Re: Help- Audio files won't play in PPT any more

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From: Glenn (glennkennedy99_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 05/12/04 

Date: Tue, 11 May 2004 20:00:06 -0700

Geetesh:

After some trial and error, you were right. My path names
wree too long which caused the problem of the audio not
playing. I found that a pathname of 118 characters long
end-to-end still worked, but another pathname of 123
characters long did not. Therefore the limit is likely
close to 120 characters.

Shame on me for my messy folder hierarchy. I have since
cleaned it up, and the wma & mp3 files are playing just
fine in my slide shows!

A huge thanks for your suggestions and patience.

Regards .. Glenn

>-----Original Message-----
>Thank you for getting back - do let us know if this
worked for you or not.
>
>
>--
>Geetesh Bajaj, Microsoft PowerPoint MVP
>http://www.indezine.com
>
>Texture Triumph
>http://www.powerpointed.com/001100/012/
>
>
>
>"Glenn" <glennkennedy99@hotmail.com> wrote in message
>news:b4f101c4375c$a5d5d5f0$a301280a@phx.gbl...
>> Geetesh:
>>
>> I think you're on to something. The wma filename that
>> will play in PPT slide show is only 3 characters long.
>> The others are longer and won't work.
>>
>> The peer-to-peer mp3's that work in PPT slide show are
in
>> a different folder hierarchy with shorter names, so the
>> full path name is much shorter.
>>
>> I will test this tonight and let you know what I find.
I
>> suspect there is a maximum character count for the path
>> name which I have been exceeding.
>>
>> Many thanks .. Glenn
>>
>> >-----Original Message-----
>> >For all practical purposes any file that plays well in
>> Media Player
>> >(mplay32.exe) should work within PowerPoint unless
you've
>> run into another
>> >problem area: link file path lengths. Look here for
more
>> info:
>> >
>> >Lost hyperlinks, hyperlinks link to wrong place,
>> hyperlinks stop working -
>> >http://snipurl.com/linkproblems
>> >
>> >
>> >--
>> >Geetesh Bajaj, Microsoft PowerPoint MVP
>> >http://www.indezine.com
>> >
>> >Texture Triumph
>> >http://www.powerpointed.com/001100/012/
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >"Glenn" <glennkennedy99@hotmail.com> wrote in message
>> >news:b1f701c43707$1ffbf040$a101280a@phx.gbl...
>> >> Geetesh:
>> >>
>> >> Media Player correctly plays my wma & mp3 files that
>> won't
>> >> play in PPT slide show.
>> >>
>> >> Very bizarre, but I have one wma file that I ripped
>> which
>> >> plays properly during PPT slide shows, yet all other
wma
>> >> tracks from the very same CD that were all ripped at
the
>> >> same time (using WMP 9) do not work in PPT slide
shows.
>> >>
>> >> Also, I tried a couple of mp3's from Kazaa and they
work
>> >> properly in PPT slide shows too.
>> >>
>> >> I'm stumped.
>> >>
>> >> Thx .. Glenn
>> >>
>> >> >-----Original Message-----
>> >> >All versions of Windows (including PowerPoint 2003
to a
>> >> large extent) use
>> >> >MCI - MCI basically is the player technology before
>> >> Windows Media Player,
>> >> >known as just Media Player.
>> >> >
>> >> >To launch Media Player, go to Start Menu | Run and
type
>> >> mplay32 (in Windows
>> >> >XP) - this will bring up the old Media Player which
>> >> PowerPoint uses to play
>> >> >media elements. You'll want to check if all your MP3
>> and
>> >> WMA files work with
>> >> >this player.
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> >--
>> >> >Geetesh Bajaj, Microsoft PowerPoint MVP
>> >> >http://www.indezine.com
>> >> >
>> >> >Texture Triumph
>> >> >http://www.powerpointed.com/001100/012/
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> >"Glenn" <glennkennedy99@hotmail.com> wrote in
message
>> >> >news:aed501c436ff$4bcfb380$a401280a@phx.gbl...
>> >> >> Geetesh:
>> >> >>
>> >> >> Thanks for the follow up.
>> >> >>
>> >> >> Yes, all my wma & mp3 files play properly with
>> Windows
>> >> >> Media Player. After my wma files did not play in
PPT
>> >> >> slide shows, I "reripped" the CD's directly to mp3
>> >> format
>> >> >> but I got the same result. No error messages,
just
>> >> muted
>> >> >> audio.
>> >> >>
>> >> >> I am not familiar with "MCI settings" but I will
>> search
>> >> >> for info on how to check them and how to change
>> them, if
>> >> >> possible.
>> >> >>
>> >> >> Any further suggestions are appreciated.
>> >> >>
>> >> >> Thanks .. Glenn
>> >> >>
>> >> >> >-----Original Message-----
>> >> >> >Do those audio files play on other systems?
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> >And maybe you need to check if your MCI settings
>> have
>> >> >> been changed:
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> >http://snipurl.com/ppmultimedia/
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> >--
>> >> >> >Geetesh Bajaj, Microsoft PowerPoint MVP
>> >> >> >http://www.indezine.com
>> >> >> >http://www.powerpointed.com
>> >> >> >The PowerPoint Blog at
http://www.indezine.com/blog/
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> >"Glenn" <glennkennedy99@hotmail.com> wrote in
>> message
>> >> >> >news:0f5401c43580$1f57f2c0$3a01280a@phx.gbl...
>> >> >> >> When I go to "Insert", then "Movies & Sounds",
>> >> >> then "Sound
>> >> >> >> from file" and select either an mp3 or wma
file,
>> only
>> >> >> >> about 25% of these files will play in my slide
>> show
>> >> now.
>> >> >> >> For the rest, the slide show just stays quiet.
>> >> >> >>
>> >> >> >> Prior to updating Windows for Sasser virus last
>> week,
>> >> >> >> about 90% of audio files would play in my slide
>> show.
>> >> >> >>
>> >> >> >> I have tried deleting and redownloading the
audio
>> >> files,
>> >> >> >> but still they won't play.
>> >> >> >>
>> >> >> >> What might I be doing wrong?
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> >.
>> >> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> >.
>> >> >
>> >
>> >
>> >.
>> >
>
>
>.
>

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