PACKAGE TO CD PROBLEMS - SLIDES FREEZING

[Guest]

am having a problem with Powerpoint 2003. I am packaging my presentation to
CD. I have 49 slides with movies, animations, photos, sounds and effects.
Everything looks good on the preview, but when I package it to CD and the CD
is inserted, it goes along fine for awhile and then freezes on a slide. It
usually is a particular slide but not always. However, the music keeps
playing.

It is almost as if it is telling the CD to stop spinning. Because if I hit
ENTER, I can hear the CD 'whirring' and starting up again and then the
presentation resumes normally! If I hit ENTER it starts again, but loses
some of the effects and animations!

I have examined my transitions and effects timings, etc. til I am blue in
the face. Nothing is set on 'On Click', and I have checked all my transition
times. I have also set my graphics hardware acceleration back, but so far,
don't see any difference.


Does anyone know if there is a glitch in the PP 2003 package or a known bug
in PP 2003?

I am literally tearing my hair out over this! I want the recipients of my CD
to be able to view my presentation without having it stop and without having
them have to hit ENTER.
Need help ASAP!

 

[Steven]

In my opinion it has to do with RAM and hardware. You will find that the
results are always better the second time you run the presentation. You can
also test your presentation on different PCs and find that it will almost
always react differently. Changing hardware acceleration, screen resolution
and getting rid of video and animation won't help one bit. After my hair
transplant I started using ppt2dvd, giving you the option to convert to MPEG
(Your presentation will open in Mediaplayer or Quicktime) or standard DVD
format, thus also playing on normal DVD Players and not only PC. In this way
your timing and transitions will always be perfect. The only other way of
making it "better" is to increase your timing between events - animation,
start of sound, video, etc. and using smaller files - compressed JPEGs etc.
Remember that all these things take time to load. Just insert a normal music
CD and see how long it takes before it starts playing. Not always an option
with corporate presentations, but if this is a once off then that's the only
other suggestion.

I'll also be interested in other possible solutions.

Steven