Recording slide timing in Powerpoint

[Guest]

We will be holding a conference later this year, during which we will be
recording audio of the guest speakers on professional audio recording
equipment. I would like to also record the slide timings so that we can
merge the audio files with the PPT files and distribute the merged
presentation to attendees after the conference, and the PPT slides and the
audio will be in sync just as they were diring the "Live" presentation. I
have not been able to find a way to record the slide timings "behind the
schenes" with no special user intervention during the conference (Ideally,
all the presenter should have to do is run a .PPS file or open a .PPT file
and select "View Show". Is anyone aware of a way to do this with PPT or any
aftermarket software, or am I stuck guessing the slide transitions by trying
to match the audio with the slides?

 

[Bill Dilworth]

http://billdilworth.mvps.org/Add-ins.htm#Timber
once loaded, it creates a PowerPoint log file.

logs show start time*
logs show save time*
logs new slide time*
logs animation start time*
logs show end time*
* uses system time
logs show duration
log file is in simple txt format
stores file in same directory as the PPT file
does not work when using the viewer

This add-in should store all the information you need. Oh, by the way, its
free.


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[Steve Rindsberg]

We will be holding a conference later this year, during which we will be
recording audio of the guest speakers on professional audio recording
equipment. I would like to also record the slide timings so that we can
merge the audio files with the PPT files and distribute the merged
presentation to attendees after the conference, and the PPT slides and the
audio will be in sync just as they were diring the "Live" presentation.

See Bill's reply re collecting timings but watch out for speakers that bounce
around from slide to slide or go backwards and forewards. Complicates life a
bit, eh? ;-)

But more important, you should know that a PPT presentation will not run at a
constant speed on all PCs. In other words, if you start the sound with the
presentation, it may stay in synch with the slides on your PC. Some of the
time. But it won't necessarily synch up on other PCs.

Consider breaking up the audio into per-slide sound files that are attached to
each slide as the transition sound and let the user control when to advance to
the next slide rather than forcing them to listen at the original speaker's
pace.

 

[Guest]

Steve & Bill, Thank you for the responses. I will probably be doing some
experimenting in the next several days. With regards to the PPT not running
at the same speed on Each PC, I understand what you are saying. Would this
still be an issue if I used Producer for PPT to do the final editing and
Post-production and merging of the Audio & PPT slides?

 

[Steve Rindsberg]

Steve & Bill, Thank you for the responses. I will probably be doing some
experimenting in the next several days. With regards to the PPT not running
at the same speed on Each PC, I understand what you are saying. Would this
still be an issue if I used Producer for PPT to do the final editing and
Post-production and merging of the Audio & PPT slides?

I'm not a Producer user but as I understand it, this is exactly one of the reasons
one might *want* to use Producer. (short version of answer: Yep, I think so.)