Powerpoint 2003 does not play sound file with word 'silence'

[Pancras]

In powerpoint when I create a 'play sound' button, the sound does not play if
the title of the (mp3) file contains the word 'silence'! Renaming the file
without this word works fine.

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[Ute Simon]

In powerpoint when I create a 'play sound' button, the sound does not play

if
the title of the (mp3) file contains the word 'silence'! Renaming the file
without this word works fine.

Pancras,

I can't reproduce this error on my computer. I renamed one of my mp3-files,
so that it contains the word "silence", but it plays just normal. One
reason I could think of: PowerPoint has problems playing multimedia files
whose path and file name are longer than 128 characters. Maybe you are just
below this limit if you delete one word from your file name. Try moving the
presentation and the sound file to a folder C:\test, re-insert the sound
file (with the "silence" in file name) and test again.

Kind regards,
Ute

 

[Sonia]

MP3's cannot be attached as sounds. Only WAV's can be used. A WAV with the
word "silence" in the title works just fine.
--

Sonia Coleman
Microsoft PowerPoint MVP Team
Autorun Software, Templates and Tutorials
http://www.soniacoleman.com

 

[Sonia]

MP3's cannot be attached as sounds. Only WAV's can be used. A WAV with the
word "silence" in the title works just fine.
--

Sonia Coleman
Microsoft PowerPoint MVP Team
Autorun Software, Templates and Tutorials
http://www.soniacoleman.com

 

[John O]

In powerpoint when I create a 'play sound' button, the sound does not play
if

the title of the (mp3) file contains the word 'silence'! Renaming the file
without this word works fine.

Rename it with the word 'thunderous' and see what happens.

The try 'shh'.

I think Ute is onto the problem, but you tell us for sure.

-John O

 

[Ute Simon]

Rename it with the word 'thunderous' and see what happens.

The try 'shh'.

John,

as I am working with the German version of PowerPoint, maybe that's the
reason why a file name with 'silence' in it worked for me? I maybe should
try again with the German words 'Ruhe' or 'Schweigen' and see whether I can
reproduce the phenomenon ;-)

Kind regards,
Ute

 

[Sonia]

Pancras says that he's trying to attach an MP3 sound file to an action button.
Attached sounds can only be WAV's. So it is difficult to know what we actually
need to test. <G> I can say that a WAV file with silence in the file name
works fine as a sound attached to a "Play Sound" action button.

 

[Ute Simon]

Pancras says that he's trying to attach an MP3 sound file to an action

button.
Attached sounds can only be WAV's. So it is difficult to know what we
actually
need to test. <G> I can say that a WAV file with silence in the file
name
works fine as a sound attached to a "Play Sound" action button.

Aaaah - I missed THAT part of his question. Maybe, because I never use
action buttons for that, but insert the sound and start them with trigger
animations, which are much more flexible.

Kind regards,
Ute

 

[John O]

Pancras says that he's trying to attach an MP3 sound file to an action
button.

Attached sounds can only be WAV's. So it is difficult to know what we actually
need to test. <G> I can say that a WAV file with silence in the file name
works fine as a sound attached to a "Play Sound" action button.

He's got *something* working, apparently. Maybe he just mixed up the file
types.

-John O

 

[Pancras]

I agree that it is a path-length issue. Moving the file to another directory
with a shorter path prevents the problem.
Suggestion for the development team: Please build in a check at
link-creation-time for the length of the path.
Thanks for the effort of trying to reproduce the problem!
Pancras