Music not playing in 'transfered' PPS

[Roy]

I know that this is a frequently discussed topic, but this is (I think) a
different question on the same theme. Most of the reasons why sound doesn't
play when a presentation is moved from one computer to another is because
the 'fully qualified' path to the original sound file doesn't match the
location of the sound file on the new computer. If we could (1) have
permission to rename the path to the sound file or (2) delete the path
altogether, and just have PP look for the file in the same folder as the
presentation, life would be so much better. Is there a way to modify or
remove the path to the sound file?? I cannot find a way to edit it.

Thanks

Roy

 

[Austin Myers]

Roy,

I built an add in that does pretty much everything you suggest as well as
handling the email itself. Have a look here and see if this might be what
your looking for:
http://www.pfcmedia.com/FeaturesExpress.htm

Your also going to want to look at FixLinks from fellow MVP Steve R.
http://www.rdpslides.com/pptools/fixlinks/index.html


Either of these should be able to provide you a good solution.


Austin Myers
MS PowerPoint MVP Team

Provider of PFCMedia http://www.pfcmedia.com

 

[Roy]

Austin,

Thanks. I will try these out.

Roy

Roy,

I built an add in that does pretty much everything you suggest as well as
handling the email itself. Have a look here and see if this might be what
your looking for:
http://www.pfcmedia.com/FeaturesExpress.htm

Your also going to want to look at FixLinks from fellow MVP Steve R.
http://www.rdpslides.com/pptools/fixlinks/index.html


Either of these should be able to provide you a good solution.


Austin Myers
MS PowerPoint MVP Team

Provider of PFCMedia http://www.pfcmedia.com

 

[Steve Rindsberg]

I know that this is a frequently discussed topic, but this is (I think) a
different question on the same theme. Most of the reasons why sound doesn't
play when a presentation is moved from one computer to another is because
the 'fully qualified' path to the original sound file doesn't match the
location of the sound file on the new computer. If we could (1) have
permission to rename the path to the sound file or (2) delete the path
altogether, and just have PP look for the file in the same folder as the
presentation, life would be so much better. Is there a way to modify or
remove the path to the sound file?? I cannot find a way to edit it.

If you put the sound file in the same folder as the PPT and only then add the
sound to the PPT, that's exactly what you'll get ... a pathless link.

Austin's sent you to http://fixlinks.pptools.com

Poke around there a bit too. If you've got a lot of these things to fix, an
automated solution would probably be best, but for just a few links, there's
info on the site that explains how you can do the fix manually.