Re: Music stops playing in PowerPoint 2003 slideshow

My only excuse about typing C:\\ must have been a "senior moment." I guess I
was "thinking" I was typing an URL.

I have not had the opportunity to test the slideshow CD, but hope to today
or tomorrow. If the test CD runs okay, I will check the "Yes, the post
answered my question."

Deloresw

"Michael Koerner" wrote:

Not really, because your burning all the files from Alec0707, and none of
the folders to the root of the CD, and file paths are not used. The only
thing I see out of the ordinary is the C:\\.

--
Michael Koerner
MS MVP - PowerPoint


"Deloresw" <Deloresw@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Thanks for the suggestion!

There is not a play.bat file in the list. I did a search for it, but
nothing
was found. I had created a folder C:\\AlecH and when I packaged the
slideshow
named AlecNew.pps, it created a subfolder called Alec0707--the name I
assigned to the package and selected copy to file so now the path is
C:\\AlecH\Alec0707, which contains all of the information for the CD.
Could
the longer file name be the problem?

Deloresw

"Michael Koerner" wrote:

I have a folder on my C: drive called "tocd" without the quotes I created
this when I created my first copy to CD program. Now all I have to do is
copy any presentation to the folder, make the name change in the playlst
file and burn to a CD. Does not matter what your folder is called, as you
don't copy the folder to the CD. Everything goes into the root directory
of
your CD .

--
Michael Koerner
MS MVP - PowerPoint


"Deloresw" <Deloresw@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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One more question--When I package the PowerPoint slideshow, I always
type
in
a different name for the CD or file than the name of my PP slideshow.
Is
this
the correct thing to do or am I supposed to use the same name as my PP
slideshow?

I have been curious where the CD or file name goes to. My actual PP
slideshow file name always appears in the list on the CD, but I have
never
seen anything about the name I assigned to the packaging. I hope this
makes
sense.
Deloresw

"Echo S" wrote:

I think that should work. Maybe Michael will spot something, though --
he's
better with the autorun thing than I am!

What's in your playlist.txt file?

I'm wondering if it's just that autorun has been turned off on the
computer
in question.

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"Deloresw" <Deloresw@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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The autorun.ini says open=pptview.exe /L "playlist.txt"
The options for package the CD are:
Include these files
PP Viewer
Play all presentations automatically in the specified order
Linked files has check mark

"Echo S" wrote:

What Michael asked -- what does the autorun.ini say? (You can open
it
in
Notepad or Wordpad.)

Or, when you go to File | Package for CD and choose Options, which
option
are you choosing for "select how presentations will play in the
viewer"?

--
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"Deloresw" <Deloresw@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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I'm back!! I really appreciate all of the time you spent helping
me,
but
when
I changed the effect options to "Stop playing after 999 slides,"
the
songs
only played one time each. I changed the timing to repeat until
end
of
slide,
but this caused the songs to overlap. I then changed the timing
to
first
song, (none) and second song to play 3 times, etc. The songs
still
would
only
play one time each.

I reverted back to my original settings for the effect options,
e.g.,
first
song, stop after 23 slides, timing; play to end of slide; second
song,
stop
after 39 slides, etc. Now, I am back in business except for the
same
problem
of autorun not working properly on my computer. The autorun and
PP
viewer,
as
always, are listed on the CD, but I still have to click on the PP
file
and
select from the dropdown menu for Microsoft PowerPoint to run the
slideshow.
I can live with this as long as everything else works on the XP
computers,
but if you have anymore suggestions for me to try I would more
than
welcome
them.

Again, I thank all of you for your time and help! I hope my
experience
helps
someone else.

Deloresw



"Deloresw" wrote:

Thank you so much for your help! I will try not to cry too much
if
something
does not work! I have had fun making the slideshows, but the
small
glitches
were about to get me down.

Deloresw

"Echo S" wrote:

Well, I'm glad I could make you laugh, anyway!

But now I might make you cry. :-(

Using the "stop playing after 999 slides" won't keep you from
having
to
make
timing adjustments to the slide transitions. But it should
ensure
that
the
songs play all the way through and not stop unexpectedly
partway
through the
song. I would not try to use a "stop after XX slides" and put
the
real
number of slides in there. It just doesn't seem to work right
for
some
strange reason.

However, you should be aware that timing is not PowerPoint's
strong
suit.
You're not going to get extremely accurate timing with PPT. My
favorite
way
to explain it is, if you're playing the Star Spangled Banner
and
you
want
the fireworks animation to happen when the song says "and the
rockets'
red
glare," well, it ain't gonna happen. PPT just isn't going to
be
that
precise.

So, you will probably be better off just putting 3-, 4-, and
5-second
automatic transitions on each slide and trying to get within a
few
seconds
of the total sound length.

Or, what I might do is use a sound editor and combine all the
MP3s
into
one
sound file, insert that on the first slide and set it to stop
playing
after
999 slides, and then just set the transition times (3, 4, 5
seconds
or
so)
for all the slides.

Audacity is a good free sound editor.
http://audacity.sourceforge.net/
You
must download and install the LAME MP3 encoder as well, but
there
are
links
to it on that site. Just click "Download Audacity 1.2.6" to
get
to
it.

As for putting the MP3 into the folder with the presentation
before
inserting it, yes, it's a good habit to get into. But it's not
really
necessary since you're using Package for CD. The PfCD process
actually
creates a new folder and puts the presentation and the MP3s in
the
same
folder -- and it fixes up all the links. So you don't have to
worry
so
much
about starting with the MP3 in the same folder as the
presentation.
It
may
make your life easier, though, and, as I mentioned, it really
is
a
good
habit to get into.

Go here http://www.echosvoice.com/autoruncd2.htm and scroll
down
a
little
way, and you can see a screeenshot of the files inside a
package
for
CD
folder. You'll have autorun.INF, gdiplus.dll, pptview.exe and
a
bunch
of
other files. You'll also see your presentation file and your
MP3s.
(The
linked audio in the screenshot is a WMA file, Beethoven's
Symphony....)
Burn
all those files to the CD. Don't burn the *folder.* Windows
looks
for
the
autorun.INF file, or sometimes the play.BAT file, to start the
CD
automatically. If that file is inside a folder, Windows can't
see
it
on
.

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