Re: Help! urgent - bug in PPT - play CD audio during presentation

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From: Echo S (echo_at_indyUGHSPAM.net)
Date: 11/16/04 

Date: Tue, 16 Nov 2004 14:45:05 -0500

Is this part of the original question, which is about how to create a "mixed
mode" audio and data CD?

If so, just forget trying to play the CD audio track in the PPT presentation
and instead rip the audio to MP3 and work with that. 

-- 
Echo [MS PPT MVP]
http://www.echosvoice.com
"Anil Philip" <goodnewsforyou@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> Also, I tested that my Windows driver/codec is working by Start | Run |
> mplayer.exe and was able to play the CD audio track.
> However, I cannot play it from the slide show.
> -
> Anil
>
>
> Anil Philip wrote in message ...
> >problems: (PowerPoint97 with service pack update SR-1, Windows 98)
> >
> >Unable to get CD audio track to play during Powerpoint presentation.
> >
> >On slide #1, I tried to have CD audio track #1 play during the slide
show:
> >1. Insert | Movies and Sounds | Play CD Audio track
> >In the Play Options Menu, I set Start time as (say) Track 1 0:10, End
time
> >at (say) Track 1 0:30. Click OK, Immediately the times get reset to 0:00.
> >The widget with the thumbwheel to set the time does not work either,
> >clicking the up arrow does not increase the times.
> >
> >2. To get around the above, I changed the Start time as (say) Track 1
0:00,
> >End time at (say) Track 2 0:00.
> >The CD audio still does not play.
> >To test and keep track of what was happening, I added custom animation to
> >have the CD icon fly from the right with whoosh sound. It does fly in
after
> >an unexplained delay of about 10 seconds and play the whoosh sound
showing
> >the Windows sound is working - however, it still does not play the CD
audio
> >track.
> >
> >Any help will be greatly appreciated!
> >Anil Philip
> >Olathe, KS
> >
> >
> >
>
>

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