Powerpoint 2007 linking sounds

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Martin - 24 Feb 2007 16:39 GMT

When trying to add a linked piece of music, in MP3 format, PPT 2007 does not
play sound in many cases. If the MP3 file is taken from it's source folder it
usually plays fine, but if it is copied and placed in the same folder as the
PPt file, it fails to play (with sound, though the track appears to be
playing silently!).

I do not wish to add WAV files due to the size, any suggestions on this
would be very welcome.

Thanks.

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Ute Simon - 24 Feb 2007 17:06 GMT

> When trying to add a linked piece of music, in MP3 format, PPT 2007 does
> not
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> PPt file, it fails to play (with sound, though the track appears to be
> playing silently!).

Please check the path length, pathname plus filename should not be longer
than 128 characters. If presentation and linked sound are already in the
same folder, move them both to C:\Test (or another folder with a short name)
and try again.

Best regards,
Ute

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Steve Rindsberg - 24 Feb 2007 17:33 GMT

> When trying to add a linked piece of music, in MP3 format, PPT 2007 does not
> play sound in many cases. If the MP3 file is taken from it's source folder it
> usually plays fine, but if it is copied and placed in the same folder as the
> PPt file, it fails to play (with sound, though the track appears to be
> playing silently!).

It's hard to say from this what you've done exactly but the rule of thumb is:

Save your presentation at least once.
Put your sound files in the same folder as the presentation.
THEN (and only then) add the sounds to the presentation.

If you add the sounds from another folder, the link will include the path to tha
folder and if the sounds are anywhere else, or if that folder doesn't exist on
another PC, they won't work.

Moving the sounds to the same folder as the presentation later won't work.

The free demo of our PPTools FixLinks addin will give you a report on where your
links point. http://www.pptools.com/fixlinks/

The paid version will repair the links, but with the report and bit of manual
fixit, you can get the job done pretty easily for free.

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manders242 - 16 Feb 2008 02:55 GMT

I am having this exact same problem. I have my sound files in the same folder
as my powerpoint, but they won't play when I link to them. Did you ever
figure out a solution or did you give up and convert everything to WAV files?

> When trying to add a linked piece of music, in MP3 format, PPT 2007 does not
> play sound in many cases. If the MP3 file is taken from it's source folder it
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>
> Thanks.

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