Is there an upper limit to the size of the .wma file I can attach?

[Cliff]

Hi Folks,

I'm trying to have a slideshow with background music
playing. I've overcome getting the .wma file inserted,
getting it to play across several slides, and even getting
the soundtrack to loop continuously to overcome the fact
that it was only 2 mins 7 seconds long and the slideshow
goes for approximately 4 mins 18 seconds. The .wma file
was copied to PC off the CD using Windows Media Player 9.

I have since found a more appropriate soundtrack that goes
for 4 minutes and 17 seconds (so it's practically a
perfect fit!), and copied it to PC using WMP9 again.
Problem is that when I try using this new - and somewhat
larger - .wma file, it doesn't work.

The only difference that I can see is that the 2:07 .wma
file was 0.9 Mb, but the 4:17 .wma file is 2.2 Mb.

In an attempt to find out why, I experimented with another
soundtrack that was only 3:16 and 1.4 Mb and that doesn't
work either.

I have a suspicion there is a ceiling of 1 Mb for the .wma
file to be inserted but can't seem to find a single
reference to support my theory.

Does anyone know if this is the case, and if not, then
what tips/tricks would you use to get around this little
predicament I have?

Many thanks in advance,
Cliff.

 

[Austin Myers]

Cliff,

I've used considerably bigger WMA files so I doubt that is the problem. If
this file was ripped from a commercial CD (copyrighted) it may well have
copy protection in place and Windows Media Player will respect that and
include it in the resulting file. Depending upon what restrictions the
content owner put in place you may very well not be able to use it.

Austin Myers
MS PowerPoint MVP Team