trouble shooting narration, file size, etc.

[Guest]

We are creating a presentation which will be copied onto cd and distributed
to individual viewers.

Does it seem odd that a presentation with 50 slides, narration, photos and
animation would be 250 mb's? What is the capacity of power point?

Regarding narration, we embedded directly using a mike. Sound quality is
poor - too much pop. We are considering recording in studio onto cd. To
insert sound from cd - do we need to record narration for each slide
individually and them imbed - or can we record a continuous narration and
imbed segments into slides.

Thank you

 

[Michael Koerner]

You might want to start by looking here.
Why are my PowerPoint files so big? What can I do about it?
http://www.rdpslides.com/pptfaq/FAQ00062.htm


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[Guest]

Thanks Michael - the info in there substantiates some of our theories on what
happened to our original file. Cheers.

You might want to start by looking here.
Why are my PowerPoint files so big? What can I do about it?
http://www.rdpslides.com/pptfaq/FAQ00062.htm


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Michael Koerner [MS PPT MVP]

We are creating a presentation which will be copied onto cd and
distributed
to individual viewers.

Does it seem odd that a presentation with 50 slides, narration, photos and
animation would be 250 mb's? What is the capacity of power point?

Regarding narration, we embedded directly using a mike. Sound quality is
poor - too much pop. We are considering recording in studio onto cd. To
insert sound from cd - do we need to record narration for each slide
individually and them imbed - or can we record a continuous narration and
imbed segments into slides.

Thank you

 

[Michael Koerner]

Glad we could assist.

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Michael Koerner [MS PPT MVP]

Thanks Michael - the info in there substantiates some of our theories on
what
happened to our original file. Cheers.

You might want to start by looking here.
Why are my PowerPoint files so big? What can I do about it?
http://www.rdpslides.com/pptfaq/FAQ00062.htm


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Michael Koerner [MS PPT MVP]

We are creating a presentation which will be copied onto cd and
distributed
to individual viewers.

Does it seem odd that a presentation with 50 slides, narration, photos
and
animation would be 250 mb's? What is the capacity of power point?

Regarding narration, we embedded directly using a mike. Sound quality
is
poor - too much pop. We are considering recording in studio onto cd.
To
insert sound from cd - do we need to record narration for each slide
individually and them imbed - or can we record a continuous narration
and
imbed segments into slides.

Thank you

 

[Guest]

In my own experience, recording sound and layering it as a WAV file into a
PPT is a great way to make the PPT eat your hard drive space!

The higher quality audio the larger the file will become and that also
applies to the audio file type. For example, a stereo music track, 44KHz,
16bit WAV I use is 13MB whereas the same track as 20KHz 16bit Mono WMA format
is a mere 170KB

What a staggering difference and the audible difference to the run of the
mill laptop PC is negligible - its pretty good quality!

Suggestions from me would be:

- Save all audio in WMA format
- Save in mono (unless you NEED stereo)
- Think about the eqpt the recipeint will use to listen on. Will they need
CD quality or will, say, 22KHz mono be ok?
- Use a good voice Mic, such as a Shure SM57 or 58 into a good quality sound
card (or even a Mic pre-amp such as a Behringer Tube Amp to get a good, warm
quality to the recording.

Just my experiences -

Chris

Glad we could assist.

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Michael Koerner [MS PPT MVP]

Thanks Michael - the info in there substantiates some of our theories on
what
happened to our original file. Cheers.

You might want to start by looking here.
Why are my PowerPoint files so big? What can I do about it?
http://www.rdpslides.com/pptfaq/FAQ00062.htm


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Michael Koerner [MS PPT MVP]


We are creating a presentation which will be copied onto cd and
distributed
to individual viewers.

Does it seem odd that a presentation with 50 slides, narration, photos
and
animation would be 250 mb's? What is the capacity of power point?

Regarding narration, we embedded directly using a mike. Sound quality
is
poor - too much pop. We are considering recording in studio onto cd.
To
insert sound from cd - do we need to record narration for each slide
individually and them imbed - or can we record a continuous narration
and
imbed segments into slides.

Thank you

 

[Steve Rindsberg]

- Use a good voice Mic, such as a Shure SM57 or 58 into a good quality sound
card (or even a Mic pre-amp such as a Behringer Tube Amp to get a good, warm
quality to the recording.

To tag on here:

Out of the three or four laptops I own and have tested extensively, exactly none
seem able to do a decent job of recording via mic, whether the cheapo jobbies
that come with computers or a semi/pro-quality mic.

The problem seems to be in the internal sound card. Cheap. Noisy. Too close
to the processor, too ill-shielded.

For a cheap fix for voice recording, a USB headset works nicely, because the A/D
conversion takes place at the headset end and isn't subject to the wild
electrons and waves stampeding around inside the average laptop.

I ended up getting an M-Audio usb powered mobile pre-amp/sound interface, which
ties in with what you're saying above. The quality difference is nothing short
of miraculous.