embedded sound file confirmation

[Guest]

How does one figure out which .wav files are embedded and which aren't? Is
the appearance of the file in the folder, after saving the presentation as a
web page, proof that the file is embedded? i.e. a linked file would not show
up in this folder?

The reason I ask is that I have a presentation where I'm 99% sure I embedded
the .wav file, about a year ago. The fact that I lost the individual file in
a crash and the music still plays in my presentation should be proof of that,
right? But when I saved the presentation as a web page, in order to extract
this .wav file, the file is 60 Mb (it's a 6 minute song), and I've been told
I can only embed files up to 50 Mb. Does the file become larger during the
extraction process, or is the 50 Mb limit not true? Or is this file in fact
not embedded?

 

[Bill Dilworth]

The normal size limit that you can embed is user settable in the Tools =>
Options => (tab) General => "Link sounds with file size ..." dialog.

50 MB is considered the largest file you can embed using the standard Insert
Sound from file technique, but there are other ways to embed larger files.
Usually this isn't recommended because those larger files will severely slow
down loading time and can make the file more susceptible to corruption, but
it can be done.


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[David M. Marcovitz]

To answer your first question, you can tell if a sound is embedded if you
right clcik on the sound icon and choose Edit Sound Object. At the bottom
of the dialog box, it lists the "File:" where the sound is. After
"File:" you will either see a path (meaning the sound is linked) or the
words "[Contained in presentation]" which means teh sound is embedded.
--David

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Director of Graduate Programs in Educational Technology
Loyola College in Maryland
Author of _Powerful PowerPoint for Educators_
http://www.PowerfulPowerPoint.com/

 

[Guest]

Well that's the weirdest thing. It gives me the path where it used to be,
before my computer crashed. It was on my desktop and I didn't have my
desktop backed up, so I thought I lost the file. I take that back, not
thought, I DID lose the file - it's not on my desktop and I also did a search
of my whole computer for all .wav files and the only one it found was in the
webpage folder that I ended up creating recently to extract the file.

To answer your first question, you can tell if a sound is embedded if you
right clcik on the sound icon and choose Edit Sound Object. At the bottom
of the dialog box, it lists the "File:" where the sound is. After
"File:" you will either see a path (meaning the sound is linked) or the
words "[Contained in presentation]" which means teh sound is embedded.
--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.PowerfulPowerPoint.com/

How does one figure out which .wav files are embedded and which
aren't? Is the appearance of the file in the folder, after saving the
presentation as a web page, proof that the file is embedded? i.e. a
linked file would not show up in this folder?

The reason I ask is that I have a presentation where I'm 99% sure I
embedded the .wav file, about a year ago. The fact that I lost the
individual file in a crash and the music still plays in my
presentation should be proof of that, right? But when I saved the
presentation as a web page, in order to extract this .wav file, the
file is 60 Mb (it's a 6 minute song), and I've been told I can only
embed files up to 50 Mb. Does the file become larger during the
extraction process, or is the 50 Mb limit not true? Or is this file
in fact not embedded?

 

[David M. Marcovitz]

It seems taht something has gotten messed up with the crash. The next
step might be to try round-tripping:

HTML "Round-tripping" to repair corruption
http://www.pptfaq.com/FAQ00526.htm

--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.PowerfulPowerPoint.com/

Well that's the weirdest thing. It gives me the path where it used to
be, before my computer crashed. It was on my desktop and I didn't
have my desktop backed up, so I thought I lost the file. I take that
back, not thought, I DID lose the file - it's not on my desktop and I
also did a search of my whole computer for all .wav files and the only
one it found was in the webpage folder that I ended up creating
recently to extract the file.

To answer your first question, you can tell if a sound is embedded if
you right clcik on the sound icon and choose Edit Sound Object. At
the bottom of the dialog box, it lists the "File:" where the sound
is. After "File:" you will either see a path (meaning the sound is
linked) or the words "[Contained in presentation]" which means teh
sound is embedded. --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.PowerfulPowerPoint.com/

How does one figure out which .wav files are embedded and which
aren't? Is the appearance of the file in the folder, after saving
the presentation as a web page, proof that the file is embedded?
i.e. a linked file would not show up in this folder?

The reason I ask is that I have a presentation where I'm 99% sure I
embedded the .wav file, about a year ago. The fact that I lost the
individual file in a crash and the music still plays in my
presentation should be proof of that, right? But when I saved the
presentation as a web page, in order to extract this .wav file, the
file is 60 Mb (it's a 6 minute song), and I've been told I can only
embed files up to 50 Mb. Does the file become larger during the
extraction process, or is the 50 Mb limit not true? Or is this
file in fact not embedded?

 

[Guest]

I'll give it a try.

It seems taht something has gotten messed up with the crash. The next
step might be to try round-tripping:

HTML "Round-tripping" to repair corruption
http://www.pptfaq.com/FAQ00526.htm

--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.PowerfulPowerPoint.com/

Well that's the weirdest thing. It gives me the path where it used to
be, before my computer crashed. It was on my desktop and I didn't
have my desktop backed up, so I thought I lost the file. I take that
back, not thought, I DID lose the file - it's not on my desktop and I
also did a search of my whole computer for all .wav files and the only
one it found was in the webpage folder that I ended up creating
recently to extract the file.

To answer your first question, you can tell if a sound is embedded if
you right clcik on the sound icon and choose Edit Sound Object. At
the bottom of the dialog box, it lists the "File:" where the sound
is. After "File:" you will either see a path (meaning the sound is
linked) or the words "[Contained in presentation]" which means teh
sound is embedded. --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.PowerfulPowerPoint.com/

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How does one figure out which .wav files are embedded and which
aren't? Is the appearance of the file in the folder, after saving
the presentation as a web page, proof that the file is embedded?
i.e. a linked file would not show up in this folder?

The reason I ask is that I have a presentation where I'm 99% sure I
embedded the .wav file, about a year ago. The fact that I lost the
individual file in a crash and the music still plays in my
presentation should be proof of that, right? But when I saved the
presentation as a web page, in order to extract this .wav file, the
file is 60 Mb (it's a 6 minute song), and I've been told I can only
embed files up to 50 Mb. Does the file become larger during the
extraction process, or is the 50 Mb limit not true? Or is this
file in fact not embedded?

 

[Steve Rindsberg]

The reason I ask is that I have a presentation where I'm 99% sure I embedded
the .wav file, about a year ago. The fact that I lost the individual file in
a crash and the music still plays in my presentation should be proof of that,
right? But when I saved the presentation as a web page, in order to extract
this .wav file, the file is 60 Mb (it's a 6 minute song), and I've been told
I can only embed files up to 50 Mb. Does the file become larger during the
extraction process, or is the 50 Mb limit not true? Or is this file in fact
not embedded?

I doubt the file would become larger during extraction. However there are some
cases where PPT *always* embeds WAVs, regardless of the max size setting.