can i embed a midi file in ppt 2003

[Guest]

I am trying to embed a midi file in a slide. When I insert it using the
Insert / Sound from file option, it appears to be embedded, but when I play
the presentation on another computer, the sound doesn't play. However, it
doesn't appear on the Edit / Links menu as a link. Also, when I try to
Package for CD, it can't find the file. I browse to it and get it copied on
the CD, but it still doesn't play off the CD. So if it isn't embedded and it
isn't linked, what is it and how do I get it to work?

 

[Michael Koerner]

No, the only files that get embedded are wave files.

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Michael Koerner [MS PPT MVP]


I am trying to embed a midi file in a slide. When I insert it using the
Insert / Sound from file option, it appears to be embedded, but when I play
the presentation on another computer, the sound doesn't play. However, it
doesn't appear on the Edit / Links menu as a link. Also, when I try to
Package for CD, it can't find the file. I browse to it and get it copied on
the CD, but it still doesn't play off the CD. So if it isn't embedded and it
isn't linked, what is it and how do I get it to work?

 

[Sonia]

I don't always trust Pack and Go. The best practice is to only link to files
that already reside in the same folder as your presentation. So, I recommend
that you copy the midi file to the folder where your presentation is, open
PowerPoint, open your presentation, delete the midi, and then insert the midi
from its new location. That should clean up the link address. Then you can
burn all the files in the folder to a CD and you can be confident that it will
work correctly on any system.

 

[Suvodip Moitra]

Dear User,

No , you cant embed midi files but certainly you can embed wav files. But
you can embed those sound in the form of wav .

Just convert your midi files to wav . These links will help you :

http://www.mp3towav.org/midi-to-wav.asp
http://www.midi2wav.com/

Suvodip Moitra