Most Audio Clips no longer play in 2007 PowerPoint

[Guest]

For past several years have had no problems running .wav, .mp3, or .wma clips
in PPT 2003 under XP Pro.
----
Workplace has now switched my laptop to office 2007, and so I changed
computers to a Dell xps 410 running Vista Ultimate and office 2007.
--PPTs have the traditional "ppt" extension and the top of screen indicates
I am in [compatiblity mode]"
--I then "publish | package for cd" without viewer as my laptop already has
office 2007 installed.
--Noticed that my audio-video clips now get prefaced with the software used
to open and play. Have been using Ashampoo Photo Commander 5 for trims and
sorts and see "APC.MP3," or "APC.AVI," or "APC.WMA" in the type column. Set
default to be Windows media player, and designations went away, but audio
clips will still not play.
--Video clips .AVI, .MPG, and, of course, .WMV all play fine alone and
within PowerPoint.
==============
--Some .WMA clips play and others do not
--NO .MP3 clips play whatsoever. I have tried delete and then insert but no
success.
--ALL clips were recorded prior to 1920, so should be no DRM issues.
--Am on cable broadband and notice that if I double-click on an mp3 clip
within File Explorer, there is a delay of 4 seconds, then Net activity, then
begins playing at the ten second mark. Assume this is consistent with checked
box to "download codecs automatically."
--Do NOT see same Net activity after "packaging for CD" on the Vista Dell
and then running on the XP Pro laptop, but MP3s and WMAs no longer play back.
==============
--a friend suggested to me that office 2007 is VERY strict as to the "legal
nature" of media clips and I may have some .MP3 clips that were created under
the lame codec which he thought Microsoft office would not recognize.
--He suggested that I dl the Fraunhofer codec which Office 2007 supports,
along with the MS Media Encoder and then run all of my audio through the
Media Encoder to ensure the "Fraunhofer seal of approval" from PPT.
--I purchased the Dell with Vista Ultimate already installed, along with
Media Player 11.0.6000.6324, so when I went to the MS website to dl Media
Converter I was informed this would be version 9 and sent Vista owners to
"article 929182 in the Microsoft Knowledge Base" for the hotfix to the issue
of running under Vista. Tried to dl and install, but is in a loop requiring
me to pre-install some other program first, then keeps coming back to the
first program: Net result is NO install.

-----------------

Can anybody help? I am already a week behind on several PowerPoint
presentations. There is NO online help I can locate (aside from this forum),
and am wondering if I should dump Vista and go back to XP Pro and office 2003
?

 

[Austin Myers]

Any chance you are on Vista?



Austin Myers
MS PowerPoint MVP Team

Provider of PFCPro, PFCMedia and PFCExpress
www.playsforcertain.com

For past several years have had no problems running .wav, .mp3, or .wma
clips
in PPT 2003 under XP Pro.
----
Workplace has now switched my laptop to office 2007, and so I changed
computers to a Dell xps 410 running Vista Ultimate and office 2007.
--PPTs have the traditional "ppt" extension and the top of screen
indicates
I am in [compatiblity mode]"
--I then "publish | package for cd" without viewer as my laptop already
has
office 2007 installed.
--Noticed that my audio-video clips now get prefaced with the software
used
to open and play. Have been using Ashampoo Photo Commander 5 for trims and
sorts and see "APC.MP3," or "APC.AVI," or "APC.WMA" in the type column.
Set
default to be Windows media player, and designations went away, but audio
clips will still not play.
--Video clips .AVI, .MPG, and, of course, .WMV all play fine alone and
within PowerPoint.
==============
--Some .WMA clips play and others do not
--NO .MP3 clips play whatsoever. I have tried delete and then insert but
no
success.
--ALL clips were recorded prior to 1920, so should be no DRM issues.
--Am on cable broadband and notice that if I double-click on an mp3 clip
within File Explorer, there is a delay of 4 seconds, then Net activity,
then
begins playing at the ten second mark. Assume this is consistent with
checked
box to "download codecs automatically."
--Do NOT see same Net activity after "packaging for CD" on the Vista Dell
and then running on the XP Pro laptop, but MP3s and WMAs no longer play
back.
==============
--a friend suggested to me that office 2007 is VERY strict as to the
"legal
nature" of media clips and I may have some .MP3 clips that were created
under
the lame codec which he thought Microsoft office would not recognize.
--He suggested that I dl the Fraunhofer codec which Office 2007 supports,
along with the MS Media Encoder and then run all of my audio through the
Media Encoder to ensure the "Fraunhofer seal of approval" from PPT.
--I purchased the Dell with Vista Ultimate already installed, along with
Media Player 11.0.6000.6324, so when I went to the MS website to dl Media
Converter I was informed this would be version 9 and sent Vista owners to
"article 929182 in the Microsoft Knowledge Base" for the hotfix to the
issue
of running under Vista. Tried to dl and install, but is in a loop
requiring
me to pre-install some other program first, then keeps coming back to the
first program: Net result is NO install.

-----------------

Can anybody help? I am already a week behind on several PowerPoint
presentations. There is NO online help I can locate (aside from this
forum),
and am wondering if I should dump Vista and go back to XP Pro and office
2003
?

 

[Guest]

Yes, home machine is Dell xps 410 running Vista Ultimate (already installed);
I added office 2007.

Office laptop has always been XP Pro and office 2003 until a few weeks ago.
Now, the laptop is still xp pro, but with office 2007 installed.

Any chance you are on Vista?



Austin Myers
MS PowerPoint MVP Team

Provider of PFCPro, PFCMedia and PFCExpress
www.playsforcertain.com

For past several years have had no problems running .wav, .mp3, or .wma
clips
in PPT 2003 under XP Pro.
----
Workplace has now switched my laptop to office 2007, and so I changed
computers to a Dell xps 410 running Vista Ultimate and office 2007.
--PPTs have the traditional "ppt" extension and the top of screen
indicates
I am in [compatiblity mode]"
--I then "publish | package for cd" without viewer as my laptop already
has
office 2007 installed.
--Noticed that my audio-video clips now get prefaced with the software
used
to open and play. Have been using Ashampoo Photo Commander 5 for trims and
sorts and see "APC.MP3," or "APC.AVI," or "APC.WMA" in the type column.
Set
default to be Windows media player, and designations went away, but audio
clips will still not play.
--Video clips .AVI, .MPG, and, of course, .WMV all play fine alone and
within PowerPoint.
==============
--Some .WMA clips play and others do not
--NO .MP3 clips play whatsoever. I have tried delete and then insert but
no
success.
--ALL clips were recorded prior to 1920, so should be no DRM issues.
--Am on cable broadband and notice that if I double-click on an mp3 clip
within File Explorer, there is a delay of 4 seconds, then Net activity,
then
begins playing at the ten second mark. Assume this is consistent with
checked
box to "download codecs automatically."
--Do NOT see same Net activity after "packaging for CD" on the Vista Dell
and then running on the XP Pro laptop, but MP3s and WMAs no longer play
back.
==============
--a friend suggested to me that office 2007 is VERY strict as to the
"legal
nature" of media clips and I may have some .MP3 clips that were created
under
the lame codec which he thought Microsoft office would not recognize.
--He suggested that I dl the Fraunhofer codec which Office 2007 supports,
along with the MS Media Encoder and then run all of my audio through the
Media Encoder to ensure the "Fraunhofer seal of approval" from PPT.
--I purchased the Dell with Vista Ultimate already installed, along with
Media Player 11.0.6000.6324, so when I went to the MS website to dl Media
Converter I was informed this would be version 9 and sent Vista owners to
"article 929182 in the Microsoft Knowledge Base" for the hotfix to the
issue
of running under Vista. Tried to dl and install, but is in a loop
requiring
me to pre-install some other program first, then keeps coming back to the
first program: Net result is NO install.

-----------------

Can anybody help? I am already a week behind on several PowerPoint
presentations. There is NO online help I can locate (aside from this
forum),
and am wondering if I should dump Vista and go back to XP Pro and office
2003
?

 

[Austin Myers]

Vista ships with a very small collection of codecs. You may want to
consider installing this codec pack;

http://www.softpedia.com/get/Multim...deo-Codecs/Advanced-Vista-Codec-Package.shtml

On the XP pro machine, I would suggest downloading and re-installing Windows
Media Player 10. (Not 11) This should sort out any codec issues.


Austin Myers
MS PowerPoint MVP Team

Provider of PFCPro, PFCMedia and PFCExpress
www.playsforcertain.com

Yes, home machine is Dell xps 410 running Vista Ultimate (already
installed);
I added office 2007.

Office laptop has always been XP Pro and office 2003 until a few weeks
ago.
Now, the laptop is still xp pro, but with office 2007 installed.

Any chance you are on Vista?



Austin Myers
MS PowerPoint MVP Team

Provider of PFCPro, PFCMedia and PFCExpress
www.playsforcertain.com

For past several years have had no problems running .wav, .mp3, or .wma
clips
in PPT 2003 under XP Pro.
----
Workplace has now switched my laptop to office 2007, and so I changed
computers to a Dell xps 410 running Vista Ultimate and office 2007.
--PPTs have the traditional "ppt" extension and the top of screen
indicates
I am in [compatiblity mode]"
--I then "publish | package for cd" without viewer as my laptop already
has
office 2007 installed.
--Noticed that my audio-video clips now get prefaced with the software
used
to open and play. Have been using Ashampoo Photo Commander 5 for trims
and
sorts and see "APC.MP3," or "APC.AVI," or "APC.WMA" in the type column.
Set
default to be Windows media player, and designations went away, but
audio
clips will still not play.
--Video clips .AVI, .MPG, and, of course, .WMV all play fine alone and
within PowerPoint.
==============
--Some .WMA clips play and others do not
--NO .MP3 clips play whatsoever. I have tried delete and then insert
but
no
success.
--ALL clips were recorded prior to 1920, so should be no DRM issues.
--Am on cable broadband and notice that if I double-click on an mp3
clip
within File Explorer, there is a delay of 4 seconds, then Net activity,
then
begins playing at the ten second mark. Assume this is consistent with
checked
box to "download codecs automatically."
--Do NOT see same Net activity after "packaging for CD" on the Vista
Dell
and then running on the XP Pro laptop, but MP3s and WMAs no longer play
back.
==============
--a friend suggested to me that office 2007 is VERY strict as to the
"legal
nature" of media clips and I may have some .MP3 clips that were created
under
the lame codec which he thought Microsoft office would not recognize.
--He suggested that I dl the Fraunhofer codec which Office 2007
supports,
along with the MS Media Encoder and then run all of my audio through
the
Media Encoder to ensure the "Fraunhofer seal of approval" from PPT.
--I purchased the Dell with Vista Ultimate already installed, along
with
Media Player 11.0.6000.6324, so when I went to the MS website to dl
Media
Converter I was informed this would be version 9 and sent Vista owners
to
"article 929182 in the Microsoft Knowledge Base" for the hotfix to the
issue
of running under Vista. Tried to dl and install, but is in a loop
requiring
me to pre-install some other program first, then keeps coming back to
the
first program: Net result is NO install.

-----------------

Can anybody help? I am already a week behind on several PowerPoint
presentations. There is NO online help I can locate (aside from this
forum),
and am wondering if I should dump Vista and go back to XP Pro and
office
2003
?

 

[Guest]

Went to the website and spotted this warning: "Uninstall all other
codecs/codec packs before installing this."

Just where would one find these codecs in my OS ??? And apparently, I
delete ALL of them, eh?

Thanks Austin for your help. MUCH appreciated !

 

[Austin Myers]

Went to the website and spotted this warning: "Uninstall all other
codecs/codec packs before installing this."

Just where would one find these codecs in my OS ??? And apparently, I
delete ALL of them, eh?

No, that is telling you to uninstall previous versions of this pack.


Austin Myers
MS PowerPoint MVP Team

Provider of PFCPro, PFCMedia and PFCExpress
www.playsforcertain.com

 

[Guest]

--Downloaded the Vista media codecs and no change.
--Discovered that the HP laptop (xp pro and office 2007) already had media
player 10, not 11 (hmmmm.... would have thought that MS would have taken the
opportunity to upgrade), so no change there.

Next, loaded some old PPTs (office 2003) that contained wma, wav, and mp3
files into my Vista Dell (with office 2007) and ALL audio worked well.
--Then saved PPT and audio-linked files to USB and tried in my old XP Pro
with office 2003; worked great.
--Then plugged usb into xp pro laptop with office 2007 and all clips worked
well.

So, sat down with a LARGE cup of coffee to ponder the variables, and
remembered that in my excitement to try out the new office 2007 I had saved
the PPT in that format. Then, the next day, switched the file format to
"office 2003 compatible" and that is where the corruption happened! As
usual, operator error...

For giggles, opened an old xp pro-2003 PPT on my Dell Vista Ultimate-2007
and saved the PPT as "office 2003 compatible" and the resulting PPT works
well on all three machines.

One extra note to this: AFTER switching from 2007 to 2003 compatible format
I DID delete and reinstall the audio clips, but since the actual PowerPoint
had been corrupted from the two transfers, it wouldn't have mattered what I
had tried... that powerpoint is fried! The irony in all of this is the
Microsoft website goes to great pains to point out that with office 2007
using XML, corrupted files will be a thing of the past. Well, IMHO, there's
a bit more of work to be done on those files.

Thanks Austin for your help. I hope your PFCPro will, one day, be Vista
compatible as I'll be your first customer....

 

[Kathy Jacobs]

Ummm... Confusion here.. I run PFC Pro on Vista (tested it even ) Can you
share what isn't working there? (I love to break Austin's code... And he
knows it....)

--
Kathy Jacobs, Microsoft MVP OneNote and PowerPoint
Author of Kathy Jacobs on PowerPoint
Get PowerPoint and OneNote information at www.onppt.com

I believe life is meant to be lived. But:
if we live without making a difference, it makes no difference that we lived

 

[Guest]

Kathy: just what I was reading on their product website:
http://www.playsforcertain.com/index.htm -- There is only mention of office
2000, 2003, 2007 and XP.

There is no statement that the programs work on Vista. In fact, also
searched the other pages of the website and no mention of Vista compatibility
that I could find.

I'm glad to hear that it does indeed work in Vista, and hopefully they will
support the product under Vista as well.

Thanks for the correction!

 

[Kathy Jacobs]

Ah... understand the confusion. The XP he is talking about there is Office
XP (also known as Office 2002). When you do the download now, it even checks
to see which version of Office and which OS you have and installs the
product version that you need for your combination.

--
Kathy Jacobs, Microsoft MVP OneNote and PowerPoint
Author of Kathy Jacobs on PowerPoint
Get PowerPoint and OneNote information at www.onppt.com

I believe life is meant to be lived. But:
if we live without making a difference, it makes no difference that we lived