playing ITunes in Powerpoint

C

chloe

How can I play Itunes music in my powerpoint slide show? I've already tried
goldwave, ripping to a cd and copying back to the computer and audiogripper
to do that. None seem to be working. Any ideas?
 
S

Sonia

Can you play other MP3s in PowerPoint? If so, from iTunes you should be able to
burn your M4Pmusic file to a CD and then rip it to your hard drive as an MP3 and
insert it in PowerPoint via Insert > Movies and Sounds > Sound from File.
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Sonia Coleman
Microsoft PowerPoint MVP Team
Autorun Software, Templates and Tutorials
http://www.soniacoleman.com
 
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David M. Marcovitz

Can you play other MP3s in PowerPoint? If so, from iTunes you should
be able to burn your M4Pmusic file to a CD and then rip it to your
hard drive as an MP3 and insert it in PowerPoint via Insert > Movies
and Sounds > Sound from File.

You shouldn't have to burn it to a CD first. On the Mac version of
iTunes,you can select a tune and under the Advanced menu, choose Convert
Selection to MP3. Then you can drag the selection to your hard drive (or
any other disk icon). Then you can Insert > Movies and Sounds > Sound
from File.

--David

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David M. Marcovitz
Microsoft PowerPoint MVP
Director of Graduate Programs in Educational Technology
Loyola College in Maryland
Author of _Powerful PowerPoint for Educators_
http://www.loyola.edu/education/PowerfulPowerPoint/
 
S

Sonia

I gave the PC answer, since I assumed that the OP was using PowerPoint on a PC.

The PC version of iTunes does not offer conversion to MP3, though you can
convert to AAC.
 
D

David M. Marcovitz

That's annoying. I hate when the same programs work differently on the
Mac and on Windows. I only have iTunes on my Mac, not my PC. I guess
Apple doesn't want people using iTunes to put music on non-iPod music
players (even though I did that just yesterday on my Mac).
--David
 
D

David M. Marcovitz

Just did it. Insert > Movies and Sounds > Sounds from file. It worked
just fine in PowerPoint 2003. Did you expect me to have trouble?
--David

--
David M. Marcovitz
Microsoft PowerPoint MVP
Director of Graduate Programs in Educational Technology
Loyola College in Maryland
Author of _Powerful PowerPoint for Educators_
http://www.loyola.edu/education/PowerfulPowerPoint/
 
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Sonia

Maybe I should have first asked if this was an M4P tune that you purchased
through the iTunes store. From everything I've seen in other forums, etc., the
MAC's "convert to MP3" doesn't strip the DRM component. I could be wrong
though, since I don't have a MAC to verify it on.
 
D

David M. Marcovitz

Aha. You were expecting me to have problems:) No, this was ripped from a
commercial CD into iTunes and had no DRM to start with.
--David
 
S

Sonia

Yes, you've already stripped the protection in the ripping process. It's the
iTunes Store embedded DRM that makes it a problem in PowerPoint. Only by
burning to CD, and then ripping the track, can you strip the DRM. Well, it
seems that there is a free software product out there, but apparently Apple is
on to it and has made a change in the latest version of iTunes that makes it
ineffective. For PC users the "round-trip" is the only solution I know of for
all versions of iTunes. Not all that bad because the by-product is a CD to play
in the car, etc. <G>
 

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