song will not play

[Mark42]

I have tried inserting songs that will not play in a presentaion. Other songs
that I insert will play. Why do certain songs not play?

 

[John Wilson]

possible reasons

Long path to file if they are linked
DRM protection if they are ripped commercial cd files
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[Sandy]

Sounds (from rdpslides.com):
Audio Interchange File Format (*.aiff, *.aif, *.aifc)
Motion Pictures Expert Group Layer-3 (*.mp3, *.m3u) (Note: May only be
inserted with PowerPoint 2000 but may be played back with PowerPoint 97 or
the 32-bit PowerPoint Viewer.)
Musical Instrument Digital Interface (*.midi, *.mid, *.rmi)
Unix Environment (*.au, *.snd)
Microsoft Wave (*.wav)
Microsoft Streaming Format (*.asf, *.asx)
CDAudio (*.cda)

 

[Mark42]

Hi Sandy thanks for your response. A little bit more information my side. I
am using PowerPoint 2000. The files that I am trying to insert are .mp3
format. I have no problem playing the files with other programs ie media
player. Also some of the .mp3's from the same CD play in the presentation
with no problem, but others songs wont play. They are inserted with no
problems. I have even tried to change the location of the song source
original CD (insert CD track) & from My Music folder. I have even tried to
insert the song as the first thing I do in a new presentation after select
the slide type, but still will noy play. You mention a 32 bit PowerPoint
viewer. I am a little lost as I have not come acros this before. Would this
assist in the playing of mps's? If so, could you inform me in basic level
terms how to go about this.
Many thanks for your assistance in this very frusterating matter.

Regards
Mark

 

[Austin Myers]

Mark,

Are you saying you ripped the music from a CD? If so, some of them
undoubtedly have Digital Rights Managment and Powerpoint will NOT play them.



Austin Myers
MS PowerPoint MVP Team

Provider of PFCMedia http://www.pfcmedia.com

 

[Mark42]

Austin,
I have tried from CD & music I have legally downloaded. Some work some dont.
What I dont understand is why certain tracks will play & certain tracks wont
play from the same source. If for instance a CD is protected, surely that
would apply to all tracks not some of them.
Hope this helps

Mark

 

[Austin Myers]

Austin,
I have tried from CD & music I have legally downloaded. Some work some
dont.
What I dont understand is why certain tracks will play & certain tracks
wont
play from the same source. If for instance a CD is protected, surely that
would apply to all tracks not some of them.

Nope, as a rule the publishing houses place DRM in the most popular cuts on
the CD. Downloaded music almost always has some sort of protection in it.


Austin Myers
MS PowerPoint MVP Team

Provider of PFCMedia http://www.pfcmedia.com