Embedded sound problem - PP97

[Art]

I have a midi file embedded in my first slide, and want it to play
through the next 18 slides, but what happens is the show does not
advance past the first slide unless I click, and then the music stops.

When I 'link' instead of 'embed', I can use 'Custom Animation' / 'Play
Settings' to 'Continue slide show' and to set 'stop after 18 slides'.

However, when the file is embedded, I cannot get at 'Play Settings'...
it is grayed out.

(I have to embed the sound file, as I need to send the slide show to
others.)

What am I doing wrong?? Any help would be appreciated; I'm under the gun
with a birthday deadline!

Thanks.

 

[fastartc.removethis]

In your presentation, right click on the music icon, click on "custom
animation" on the Multimedia Settings tab, click to "continue
presentation" while playing and set the "stop playing" to after 18
slides...Hope that works...

Thanks for the reply, but you must have a later version of PP. My problem
is that on the equivalent tab in PP97 ("Play Settings"), the settings I
need ("Continue Slide Show" and "Stop playing after...") are grayed out,
and hence not available.

And so the music goes on ...and on ...and on ;-)

 

[fastartc.removethis]

MIDIs are always linked, not embedded. If you want the sound to stay
with the file, you will have to send it with the PowerPoint, or you
will have to convert it to WAV and embed. If you don't convert and
embed, you might check out PFC Express (free), which can help you
email your file without losing your sound.
--David

Thank you, David, for a clear answer! I was beginning to suspect
something like this; now, at least, I can work toward a solution.

 

[Art]

I have a midi file embedded in my first slide, and want it to play
through the next 18 slides, but what happens is the show does not
advance past the first slide unless I click, and then the music stops.

When I 'link' instead of 'embed', I can use 'Custom Animation' / 'Play
Settings' to 'Continue slide show' and to set 'stop after 18 slides'.

However, when the file is embedded, I cannot get at 'Play Settings'...
it is grayed out.

(I have to embed the sound file, as I need to send the slide show to
others.)

What am I doing wrong?? Any help would be appreciated; I'm under the gun
with a birthday deadline!

Thanks.

I should have added that I've searched all the posts in this group, and
saw the replies for embedding wav or mp3 files as 'transition' sounds.
That answer doesn't work for midi files.

 

[Guest]

I have a midi file embedded in my first slide, and want it to play
through the next 18 slides, but what happens is the show does not
advance past the first slide unless I click, and then the music stops.

When I 'link' instead of 'embed', I can use 'Custom Animation' / 'Play
Settings' to 'Continue slide show' and to set 'stop after 18 slides'.

However, when the file is embedded, I cannot get at 'Play Settings'...
it is grayed out.

(I have to embed the sound file, as I need to send the slide show to
others.)

What am I doing wrong?? Any help would be appreciated; I'm under the gun
with a birthday deadline!

Thanks.

In your presentation, right click on the music icon, click on "custom
animation" on the Multimedia Settings tab, click to "continue presentation"
while playing and set the "stop playing" to after 18 slides...Hope that
works...

 

[David M. Marcovitz]

MIDIs are always linked, not embedded. If you want the sound to stay with
the file, you will have to send it with the PowerPoint, or you will have
to convert it to WAV and embed. If you don't convert and embed, you might
check out PFC Express (free), which can help you email your file without
losing your sound.
--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/

 

[fastartc.removethis]

MIDIs are always linked, not embedded. If you want the sound to stay
with the file, you will have to send it with the PowerPoint, or you
will have to convert it to WAV and embed. If you don't convert and
embed, you might check out PFC Express (free), which can help you
email your file without losing your sound.
--David

As I said in an earlier post ...thanks for the reply.

A clarification, please: a 3-minute mono wav file runs 15 MB, but I
received a PP Slide Show with 25 large photos and a 4-minute song (voice
& instruments; good audio quality) and the whole pps file is only 3.75
MB!

How is that possible if only wavs can be embedded??

 

[David M. Marcovitz]

(e-mail address removed) wrote in 66.150.105.47:

As I said in an earlier post ...thanks for the reply.

A clarification, please: a 3-minute mono wav file runs 15 MB, but I
received a PP Slide Show with 25 large photos and a 4-minute song (voice
& instruments; good audio quality) and the whole pps file is only 3.75
MB!

How is that possible if only wavs can be embedded??

Good question. I'm not the sound expert in this group, but I'll try to
answer your question. The likely answer is the sound is not a WAV but an
MP3. Technically, only WAV sounds can be embedded in PPT, but there is a
trick to fooling PowerPoint into accepting an MP3 by adding WAV headers.
I've never done this so I can't give details, but the details are
described here:

Sounds/Movies don't play, images disappear or links break when I move or
email a presentation
http://www.pptfaq.com/FAQ00155.htm

If only this trick could be used for MIDIs, then you would be in great
shape, but I believe it only applies to MP3s.

--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/

 

[fastartc.removethis]

Good question. I'm not the sound expert in this group, but I'll try to
answer your question. The likely answer is the sound is not a WAV but an
MP3. Technically, only WAV sounds can be embedded in PPT, but there is a
trick to fooling PowerPoint into accepting an MP3 by adding WAV headers.
I've never done this so I can't give details, but the details are
described here:

Sounds/Movies don't play, images disappear or links break when I move or
email a presentation
http://www.pptfaq.com/FAQ00155.htm

If only this trick could be used for MIDIs, then you would be in great
shape, but I believe it only applies to MP3s.

--David

Thanks again. In my search I stumbled upon the same answer. I converted my
midis to wavs by capturing with CoolEdit, then converted them to mp3s, and
then used the header trick you mentioned to fool PP into thinking they were
wavs.

I used the wavs as transition sounds ...and everything works. The file, of
course, is somewhat larger, but I can live with that.

Art

 

[David M. Marcovitz]

(e-mail address removed) wrote in

Thanks again. In my search I stumbled upon the same answer. I
converted my midis to wavs by capturing with CoolEdit, then converted
them to mp3s, and then used the header trick you mentioned to fool PP
into thinking they were wavs.

I used the wavs as transition sounds ...and everything works. The
file, of course, is somewhat larger, but I can live with that.

Art

Art,

Great. I'm glad it worked for you.

--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/