Re: Missing Codec?

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Michael:

Within Media Player, Tools, Options, File Types, .mp3 is one of the file
types checked to use WMP as the default player. I'm not aware of a setting
inside PowerPoint 2007. There may be one there that I can't find, so please
let me know.

I created a new PowerPoint show as a test and when I insert an .mp3 I get
the same error message as stated earlier......"MCI Error-The
specified file can not be played on the specified MCI device. The file may
be corrupt, not in the correct format, or no FIL".

I HAVE tried reinserting in existing shows with no change.

I'm not a PowerPoint expert for sure, but I've been working with it for
seven or eight years and am really stumped on this one.



"Michael Koerner" <iamnot@xxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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If you have Real Player on your system it might be that the mp3 files in
your presentation got associated with Real Player. I would make sure that
the file association for mp3 files is Windows Media Player and go as far
as
re inserting them into your presentation

--
Michael Koerner
MS MVP - PowerPoint


"perihelio" <pinger@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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My mistake. I "read" Media Player and "thought." Realplayer. Ok, I
uninstalled Windows Media Player and reloaded Windows Media Player 11 for
XP
but still have the same problem. It is: the .mp3 files within any of my
existing .ppt files do not play (.wav files do play). The files play when
they are opened from within the show directories or in the general
computer
environment, outside of the PowerPoint program. When I try to "preview"
the
sound file inside a show I get the following dropdown....."MCI Error-The
specified file can not be played on the specified MCI device. The file
may
be corrupt, not in the correct format, or no FIL".
Thank you.
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"Michael Koerner" <iamnot@xxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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You need to do as John suggested, and reinstall Windows Media Player.
Make
sure that the default program for playing MP3 files is Windows Media
Player
and not Realplayer.

--
Michael Koerner
MS MVP - PowerPoint


"perihelio" <pinger@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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John: Thanks for the reply.

No joy on the below process. I uninstalled Realplayer and reinstalled
it.
As before the .mp3 files do not play in PowerPoint (they did at time of
creation)...no sound files have been moved to new directories...the
.mp3's
play fine outside of the PP environment...and the .wav files within the
presentation, where they exist....play fine in the shows. Oh, I tried
deleting and reinstalling an .mp3 file or two with no change.
Do you have any other thoughts?

Thanks.


"John Wilson" <john AT technologytrish.co DOT uk> wrote in message
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> Did you install a sound or video player / editor that may have changed
the
> file associations?
>
> I would reinstall Windows Media Player and see if that fixes things.
>
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> "perihelio" wrote:
>
>> Hi-
>>
>> Happy Thanksgiving.
>>
>> I've just discovered that .mp3 files in any of my .ppt files on my
>> machine
>> no longer play. The sound files have not been moved. I would think
that
>> maybe my machine lost the codec that allows the music files to run.
>> Any thoughts? Running Windows XP Home.
>>
>> Thanks.
>>
>>
>> .
>>





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