Problems Copying Presentation w/embedded wav files

[Guest]

I created a PPS that has embedded .wav files. The show works fine on my
computer, but when I try to copy the presentation onto another computer, I
have to copy the .wav files separately. This causes problems with
synchronization of the slides and the sound on the new computer.

More importantly, I want to be able to copy this slide show (including the
embedded sound) onto a CD. Is there any way to do this so that the show will
just play and automatically pick up the sound from the .wav files? All I
have been able to do is copy the three files (separately) onto the CD and the
slides work but the embedding does not happen. Any help would be appreciated!

 

[Guest]

Sounds like the files are linked NOT embedded

There's info here on embedding which will help
http://www.technologytrish.co.uk/pptemailmusic.html

Sync problems may not go away if you embed files , ppt just isn't good at
this. If a wav file is connected to a particular slide rather than a
continuous narrative attaching as a transition sound may work well (same web
page)

 

[Bill Dilworth]

Ron,
Synchronization of sound and slide behavior is very weak in PowerPoint.
This is because PowerPoint does not really play the sounds, it hands that
task off to the operating system and then goes on with its own duties.
There are ways to minimize the effect of this, but there is no way to ensure
that the sound and slide advances stay sync'd.

The WAV files that you are adding are more than likely linked, not embedded.
PowerPoint can embed WAV files, but the size limit on the file is determined
by an option within PowerPoint at the time of insertion (Check Tools =>
Options => General (tab) => Link Sounds with a file size greater than ...).
You can either raise the limit to include your wav file, lower the wav file
size (by reducing sound quality) or both, to embed the sound files.
Alternately, you can convert the sound to a smaller format (MP3) and move it
to the folder with the PPT file in it, then insert it from there. This will
allow you to move the entire folder and the sounds will stay linked. For
more details, see http://www.pptfaq.com/FAQ00047.htm

In any case, whether the sound is embedded or linked, the sync issue
remains. If you are doing a program that has this type of hard syncing
required, you may want to look at making a movie of that section (Windows
Movie Maker is free and works well for this type of thing) and then
inserting the resulting movie into your PowerPoint. PowerPoint also hands
the movie files off to the Operating system to run, but the programs that
run them for the Operating system are better at keeping the sync.


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