Timing slide transitions to music

[WarnerP42]

I have been learning how to run PPT presentations along with music. From
what I've been reading in the discussion group, it sounds like imbedding
music in a presentation and having it play throughout the whole slide show
can be tricky. However, it can be done.

I have an additional twist to this question. I want my slides to change at
specific points in the music. I've tried to time the presentation and adjust
the transitions accordingly by setting each slide to change after so many
seconds. This approach has not worked however. Invariably the timing gets
off. AND, if that wasn't bad enough, when I then take the presentation to
another computer, it runs at a different pace that it did on the one I
created the presentation on. (Why this is I don't know.)

Is it possible to create a presentation in PowerPoint that has this sort of
tight timing? Or, is there some other software that would be better for this
purpose?

Thanks in advance for your help.

WarnerP42

 

[Austin Myers]

I have been learning how to run PPT presentations along with music. From
what I've been reading in the discussion group, it sounds like imbedding
music in a presentation and having it play throughout the whole slide show
can be tricky. However, it can be done.

I have an additional twist to this question. I want my slides to change
at
specific points in the music.

Sorry but you can't do this. PowerPoint "speed" is dependant upon the
hardware, cache size, etc. You will always have slight variations in
timing. You may want to consider using something like flash if this is a
critical need.


Austin Myers
MS PowerPoint MVP Team

Provider of PFCMedia, PFCPro, PFCExpress
http://www.pfcmedia.com

 

[John Wilson]

As Austin says ppt wont do this . You may be able to do a reasonable job with
movie maker using a series of still images sync'd with an audio track. You
can even insert the resulting movie into powerpoint
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Did that answer the question / help?
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[WarnerP42]

Austin & John,

Thanks for your input. I was beginning to suspect that PPT wouldn't do
this. Guess I'm going to be looking for some more software.

So Flash can do this. Is there anything else out there that you know of?

Thanks!

WarnerP42

 

[John Wilson]

Shift is back at work today! (STiLL Not weLL tho)
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[Echo S]

Austin & John,

Thanks for your input. I was beginning to suspect that PPT wouldn't do
this. Guess I'm going to be looking for some more software.

So Flash can do this. Is there anything else out there that you know of?

Just so you know, Flash isn't perfect and can become un-synched, too. But
it's 1000-million times better than PPT in this regard.