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MS Office Forum / General PowerPoint Questions / March 2008WAV or MP3 Sound Files Won't Play In PPT 2007
I've been inserting wav and mp3 sound files which I have saved in the same folder as my presentation but they won't play. I have set the file size to 50,000 kbs, and have tried every other suggestion on this discussion group site. I must say that I have been successful in getting a few wav files to play, but these were just practice files and not the ones I need for my presentation. I'm willing to do whatever it takes to get this project completed, but after 15 hours of frustrating attempts to make these sound files work, I really need help. Just for reference, here's the name of one of the sound files I'm trying to insert: "Z:\_1 1 1 2 RUSTY\___1 RUSTY'S PUBLIC TALKS\Carson City Historical Society\Favorite Forms of Entertainment During Glory Years of the Carson Mint\PowerPoint\02 - We Sail The Ocean Blue from H.M.S. Pinafore.wav" Thanks, Rusty I would start by creating a folder with a much shorter path, add the sound and presentation files and re insert the sounds.  SignatureAmazing PPT Hints, Tips and Tutorials http://www.PPTAlchemy.co.uk http://www.technologytrish.co.uk email john AT technologytrish.co.uk > I've been inserting wav and mp3 sound files which I have saved in the same > folder as my presentation but they won't play. I have set the file size to [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] > > Rusty Apparently SIZE does matter. I renamed the sound files, reducing the characters by 80%, saved them in new folder with a shorter name, and presto-change-o they now play in PPT. Thanks for the tip, Rusty > I would start by creating a folder with a much shorter path, add the sound > and presentation files and re insert the sounds. [quoted text clipped - 19 lines] > > > > Rusty > "Z:\_1 1 1 2 RUSTY\___1 RUSTY'S PUBLIC TALKS\Carson City Historical > Society\Favorite Forms of Entertainment During Glory Years of the Carson > Mint\PowerPoint\02 - We Sail The Ocean Blue from H.M.S. Pinafore.wav" Off hand I would say your path is way too long. (A known issue in PPT.) I suspect that if you create a folder with a shorter path (Example: "C:\mypres") and move the presentation and sound files to it and reinsert the sound files it will work as expected. Austin Myers MS PowerPoint MVP Team Provider of PFCPro, PFCMedia and PFCExpress www.playsforcertain.com Austin, That's definitely the trick (at least in my situation) as I just told John Wilson. I appreciate both of you guys' responses. Rusty > > "Z:\_1 1 1 2 RUSTY\___1 RUSTY'S PUBLIC TALKS\Carson City Historical > > Society\Favorite Forms of Entertainment During Glory Years of the Carson [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > Provider of PFCPro, PFCMedia and PFCExpress > www.playsforcertain.com Glad it's sorted. I believe the path length limit is 128 characters but I would advise using the minimum possible. SignatureAmazing PPT Hints, Tips and Tutorials http://www.PPTAlchemy.co.uk http://www.technologytrish.co.uk email john AT technologytrish.co.uk > Austin, > [quoted text clipped - 19 lines] > > Provider of PFCPro, PFCMedia and PFCExpress > > www.playsforcertain.com
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