HOW TO GET WINDOWS MEDIA PLAYER TO AUTOMATICALLY RETURN FROM A HYP

[TALIESSIN]

i HAVE HYPERLINKS TO WINDOWS MEDIA SOUND FILES IN PPT, HOW CAN I GET WINDOWS
MEDIA PLAYER TO AUTOMATICALLY RETURN TO THE PPT SLIDE AFTER IT HAS PLAYED THE
SOUND FILE?

 

[Echo S]

Do you have to use Windows Media Player to play the sound? Can you just let
PPT play them? Use Insert/Movies and Sound/Sound from File as opposed to
Insert/Object.

Also, please turn off your CAPSLOCK. Typing in all caps implies shouting.

 

[TALIESSIN]

Thanks for telling me about the use of upper case.
I have created a text for students of English, some words of which are
hyperlinked to a sound file which pronounces the word for them to hear. I
don't want to put buttons in the text because it will clutter it. I don't
want the students to be distracted by the Microsoft Media Player remaining on
the screen or by them having to click it off.

 

[TALIESSIN]

Thanks for explaining that capitals imply shouting.
I have created a text for students of English, some words of which are
hyperlinked to a sound file which pronounces the word for them to hear. I
don't want to put buttons in the text because it will clutter it. I don't
want the students to be distracted by the Microsoft Media Player remaining on
the screen or by them having to click it off.
--
TALIESSIN

Do you have to use Windows Media Player to play the sound? Can you just let
PPT play them? Use Insert/Movies and Sound/Sound from File as opposed to
Insert/Object.

Also, please turn off your CAPSLOCK. Typing in all caps implies shouting.

--
Echo [MS PPT MVP]
http://www.echosvoice.com

i HAVE HYPERLINKS TO WINDOWS MEDIA SOUND FILES IN PPT, HOW CAN I GET WINDOWS
MEDIA PLAYER TO AUTOMATICALLY RETURN TO THE PPT SLIDE AFTER IT HAS PLAYED THE
SOUND FILE?

 

[Echo S]

Mmm, I think one of us is misunderstanding, but I'm not sure which of us it
is.

You already have hyperlinks to your sounds, which means that your students
have to click *something* in order to start the sound playing.

Try using Insert/Movies and Sounds/Sounds from File to do your sound instead
of doing the hyperlink thing. The students can click the sound icon (the
megaphone) to start the sound playing. They won't see a media player or
anything like that. Basically, doing the Insert/Movies and Sounds/Sounds
from File allows PPT to handle the sound file. (PPT actually calls upon the
MCI Media Player to play the sound, but nothing shows up on the screen or
anything.)

Or you could right-click your "button" object, choose Action Setting, and
click the "play sound" radio button. In the dropdown box, choose "other
sound" and then navigate to your sound. You must be using WAV sounds to use
this method.

So please do try those, and if they still don't do what you want, then
holler back and explain which method you tried and what you don't like about
it.

--
Echo [MS PPT MVP]
http://www.echosvoice.com

Thanks for telling me about the use of upper case.
I have created a text for students of English, some words of which are
hyperlinked to a sound file which pronounces the word for them to hear. I
don't want to put buttons in the text because it will clutter it. I don't
want the students to be distracted by the Microsoft Media Player remaining on
the screen or by them having to click it off.
--
TALIESSIN

 

[TALIESSIN]

Thanks very much. Not only did your reply answer the question, it also solved
the immediate problem.
However I still have the problem of being able to click on a piece of text
in ppt which then starts a movie in Microsoft Windows Media Player and having
the media player start in full screen mode(Alt+Enter) and when finished
playing close(Alt+W) Windows Media Player, without the user having to click
on buttons while in media player. Is it possible to pass control parameters
from ppt to an application like Windows Media Player?

 

[TALIESSIN]

Thanks for the reply. Your suggestion of using action settings solves my
immediate problem.
--
TALIESSIN

Mmm, I think one of us is misunderstanding, but I'm not sure which of us it
is.

You already have hyperlinks to your sounds, which means that your students
have to click *something* in order to start the sound playing.

Try using Insert/Movies and Sounds/Sounds from File to do your sound instead
of doing the hyperlink thing. The students can click the sound icon (the
megaphone) to start the sound playing. They won't see a media player or
anything like that. Basically, doing the Insert/Movies and Sounds/Sounds
from File allows PPT to handle the sound file. (PPT actually calls upon the
MCI Media Player to play the sound, but nothing shows up on the screen or
anything.)

Or you could right-click your "button" object, choose Action Setting, and
click the "play sound" radio button. In the dropdown box, choose "other
sound" and then navigate to your sound. You must be using WAV sounds to use
this method.

So please do try those, and if they still don't do what you want, then
holler back and explain which method you tried and what you don't like about
it.

--
Echo [MS PPT MVP]
http://www.echosvoice.com

Thanks for telling me about the use of upper case.
I have created a text for students of English, some words of which are
hyperlinked to a sound file which pronounces the word for them to hear. I
don't want to put buttons in the text because it will clutter it. I don't
want the students to be distracted by the Microsoft Media Player remaining on
the screen or by them having to click it off.

 

[Echo S]

Oh, good. Glad to hear it.

--
Echo [MS PPT MVP]
http://www.echosvoice.com

Thanks for the reply. Your suggestion of using action settings solves my
immediate problem.
--
TALIESSIN

Mmm, I think one of us is misunderstanding, but I'm not sure which of us it
is.

You already have hyperlinks to your sounds, which means that your students
have to click *something* in order to start the sound playing.

Try using Insert/Movies and Sounds/Sounds from File to do your sound instead
of doing the hyperlink thing. The students can click the sound icon (the
megaphone) to start the sound playing. They won't see a media player or
anything like that. Basically, doing the Insert/Movies and Sounds/Sounds
from File allows PPT to handle the sound file. (PPT actually calls upon the
MCI Media Player to play the sound, but nothing shows up on the screen or
anything.)

Or you could right-click your "button" object, choose Action Setting, and
click the "play sound" radio button. In the dropdown box, choose "other
sound" and then navigate to your sound. You must be using WAV sounds to use
this method.

So please do try those, and if they still don't do what you want, then
holler back and explain which method you tried and what you don't like about
it.

--
Echo [MS PPT MVP]
http://www.echosvoice.com

Thanks for telling me about the use of upper case.
I have created a text for students of English, some words of which are
hyperlinked to a sound file which pronounces the word for them to hear. I
don't want to put buttons in the text because it will clutter it. I don't
want the students to be distracted by the Microsoft Media Player

remaining
on

the screen or by them having to click it off.
--
TALIESSIN


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[Echo S]

If you're using PPT 2002 or 2003, you can use a trigger animation to trigger
the video to play when you click text. The video would play in PPT, not in
Windows Media Player.

That might be an easier solution for you. What version of PPT are you using?

 

[Austin Myers]

If I can jump in a second. I see no reason to use Windows Media Player.
Why are you not using the built in features of PowerPoint to play media?


Austin Myers
MS PowerPoint MVP Team

Solutions to Multimedia in PowerPoint www.pfcmedia.com

 

[TALIESSIN]

Thanks very much for this solution. I have just tried it and it does exactly
what I wanted to achieve.
--
TALIESSIN

If you're using PPT 2002 or 2003, you can use a trigger animation to trigger
the video to play when you click text. The video would play in PPT, not in
Windows Media Player.

That might be an easier solution for you. What version of PPT are you using?

 

[TALIESSIN]

Thanks again. This solution did the first part for me; by using
{"path\filename" /fullscreen} I was able to open in fullscreen mode. However
I am still unable to get the player to close itself when it has finished
playing. Echo came up with a solution which does the job completely for me
using PPT to play the video.

 

[TALIESSIN]

Thanks for urging me on to use PPT's built in features. Echo came up with the
solution which did just that for me.

 

[Kavid Mathis]

I have a question. I am trying to hyperlink an mp3 file to one of my slides
on powerpoint. I want the file to open up in windows media format. When I
save the presentation, and email it to myself and try to open up the link it
says file cannot be specified. Why is this? Please e-mail me at
(e-mail address removed).

 

[Kavid Mathis]

No this is converting. I don't want to convert any files. The file I have is
an mp3 from my documents and settings. Everytime I hyperlink the file in the
presentation and open it it works. Then when i move the presentation to
another computer it says file cannot be specified. Is there anyway to have
Windows Media Player play file hyperlinks from powerpoint presentations when
they are moved to another computer?

 

[Joy Hoffman]

If you are using a Windows Media Player Object in the slide, I've found that
using the Browse button in the Custom Properties dialog box includes the
file path even if it's in the same folder as the presentation.

I've found that if I save the media file in the same folder as the
presentation and type just the filename in not using the browse button, I
can transfer the presentation and media file and it will work on another
computer.

Just a note though... if you rely on Package for CD, files using the Windows
Media Player or Flash objects will not automatically be added to your CD.
You have to copy them manually.

Joy