How does one embed music into a PowerPoint slide show
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GreenV8S said:
It's just a crazy thought, but have you tried Insert->Movies and Sounds?
Err, yes. This question came from a relative who is following the instructions to the letter but the sound will not play on opening the slide show,
It plays if the sound file is first played in Media Player and then, when the slide show is opened again, all is fine.
GreenV8S said:
It's just a crazy thought, but have you tried Insert->Movies and Sounds?
Yes always worth pointing out the obvious I suppose, but I have done that. I am having a problem with the linked music file when I e-mail the PP show to someone. You can link or embed music files. I have linked it on my computer, through the route you have written down, as it appears PP will only embed wav files - my midi music file which is neat, 'cos it is so small, cannot be embedded but linked. So I e-mail the show with the midi file but it seems that because I have linked it on my computer it just won't play on someone elses. I send the two attachments on the same mail but am having no joy, it must be something to do with the path but I have no way of changing it. (BTW,I also know that I can increase the wav size on the sound options had it been a wav file but I want to link a midi file) ..........I am a desperate Orinoco having spent hours on this .......
Could you put the powerpoint slide in it's own directory on the C:, with all the music you have linked to. Then zip the whol directory up, with the relevant settings to store directory name.
The in your email you can give instructions how to unzip the files, and run the presentation from that directory.
Should be able to find the correct paths etc
Or convert it to a supported file format as GreenV8S said.
The in your email you can give instructions how to unzip the files, and run the presentation from that directory.
Should be able to find the correct paths etc
Or convert it to a supported file format as GreenV8S said.
Hi I have tried putting the midi file and the show in the same folder before linking them but it still puts Orinoco's desktop on the path. I now think that it is not possible to do this having read some more -so I have taken a CD converted some music to wav. Trouble is the wavs are huge files and so I have had to cut the song short using the sound recorder and send it as radio quality so it hisses slightly. It has added quite a bit to the PP show but it's all I can think of to do. Thanks for your help anyway...I can't believe that such a good prog as PP will not allow you to embed midis which are perfect for it. In case you are interested -the following is the best advice I have seen which has ended my hopes
Adding sounds or music to a presentation can be tricky — especially if you plan to present on another computer.
"How do you get music from a CD to play without breaks through an entire PowerPoint presentation? In other words, how do I embed music for a smooth presentation?"
The only way to get music from a CD to play without breaks between the songs is to create a single file (in a format PowerPoint supports, such as *.wav) that's made up of all the songs strung together. However, I can neither sanctify nor condone illegally messing around with a pre-made CD that you purchased legally and lawfully. On the other hand, if it's a homemade CD that you made on your four-track, go for it.
After your music is all wrapped up nicely in a single file, you insert it into your presentation and off you go. Talk about smooooooth.
And this brings up another issue: Let's say that you (not you, Sam, the general public "you"
create a presentation with sound and music on your home computer. Why, then, is there dead silence when you present it on another computer, thereby forcing you to hum the theme to Hawaii Five-O for the last 17 slides? There are a couple of possible answers to this question:
The music is a linked file (instead of an embedded file), and it's linked to a source (such as a piece of music) that lives on your home computer.
The problem with this is that your while your presentation is desperately looking for the music file, the music file is at home on your computer, twiddling its thumbs and waiting for something to do. This is akin to offering to pay for that expensive dinner when you realize your wallet is in your other jacket or purse. While your date might believe that story out of pity, it doesn't solve the problem.
Your file is embedded but it's in a format that PowerPoint doesn't recognize.
When this happens, PowerPoint decides for itself to add the file as a link, not as an embedded object. (Of course it doesn't tell you first, so you spend the next five hours trying all the wrong things and cursing Microsoft. You think we don't hear you?) Sound files need to be in *.wav format to embed them in a presentation. Don't say I never told you.
The size of your embedded files is more than 50 megabytes (MB).
You've embedded the file, so it should have traveled nicely from one computer to the next. But it's a lengthy piece (think Brahms' Tragic Overture, think Pink Floyd'sSheep), thereby forcing PowerPoint to add it as a linked file. The default setting for automatically linking sound files is 100 kilobytes (KB), but you can change it to 50,000 KB (50 MB). However, remember that this will substantially increase the overall size of your presentation, so be aware that it might take some time to open it.
Adding sounds or music to a presentation can be tricky — especially if you plan to present on another computer.
"How do you get music from a CD to play without breaks through an entire PowerPoint presentation? In other words, how do I embed music for a smooth presentation?"
The only way to get music from a CD to play without breaks between the songs is to create a single file (in a format PowerPoint supports, such as *.wav) that's made up of all the songs strung together. However, I can neither sanctify nor condone illegally messing around with a pre-made CD that you purchased legally and lawfully. On the other hand, if it's a homemade CD that you made on your four-track, go for it.
After your music is all wrapped up nicely in a single file, you insert it into your presentation and off you go. Talk about smooooooth.
And this brings up another issue: Let's say that you (not you, Sam, the general public "you"
create a presentation with sound and music on your home computer. Why, then, is there dead silence when you present it on another computer, thereby forcing you to hum the theme to Hawaii Five-O for the last 17 slides? There are a couple of possible answers to this question: The music is a linked file (instead of an embedded file), and it's linked to a source (such as a piece of music) that lives on your home computer.
The problem with this is that your while your presentation is desperately looking for the music file, the music file is at home on your computer, twiddling its thumbs and waiting for something to do. This is akin to offering to pay for that expensive dinner when you realize your wallet is in your other jacket or purse. While your date might believe that story out of pity, it doesn't solve the problem.
Your file is embedded but it's in a format that PowerPoint doesn't recognize.
When this happens, PowerPoint decides for itself to add the file as a link, not as an embedded object. (Of course it doesn't tell you first, so you spend the next five hours trying all the wrong things and cursing Microsoft. You think we don't hear you?) Sound files need to be in *.wav format to embed them in a presentation. Don't say I never told you.
The size of your embedded files is more than 50 megabytes (MB).
You've embedded the file, so it should have traveled nicely from one computer to the next. But it's a lengthy piece (think Brahms' Tragic Overture, think Pink Floyd'sSheep), thereby forcing PowerPoint to add it as a linked file. The default setting for automatically linking sound files is 100 kilobytes (KB), but you can change it to 50,000 KB (50 MB). However, remember that this will substantially increase the overall size of your presentation, so be aware that it might take some time to open it.
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