music as it is on my desktop.I inserted the music from
the Insert/Movies and Sounds/Sound from File and browse to the music. I have
made a folder up with low grade ripped music of upto a meg so that I can
embed this into the shows and it works well. So the music is not in it's
original folder but the folder that all the presentation are in and it is
definely in there. The music files are not all over the place in the folder
but in the individual.pps folder. I have proved this but opening the show in
PP and sving as a web page and then opening the folder that contains all of
the slides and the music to see it there.
Ausitn's last suggestion to see if the music file will play independently of
the PP show is a good one and I think that is the way ahead. I think the
problem certainly lies on my friend's computer and I will investigate that
further.I will also check out the PFCMedia but it needs to be able to rip the
msuic file small enough to mail? i will also check the codec situation.
Thanks again
Charlie3110

MP3s (MPEG Layer 3) are not embedded, Charlie. Only WAV files are embedded.
Possibly a small nit to pick, but it could be important. Hard to tell in
this case without knowing more.

Michael's suggestion to try the MP3s on your friend's computer outside of
PPT is a good one.

How did you insert the music into your presentations? How did you create
your CDs? Is the music saved on your CD along with the presentation file?
Assuming so, is the music all in one folder, or is the music specific to a
presentation included in the same folder the presentation is in? Or is
everything just loose on the CD with nothing in folders?

--
Echo [MS PPT MVP]
http://www.echosvoice.com

Sorry Michael. The music I always use successfully is in Wave Audi file
MPEG
layer 3 the problem is not with the music or the CD as I can play the PP
presentation from the CD on my laptop (not the PC that made the
presentation
so the music is embedded) and I can transfer the folder from the CD to the
desktop on the laptop and play all OK from there. It is only when a friend
tries the same on his PC with Win2000 the the problems occur. I am not
trying
to put it on the web. The only reason I saved as a web page was to see the
individual files in the presentation to see if the music files had any
obvious differences. They haven't. i hope this clarifies things so that
you
can help me. The pages you suggest I am familiar with but as I have
explained
my situation is different.
Thanks
Charlie

Without knowing the type of music files that your using, PowerPoint
version
makes it a little hard to tell what is happening. Background music on the
web is treated differently than in a regular type of presentation. Here
are
a couple of places to look for answers.
Play sounds across multiple slides (A WAV runs through it)
http://www.rdpslides.com/pptfaq/FAQ00047.htm

Sounds won't play across multiple slides on the web
http://www.rdpslides.com/pptfaq/FAQ00303.htm


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Michael Koerner [MS PPT MVP]


|I have made up several PP presentations that have the music embedded in
them
| I have made these into PP shows and have put them on a CD. I tried this
CD
on
| my laptop (as it has no connection to the slides or the music) and it
played
| all of the presentations and the music fine. I gave this to a friend
for
him
| to enjoy but out of the 30 presentations only 2 of them play the music.
I
| have saved one of the ones that plays and one of the one that doesn't
as
web
| pages on my desk top to see if there is any difference in the content
of
the
| music. As I rip my tracks in the same way with the same bit rate in the
same
| place every time i did not thiink there would be. Any ideas? Thanks
| Charlie3110

 

[Charlie3110]

Thanks gentlemen for your help. To answer Echo's questions. The music is a
..wav file it is embedded into each presentation (.pps shows). All of the
shows are in the same folder. I am assuming that the music is embedded in the
files because when I play each show on my laptop from the CD and the having
transferred the folder onto the laptop from that folder direct. The laptop
has no other access to the music as it is on my desktop. I inserted the music
from the Insert/Movies and Sounds/Sound from File and browse to the music. I
have made a folder up with low grade ripped music of up to a meg so that I
can embed this into the shows and it works well. So the music is not in its
original folder but the folder that all the presentation are in and it is
definitely in there. The music files are not all over the place in the folder
but in the individual.pps folder. I have proved this but opening the show in
PP and saving as a web page and then opening the folder that contains all of
the slides and the music to see it there.

Austin’s last suggestion to see if the music file will play independently of
the PP show is a good one and I think that is the way ahead. I think the
problem certainly lies on my friend's computer and I will investigate that
further. I will also check out the PFCMedia but it needs to be able to rip
the music file small enough to mail? I will also check the codec situation.

Thanks again

Charlie3110

 

[Echo S]

Yes, if you're using WAV files, then those could definitely be embedded.

Thanks for clarifying how you inserted the sounds and that you're copying
the folder to your computer to play the files. Since your laptop doesn't
seem to be connected by network to your desktop, it sounds as if it's a good
test. I'd definitely try the sound files outside of PPT on your friend's
system.

--
Echo [MS PPT MVP]
http://www.echosvoice.com

Thanks gentlemen for your help. To answer Echo's questions. The music is a
.wav file it is embedded into each presentation (.pps shows). All of the
shows are in the same folder. I am assuming that the music is embedded in
the
files because when I play each show on my laptop from the CD and the
having
tranferred the folder onto the laptop from that folder direct. The laptop
has
no other access to the music as it is on my desktop.I inserted the music
from
the Insert/Movies and Sounds/Sound from File and browse to the music. I
have
made a folder up with low grade ripped music of upto a meg so that I can
embed this into the shows and it works well. So the music is not in it's
original folder but the folder that all the presentation are in and it is
definely in there. The music files are not all over the place in the
folder
but in the individual.pps folder. I have proved this but opening the show
in
PP and sving as a web page and then opening the folder that contains all
of
the slides and the music to see it there.
Ausitn's last suggestion to see if the music file will play independently
of
the PP show is a good one and I think that is the way ahead. I think the
problem certainly lies on my friend's computer and I will investigate that
further.I will also check out the PFCMedia but it needs to be able to rip
the
msuic file small enough to mail? i will also check the codec situation.
Thanks again
Charlie3110

MP3s (MPEG Layer 3) are not embedded, Charlie. Only WAV files are
embedded.
Possibly a small nit to pick, but it could be important. Hard to tell in
this case without knowing more.

Michael's suggestion to try the MP3s on your friend's computer outside of
PPT is a good one.

How did you insert the music into your presentations? How did you create
your CDs? Is the music saved on your CD along with the presentation file?
Assuming so, is the music all in one folder, or is the music specific to
a
presentation included in the same folder the presentation is in? Or is
everything just loose on the CD with nothing in folders?

--
Echo [MS PPT MVP]
http://www.echosvoice.com

Sorry Michael. The music I always use successfully is in Wave Audi file
MPEG
layer 3 the problem is not with the music or the CD as I can play the
PP
presentation from the CD on my laptop (not the PC that made the
presentation
so the music is embedded) and I can transfer the folder from the CD to
the
desktop on the laptop and play all OK from there. It is only when a
friend
tries the same on his PC with Win2000 the the problems occur. I am not
trying
to put it on the web. The only reason I saved as a web page was to see
the
individual files in the presentation to see if the music files had any
obvious differences. They haven't. i hope this clarifies things so that
you
can help me. The pages you suggest I am familiar with but as I have
explained
my situation is different.
Thanks
Charlie

:

Without knowing the type of music files that your using, PowerPoint
version
makes it a little hard to tell what is happening. Background music on
the
web is treated differently than in a regular type of presentation.
Here
are
a couple of places to look for answers.
Play sounds across multiple slides (A WAV runs through it)
http://www.rdpslides.com/pptfaq/FAQ00047.htm

Sounds won't play across multiple slides on the web
http://www.rdpslides.com/pptfaq/FAQ00303.htm


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Michael Koerner [MS PPT MVP]


|I have made up several PP presentations that have the music embedded
in
them
| I have made these into PP shows and have put them on a CD. I tried
this
CD
on
| my laptop (as it has no connection to the slides or the music) and
it
played
| all of the presentations and the music fine. I gave this to a friend
for
him
| to enjoy but out of the 30 presentations only 2 of them play the
music.
I
| have saved one of the ones that plays and one of the one that
doesn't
as
web
| pages on my desk top to see if there is any difference in the
content
of
the
| music. As I rip my tracks in the same way with the same bit rate in
the
same
| place every time i did not thiink there would be. Any ideas? Thanks
| Charlie3110