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MS Office Forum / General PowerPoint Questions / November 2006Why won't PPT play an WMA file?
I have been trying for THREE DAYS now, to install a WMA file into my PPT presentation. (Note: Windows Meda Player 10, Windows XP, Powerpoint 2003) While several other WMA files work beautifully in the presentation, the particular song that I want will NOT play. I've looked at the file properties of "A Charlie Brown Christmas" (which won't play) as opposed to other WMA files on my computer that DO play, and I don't see any difference! I've tried saving the presentation and the song to "Package for CD", and get the error message that Powerpoint is "Unable to Process the Linked file ...yada Charlie Brown Christmas". What's WITH this file? Why won't this blasted song play?? Probably it has DRM protection but maybe its buried deeper in your folder hierachy and the path length is too long. Powerpoint wont play DRM protected files.  SignatureDid that answer the question / help? ___________________ John Wilson Microsoft Certified Office Specialist http://www.technologytrish.co.uk/ppttipshome.html email john AT technologytrish.co.uk > I have been trying for THREE DAYS now, to install a WMA file into my PPT > presentation. (Note: Windows Meda Player 10, Windows XP, Powerpoint 2003) [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > ...yada Charlie Brown Christmas". What's WITH this file? Why won't this > blasted song play?? Where did the file come from? I suspect it has DRM (digital rights management) and if so PowerPoint will not allow it to be used. (PowerPoint is a distribution vehicle and it won't allow you to distribute copyrighted works.) Austin Myers MS PowerPoint MVP Team Provider of PFCMedia, PFCPro, PFCExpress http://www.pfcmedia.com >I have been trying for THREE DAYS now, to install a WMA file into my PPT > presentation. (Note: Windows Meda Player 10, Windows XP, Powerpoint 2003) [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > ...yada Charlie Brown Christmas". What's WITH this file? Why won't this > blasted song play?? " Protected: No ". Does that mean DRM isn't an issue? Also checked the CD itself. 1998 Copyright. I don't think DRM is it. > Where did the file come from? I suspect it has DRM (digital rights > management) and if so PowerPoint will not allow it to be used. (PowerPoint [quoted text clipped - 21 lines] > > ...yada Charlie Brown Christmas". What's WITH this file? Why won't this > > blasted song play?? Out of interest could I see the WMA file? email john AT technologytrish.co.uk SignatureDid that answer the question / help? ___________________ John Wilson Microsoft Certified Office Specialist http://www.technologytrish.co.uk/ppttipshome.html > " Protected: No ". Does that mean DRM isn't an issue? Also checked the CD > itself. 1998 Copyright. I don't think DRM is it. [quoted text clipped - 24 lines] > > > ...yada Charlie Brown Christmas". What's WITH this file? Why won't this > > > blasted song play?? >" Protected: No ". Does that mean DRM isn't an issue? Also checked the CD > itself. 1998 Copyright. I don't think DRM is it. How did you get the content from the CD? If you "ripped" it with Windows Media Player it put a DRM wrapper around it. You have to understand there are several levels to DRM in Windows Media. It may well report "Protected No" but all that really means is you can play it on your PC with Widows Media Player or another registered device in your home. Not to be the copyright nanny here but if this is a commercial CD with a copyright notice, you need to contact the copyright holder and gain their permission to use it. After all, do you want people ripping off your work??? Austin Myers MS PowerPoint MVP Team Provider of PFCMedia, PFCPro, PFCExpress http://www.pfcmedia.com If I was incorporating the music into a presentation created for a business purpose, I could see your point. But the Boston Pops incorporated into a family Christmas card? Pah. They'll survive. If someone used a song that I had written for THAT, I'd be flattered. > >" Protected: No ". Does that mean DRM isn't an issue? Also checked the CD > > itself. 1998 Copyright. I don't think DRM is it. [quoted text clipped - 15 lines] > Provider of PFCMedia, PFCPro, PFCExpress > http://www.pfcmedia.com > If I was incorporating the music into a presentation created for a > business > purpose, I could see your point. But the Boston Pops incorporated into a > family Christmas card? Pah. They'll survive. If someone used a song that I > had written for THAT, I'd be flattered. Ok. > If I was incorporating the music into a presentation created for a business > purpose, I could see your point. But the Boston Pops incorporated into a > family Christmas card? Pah. They'll survive. If someone used a song that I > had written for THAT, I'd be flattered. It's a bit like driving way over the speed limit on an empty highway late at night after the only state trooper on the beat has just gone by in the opposite direction. You're not likely to get caught at it. It's still not legal. Your call. >> If I was incorporating the music into a presentation created for a >> business >> purpose, I could see your point. But the Boston Pops incorporated into a >> family Christmas card? Pah. They'll survive. If someone used a song that >> I >> had written for THAT, I'd be flattered. > You're not likely to get caught at it. > It's still not legal. You know, it occurs to me that the publisher went to the trouble to label the CD as "Copyrighted" for some reason? Now, I wonder what that reason could possibly be??? > >> If I was incorporating the music into a presentation created for a > >> business [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > the CD as "Copyrighted" for some reason? Now, I wonder what that reason > could possibly be??? So you think that speed limit sign applies to US???? ----------------------------------------- Steve Rindsberg, PPT MVP PPT FAQ: www.pptfaq.com PPTools: www.pptools.com ================================================ Actually, it's more like doing 70 in a 65 mph on a beautiful, clear day with nobody around for miles. And that trooper's got way bigger fish to fry than me. A little tired of morality lectures, thanks. You guys can cease and desist now. I'll figure something out. > > If I was incorporating the music into a presentation created for a business > > purpose, I could see your point. But the Boston Pops incorporated into a [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > > Your call. I like morality lectures, so I'll keep this alive with a new twist. DRM is something that throws the baby out with the bathwater. It can be a good thing, but it also prevents many perfectly legal uses of music. I am not a lawyer, so I don't know if your particular use falls under Fair Use. The problem with DRM is that it not only limits people's ability to drive 85 in a 65 zone (anyone driving more than that has ways to get around it); it prevents people from driving 70 in a 65 zone; and it actually prevents people from driving 65 in a 65 zone while allowing everyone to drive 60. There are lots of perfectly legal uses of copyrighted material that fall under fair use but are prevented by DRM (although many of those are now illegal because the Digital Millenium Copyright Act prevents getting around DRM even if the use would have otherwise been legal). --David SignatureDavid M. Marcovitz Microsoft PowerPoint MVP Director of Graduate Programs in Educational Technology Loyola College in Maryland Author of _Powerful PowerPoint for Educators_ http://www.PowerfulPowerPoint.com/ > Actually, it's more like doing 70 in a 65 mph on a beautiful, clear > day with nobody around for miles. And that trooper's got way bigger [quoted text clipped - 19 lines] >> >> Your call. |
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