Using downloaded music files in presentation

[Guest]

I've downloaded several songs from Napster that I'd like to use in my presentation. I can't seem to insert them by clicking Insert>Movies and Sounds>From file (I get an error that says there isn't any sound in the file) or by clicking Insert>Object>Media Clip and selecting the songs that way. They play fine on my Windows Media Player, and I'm able to insert other Windows Media Audio files into the presentation, just not the ones from Napster

Any ideas

Thanks
Lisa

 

[Sonia]

You may not have the needed codec, or your MCI settings may have been
tampered with. Read through the information at
http://www.soniacoleman.com/Tutorials/PowerPoint/multimedia.htm and then
test the file in the MCI player (instructions for your version of Windows
can be found in that tutorial).
--
Sonia, MS PowerPoint MVP Team
Autorun CD software, templates, and tutorials
http://www.soniacoleman.com/

I've downloaded several songs from Napster that I'd like to use in my

presentation. I can't seem to insert them by clicking Insert>Movies and
Sounds>From file (I get an error that says there isn't any sound in the
file) or by clicking Insert>Object>Media Clip and selecting the songs that
way. They play fine on my Windows Media Player, and I'm able to insert
other Windows Media Audio files into the presentation, just not the ones
from Napster.

 

[Guest]

Sonia,

Thanks for pointing me to the tutorial. I checked the MCI settings and the codecs and they look OK. I'm running XP and I don't have a mplayer.exe or mplay32.exe file on my computer. I found wmplayer.exe, but that is the Windows Media Player.

When I tried burning the wma files to a CD and then inserting them into different places in the presentation, the music played, but I had a different problem. I tried to set it so that when I began one song by clicking the icon, it would loop *that song* until I stopped with another mouse click (the other songs are inserted at different points in the presentation). However, after I set it to "loop" if I let it go, it would play the next songs, not repeat the track I had selected.

I also tried the hyperlink and that worked to play the song from the computer (not the CD), but I couldn't loop it without the WM player screen coming back up and I'd really rather not do that.

Any more advice?

Thanks,
Lisa

----- Sonia wrote: -----

You may not have the needed codec, or your MCI settings may have been
tampered with. Read through the information at
http://www.soniacoleman.com/Tutorials/PowerPoint/multimedia.htm and then
test the file in the MCI player (instructions for your version of Windows
can be found in that tutorial).
--
Sonia, MS PowerPoint MVP Team
Autorun CD software, templates, and tutorials
http://www.soniacoleman.com/

I've downloaded several songs from Napster that I'd like to use in my

presentation. I can't seem to insert them by clicking Insert>Movies and
Sounds>From file (I get an error that says there isn't any sound in the
file) or by clicking Insert>Object>Media Clip and selecting the songs that
way. They play fine on my Windows Media Player, and I'm able to insert
other Windows Media Audio files into the presentation, just not the ones
from Napster.

 

[Sonia]

You do have mplay32.exe if you are running Windows XP. Check your
C:\WINDOWS\system32 folder. Or just go to Start > Run and type mplay32.exe.

What version of Windows Media Player do you have and what version of
DirectX? Go to Start > Run and type dxdiag to find out the latter.

Will this presentation only be run on your system, or do you plan to
distribute it to other systems?

Sonia,

Thanks for pointing me to the tutorial. I checked the MCI settings and

the codecs and they look OK. I'm running XP and I don't have a mplayer.exe
or mplay32.exe file on my computer. I found wmplayer.exe, but that is the
Windows Media Player.

When I tried burning the wma files to a CD and then inserting them into

different places in the presentation, the music played, but I had a
different problem. I tried to set it so that when I began one song by
clicking the icon, it would loop *that song* until I stopped with another
mouse click (the other songs are inserted at different points in the
presentation). However, after I set it to "loop" if I let it go, it would
play the next songs, not repeat the track I had selected.

I also tried the hyperlink and that worked to play the song from the

computer (not the CD), but I couldn't loop it without the WM player screen
coming back up and I'd really rather not do that.

 

[Sonia]

If the MCI media player (mplay32.exe) won't play the WMA file, then
PowerPoint won't either. I would check those MCI settings again. You also
might need to convert the file to another format (e.g., MP3) if you can't
get it to play as a WMA.
You can find converters with google.com if you search "convert WMA to MP3",
without the quotes.

Sonia,

Ok, I got the Media Player up and it *won't* play the wma file I

downloaded from Napster. The error box says, "A problem occurred in
initializing MCI." But from the CD, where I burned the same file, it does
play with the Media Player.

My windows Media Player is version 9.00.00.3075.

My DirectX version is 9.0b (4.09.0000.0902).

For now, it will only be run on my computer, but I may use it on another computer in the future.

Thanks for your help,
Lisa

You do have mplay32.exe if you are running Windows XP. Check your
C:\WINDOWS\system32 folder. Or just go to Start > Run and type mplay32.exe.

What version of Windows Media Player do you have and what version of
DirectX? Go to Start > Run and type dxdiag to find out the latter.

Will this presentation only be run on your system, or do you plan to
distribute it to other systems?

settings and
the codecs and they look OK. I'm running XP and I don't have a mplayer.exe
or mplay32.exe file on my computer. I found wmplayer.exe, but that is the
Windows Media Player. into
different places in the presentation, the music played, but I had a
different problem. I tried to set it so that when I began one song by
clicking the icon, it would loop *that song* until I stopped with another
mouse click (the other songs are inserted at different points in the
presentation). However, after I set it to "loop" if I let it go, it would
play the next songs, not repeat the track I had selected. the
computer (not the CD), but I couldn't loop it without the WM player screen
coming back up and I'd really rather not do that.

http://www.soniacoleman.com/Tutorials/PowerPoint/multimedia.htm and

 

[Guest]

Thanks, I'll try that.

This is the response I got from Napster

"Napster (and most legal online music sources) uses secured wma files as a medium for their content. Some software applications do not yet support this format. Please check with the manufacturer of your software to be sure it is compliant with secured wma files. This file type is supported by both the Napster, as well as Windows Media Player.

 

[Sonia]

Thanks, Lisa. I'll bet that's it. This will be useful to others.

Thanks, I'll try that.

This is the response I got from Napster:

"Napster (and most legal online music sources) uses secured wma files as a

medium for their content. Some software applications do not yet support
this format. Please check with the manufacturer of your software to be sure
it is compliant with secured wma files. This file type is supported by both
the Napster, as well as Windows Media Player."