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MS Office Forum / General PowerPoint Questions / September 2007Problem inserting music
I am using Powerpoint 2002 both at home and work. On my computer at home, I am unable to insert music. I have done this before, but don't know what is wrong. The procedure I am using is: Insert > Movies & Sounds > Sound From File Then I choose the file (song) I want to insert. However, I am getting the following error: Powerpoint couldn't insert a sound from the select file However, when I took the files to work and repeated the same steps, I was able to insert the music into the powerpoint. Interestingly, when I got back home and ran the powerpoint (with music inserted), the music would not play. Is there some "switch" or something that I need to enable/disable? Any other suggestions? Thanks, Les Which format is the sound file? Only wav files get inserted into presentations depending on the max filesize (50000kb max) set. If other than a wav file, when you took the PowerPoint presentation home, did you also take along the music file?  SignatureMichael Koerner MS MVP - PowerPoint >I am using Powerpoint 2002 both at home and work. > [quoted text clipped - 19 lines] > Thanks, > Les The files were on a memory stick when they were executed at work. At home, I copied the entire folder (muisc & presentation in same folder) on the the C:' drive. The format for the music is mp3, which I have used in powerpoint presentations before. Les > Which format is the sound file? Only wav files get inserted into > presentations depending on the max filesize (50000kb max) set. If other than [quoted text clipped - 24 lines] > > Thanks, > > Les Not a good place to run a presentation form. Make sure you have the music in the same folder as the presentation before you insert it. try that and see what happens. SignatureMichael Koerner MS MVP - PowerPoint > The files were on a memory stick when they were executed at work. At > home, I [quoted text clipped - 39 lines] >> > Thanks, >> > Les All files were in the same folder. The ONLY time the presentation executed correctly was when I inserted the music file into the presentation while on the memory stick at work. Nothing else has worked. I have placed the folder in DESKTOP and another location "buried" as subdirectory on hard drive. I really do not know why I cannot insert the music and execute the presentation. If you come up with any other suggestions. Thanks again, Les > Not a good place to run a presentation form. Make sure you have the music in > the same folder as the presentation before you insert it. try that and see [quoted text clipped - 43 lines] > >> > Thanks, > >> > Les > The files were on a memory stick when they were executed at work. At home, I > copied the entire folder (muisc & presentation in same folder) on the the C:' > drive. While I agree with Michael that working from a memory stick is a good way to get PPT to bite you, it may be a red herring. The real question is this: Were the sound files AND the PPT files ALL in the same folder AT THE TIME you inserted the sound file? If not, that's at least one reason why it's not working on other PCs. > The format for the music is mp3, which I have used in powerpoint > presentations before. MP3 files will always be linked, not embedded (unless you use something called CDEX to modify them). And this explains at least some of the many reasons links might break: Sounds/Movies don't play, images disappear or links break when I move or email a presentation http://www.pptfaq.com/FAQ00155.htm ----------------------------------------- Steve Rindsberg, PPT MVP PPT FAQ: www.pptfaq.com PPTools: www.pptools.com ================================================ Hi. If you're trying to embed a .wav file and it's not playing in Powerpoint, your filename may be too long. Shorten the name and it might play. I recently had a problem with this using Powerpoint 2003. Easy fix to a maddening problem. EggHeadCafe - .NET Developer Portal of Choice http://www.eggheadcafe.com Try moving the sound file at home into a folder that is less buried in the file structure. Ideally something like C:\ppts but usually tyhe desktop is fine. Put the Powerpoint in that folder too and insert again. When you move computers take the whole folder. There's a lot more on sounds on our tutorial pages here: http://www.PPTAlchemy.co.uk http://www.technologytrish.co.uk email john AT technologytrish.co.uk > I am using Powerpoint 2002 both at home and work. > [quoted text clipped - 17 lines] > Thanks, > Les I copied the entire folder to DESKTOP. I noticed that the sound icon referenced the song on the memory stick (G:\). So I deleted the current music entry and tried to insert using the music from the new locate C:\Desktop. I got that same error again. I did not save it and the original presentation is still saved on the memory stick, which is what I may have to use to run the presentation if I cannot get this thing working off the hard drive. Les > Try moving the sound file at home into a folder that is less buried in the > file structure. Ideally something like C:\ppts but usually tyhe desktop is [quoted text clipped - 28 lines] > > Thanks, > > Les Did you put the file in the same folder as the presentation BEFORE you inserted the music? SignatureAmazing PPT Hints, Tips and Tutorials- http://www.PPTAlchemy.co.uk http://www.technologytrish.co.uk email john AT technologytrish.co.uk > I copied the entire folder to DESKTOP. I noticed that the sound icon > referenced the song on the memory stick (G:\). So I deleted the current [quoted text clipped - 38 lines] > > > Thanks, > > > Les All files were in the same folder. The ONLY time the presentation executed correctly was when I inserted the music file into the presentation while on the memory stick at work. Nothing else has worked. I have placed the folder in DESKTOP and another location "buried" as subdirectory on hard drive. I really do not know why I cannot insert the music and execute the presentation. If you come up with any other suggestions. Thanks again, Les > Did you put the file in the same folder as the presentation BEFORE you > inserted the music? [quoted text clipped - 41 lines] > > > > Thanks, > > > > Les
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