Music stops playing in PowerPoint 2003 slideshow

PowerPoint presentations that you receive via email and open when you click
on them have a .pps (PowerPoint Show) extension. will open in the slideshow
mode automatically. Regardless of what you save your presentations as .PPT
or .PPS they open in the slideshow mode if your just using the PowerPoint
Viewer and not the full version of PowerPoint.

--
Michael Koerner
MS MVP - PowerPoint


"Deloresw" wrote in message
...
Thanks I will try running the play.bat file. Also, after I sent my last
post,
I remembered that all of the PowerPoint shows I receive via email ALWAYS
start automatically so I don't know WHY mine does not. Like I said, if
that
feature does not work, I can live with it. It just bugs me as to why it
won't.

Again, thank you for your help!

Deloresw

"Michael Koerner" wrote:

You might try changing the autorun selection, just to see if that is the
culprit.

You could also try running the play.bat file that is also created when
you
used the Copy to CD function. I don't have Vista on my computer at the
present time, as I need something that is reliable g So, I can't tell
you
how to run the bat file. In XP you just click on start, run, and enter
the
path to wherever your created files are stored, example
C:\yourCDfile\play.bat. As it looks like you have done everything
correctly
in the creation of the files.

--
Michael Koerner
MS MVP - PowerPoint


"Deloresw" wrote in message
...
The playlist text file has the name of the PP show: AlecNew.pps

I have not activated the autorun on anything but Media Player. When the
popup comes up, I ignore it and open a file where ever I choose. Maybe
that
is the problem on my computer. I have been blaming VISTA, which is easy
to
do. smile I will test it and let you know what happens.

One of my son-in-laws is a computer specialist and he told me he NEVER
lets
any program open automatically so that would be the solution for why it
does
not open automatically on his computer. I am the one who questioned it,
but I
have. I would almost bet my other son-in-law feels the same way and has
the
autorun turned off.

"Echo S" wrote:

I think that should work. Maybe Michael will spot something, though --
he's
better with the autorun thing than I am!

What's in your playlist.txt file?

I'm wondering if it's just that autorun has been turned off on the
computer
in question.

--
Echo S [MS PPT MVP] http://www.echosvoice.com
What's new in PowerPoint 2007? http://www.echosvoice.com/2007.htm
Fixing PowerPoint Annoyances
http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/power...noy/index.html
PPTLive! Oct 28-31, New Orleans http://www.pptlive.com

"Deloresw" wrote in message
...
The autorun.ini says open=pptview.exe /L "playlist.txt"
The options for package the CD a
Include these files
PP Viewer
Play all presentations automatically in the specified order
Linked files has check mark

"Echo S" wrote:

What Michael asked -- what does the autorun.ini say? (You can open
it
in
Notepad or Wordpad.)

Or, when you go to File | Package for CD and choose Options, which
option
are you choosing for "select how presentations will play in the
viewer"?

--
Echo S [MS PPT MVP] http://www.echosvoice.com
What's new in PowerPoint 2007? http://www.echosvoice.com/2007.htm
Fixing PowerPoint Annoyances
http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/power...noy/index.html
PPTLive! Oct 28-31, New Orleans http://www.pptlive.com

"Deloresw" wrote in message
news I'm back!! I really appreciate all of the time you spent helping
me,
but
when
I changed the effect options to "Stop playing after 999 slides,"
the
songs
only played one time each. I changed the timing to repeat until
end
of
slide,
but this caused the songs to overlap. I then changed the timing
to
first
song, (none) and second song to play 3 times, etc. The songs
still
would
only
play one time each.

I reverted back to my original settings for the effect options,
e.g.,
first
song, stop after 23 slides, timing; play to end of slide; second
song,
stop
after 39 slides, etc. Now, I am back in business except for the
same
problem
of autorun not working properly on my computer. The autorun and
PP
viewer,
as
always, are listed on the CD, but I still have to click on the PP
file
and
select from the dropdown menu for Microsoft PowerPoint to run the
slideshow.
I can live with this as long as everything else works on the XP
computers,
but if you have anymore suggestions for me to try I would more
than
welcome
them.

Again, I thank all of you for your time and help! I hope my
experience
helps
someone else.

Deloresw



"Deloresw" wrote:

Thank you so much for your help! I will try not to cry too much
if
something
does not work! I have had fun making the slideshows, but the
small
glitches
were about to get me down.

Deloresw

"Echo S" wrote:

Well, I'm glad I could make you laugh, anyway!

But now I might make you cry. :-(

Using the "stop playing after 999 slides" won't keep you from
having
to
make
timing adjustments to the slide transitions. But it should
ensure
that
the
songs play all the way through and not stop unexpectedly
partway
through the
song. I would not try to use a "stop after XX slides" and put
the
real
number of slides in there. It just doesn't seem to work right
for
some
strange reason.

However, you should be aware that timing is not PowerPoint's
strong
suit.
You're not going to get extremely accurate timing with PPT. My
favorite
way
to explain it is, if you're playing the Star Spangled Banner
and
you
want
the fireworks animation to happen when the song says "and the
rockets'
red
glare," well, it ain't gonna happen. PPT just isn't going to
be
that
precise.

So, you will probably be better off just putting 3-, 4-, and
5-second
automatic transitions on each slide and trying to get within a
few
seconds
of the total sound length.

Or, what I might do is use a sound editor and combine all the
MP3s
into
one
sound file, insert that on the first slide and set it to stop
playing
after
999 slides, and then just set the transition times (3, 4, 5
seconds
or
so)
for all the slides.

Audacity is a good free sound editor.
http://audacity.sourceforge.net/
You
must download and install the LAME MP3 encoder as well, but
there
are
links
to it on that site. Just click "Download Audacity 1.2.6" to
get
to
it.

As for putting the MP3 into the folder with the presentation
before
inserting it, yes, it's a good habit to get into. But it's not
really
necessary since you're using Package for CD. The PfCD process
actually
creates a new folder and puts the presentation and the MP3s in
the
same
folder -- and it fixes up all the links. So you don't have to
worry
so
much
about starting with the MP3 in the same folder as the
presentation.
It
may
make your life easier, though, and, as I mentioned, it really
is
a
good
habit to get into.

Go here http://www.echosvoice.com/autoruncd2.htm and scroll
down
a
little
way, and you can see a screeenshot of the files inside a
package
for
CD
folder. You'll have autorun.INF, gdiplus.dll, pptview.exe and
a
bunch
of
other files. You'll also see your presentation file and your
MP3s.
(The
linked audio in the screenshot is a WMA file, Beethoven's
Symphony....)
Burn
all those files to the CD. Don't burn the *folder.* Windows
looks
for
the
autorun.INF file, or sometimes the play.BAT file, to start the
CD
automatically. If that file is inside a folder, Windows can't
see
it
on
the
CD. And those INF/BAT files look for the pptview.exe file on
the
CD
directly. If it's in a folder, they can't find it. And thye
pptview.exe
file
looks for your presentation (PPT or PPS) file on the CD. If
it's
in
a
folder, the Viewer won't be able to find it. And so on. You
get
the
idea.

As for the 50,000 -- that is only for WAV files. Only WAVs can
be
embedded,
and so that setting applies only to WAVs. You are working with
MP3s,
so
you
can ignore it. You can leave it alone or set it back to 100 or
whatever. It
doesn't matter.

Oh, file size. 170 slides at 34MB or so doesn't seem out of
whack.
So I
don't think the file size is the problem. (I could be wrong,
though,
and I'm
sure others will pop in and correct me if I am!)

--
Echo S [MS PPT MVP] http://www.echosvoice.com
What's new in PowerPoint 2007?
http://www.echosvoice.com/2007.htm
Fixing PowerPoint Annoyances
http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/power...noy/index.html
PPTLive! Oct 28-31, New Orleans http://www.pptlive.com

"Deloresw" wrote in
message
...
Thank you so much for your comments--you are soooo funny.
smile
I
need
funny after being submerged in these slideshows.

I have been doing everything you said about adding the
music,
except
I

You have to actually do something to open them, though, right? Like
double-click the attachment in the email or save it to your harddrive and
then double-click it. So it's not really starting automatically.

But maybe you mean "full screen," not "automatic"?

If you're just double-clicking the PPT file on the CD, then it will open in
PowerPoint installed on your computer (not the PPT Viewer on the CD), and
it will open in editing view. If you save the file as a PPS and double-click
that, it will open in full screen view with PPT installed on your computer.

If you double-click the PLAY file on the CD, that opens the PPT Viewer
(which can only play files full screen), which in turn opens the
presentation. In that case, it doesn't matter if it's a PPT or PPS file.

However...hang on, lemme check. Yeah, you mentioned your playlist has a PPS
file, so this is really a moot point. It's gonn open full screen no matter
what, and so I'm guessing you really did mean "start automatically," as
opposed to "start full-screen." :-) So ignore my babbling!

--
Echo S [MS PPT MVP] http://www.echosvoice.com
What's new in PowerPoint 2007? http://www.echosvoice.com/2007.htm
Fixing PowerPoint Annoyances
http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/power...noy/index.html
PPTLive! Oct 28-31, New Orleans http://www.pptlive.com

"Deloresw" wrote in message
...
Thanks I will try running the play.bat file. Also, after I sent my last
post,
I remembered that all of the PowerPoint shows I receive via email ALWAYS
start automatically so I don't know WHY mine does not. Like I said, if
that
feature does not work, I can live with it. It just bugs me as to why it
won't.

Again, thank you for your help!

Deloresw

"Michael Koerner" wrote:

You might try changing the autorun selection, just to see if that is the
culprit.

You could also try running the play.bat file that is also created when
you
used the Copy to CD function. I don't have Vista on my computer at the
present time, as I need something that is reliable g So, I can't tell
you
how to run the bat file. In XP you just click on start, run, and enter
the
path to wherever your created files are stored, example
C:\yourCDfile\play.bat. As it looks like you have done everything
correctly
in the creation of the files.

--
Michael Koerner
MS MVP - PowerPoint


"Deloresw" wrote in message
...
The playlist text file has the name of the PP show: AlecNew.pps

I have not activated the autorun on anything but Media Player. When the
popup comes up, I ignore it and open a file where ever I choose. Maybe
that
is the problem on my computer. I have been blaming VISTA, which is easy
to
do. smile I will test it and let you know what happens.

One of my son-in-laws is a computer specialist and he told me he NEVER
lets
any program open automatically so that would be the solution for why it
does
not open automatically on his computer. I am the one who questioned it,
but I
have. I would almost bet my other son-in-law feels the same way and has
the
autorun turned off.

"Echo S" wrote:

I think that should work. Maybe Michael will spot something, though --
he's
better with the autorun thing than I am!

What's in your playlist.txt file?

I'm wondering if it's just that autorun has been turned off on the
computer
in question.

--
Echo S [MS PPT MVP] http://www.echosvoice.com
What's new in PowerPoint 2007? http://www.echosvoice.com/2007.htm
Fixing PowerPoint Annoyances
http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/power...noy/index.html
PPTLive! Oct 28-31, New Orleans http://www.pptlive.com

"Deloresw" wrote in message
...
The autorun.ini says open=pptview.exe /L "playlist.txt"
The options for package the CD a
Include these files
PP Viewer
Play all presentations automatically in the specified order
Linked files has check mark

"Echo S" wrote:

What Michael asked -- what does the autorun.ini say? (You can open
it
in
Notepad or Wordpad.)

Or, when you go to File | Package for CD and choose Options, which
option
are you choosing for "select how presentations will play in the
viewer"?

--
Echo S [MS PPT MVP] http://www.echosvoice.com
What's new in PowerPoint 2007? http://www.echosvoice.com/2007.htm
Fixing PowerPoint Annoyances
http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/power...noy/index.html
PPTLive! Oct 28-31, New Orleans http://www.pptlive.com

"Deloresw" wrote in message
news I'm back!! I really appreciate all of the time you spent helping
me,
but
when
I changed the effect options to "Stop playing after 999 slides,"
the
songs
only played one time each. I changed the timing to repeat until
end
of
slide,
but this caused the songs to overlap. I then changed the timing
to
first
song, (none) and second song to play 3 times, etc. The songs
still
would
only
play one time each.

I reverted back to my original settings for the effect options,
e.g.,
first
song, stop after 23 slides, timing; play to end of slide; second
song,
stop
after 39 slides, etc. Now, I am back in business except for the
same
problem
of autorun not working properly on my computer. The autorun and
PP
viewer,
as
always, are listed on the CD, but I still have to click on the PP
file
and
select from the dropdown menu for Microsoft PowerPoint to run the
slideshow.
I can live with this as long as everything else works on the XP
computers,
but if you have anymore suggestions for me to try I would more
than
welcome
them.

Again, I thank all of you for your time and help! I hope my
experience
helps
someone else.

Deloresw



"Deloresw" wrote:

Thank you so much for your help! I will try not to cry too much
if
something
does not work! I have had fun making the slideshows, but the
small
glitches
were about to get me down.

Deloresw

"Echo S" wrote:

Well, I'm glad I could make you laugh, anyway!

But now I might make you cry. :-(

Using the "stop playing after 999 slides" won't keep you from
having
to
make
timing adjustments to the slide transitions. But it should
ensure
that
the
songs play all the way through and not stop unexpectedly
partway
through the
song. I would not try to use a "stop after XX slides" and put
the
real
number of slides in there. It just doesn't seem to work right
for
some
strange reason.

However, you should be aware that timing is not PowerPoint's
strong
suit.
You're not going to get extremely accurate timing with PPT. My
favorite
way
to explain it is, if you're playing the Star Spangled Banner
and
you
want
the fireworks animation to happen when the song says "and the
rockets'
red
glare," well, it ain't gonna happen. PPT just isn't going to
be
that
precise.

So, you will probably be better off just putting 3-, 4-, and
5-second
automatic transitions on each slide and trying to get within a
few
seconds
of the total sound length.

Or, what I might do is use a sound editor and combine all the
MP3s
into
one
sound file, insert that on the first slide and set it to stop
playing
after
999 slides, and then just set the transition times (3, 4, 5
seconds
or
so)
for all the slides.

Audacity is a good free sound editor.
http://audacity.sourceforge.net/
You
must download and install the LAME MP3 encoder as well, but
there
are
links
to it on that site. Just click "Download Audacity 1.2.6" to
get
to
it.

As for putting the MP3 into the folder with the presentation
before
inserting it, yes, it's a good habit to get into. But it's not
really
necessary since you're using Package for CD. The PfCD process
actually
creates a new folder and puts the presentation and the MP3s in
the
same
folder -- and it fixes up all the links. So you don't have to
worry
so
much
about starting with the MP3 in the same folder as the
presentation.
It
may
make your life easier, though, and, as I mentioned, it really
is
a
good
habit to get into.

Go here http://www.echosvoice.com/autoruncd2.htm and scroll
down
a
little
way, and you can see a screeenshot of the files inside a
package
for
CD
folder. You'll have autorun.INF, gdiplus.dll, pptview.exe and
a
bunch
of
other files. You'll also see your presentation file and your
MP3s.
(The
linked audio in the screenshot is a WMA file, Beethoven's
Symphony....)
Burn
all those files to the CD. Don't burn the *folder.* Windows
looks
for
the
autorun.INF file, or sometimes the play.BAT file, to start the
CD
automatically. If that file is inside a folder, Windows can't
see
it
on
the
CD. And those INF/BAT files look for the pptview.exe file on
the
CD
directly. If it's in a folder, they can't find it. And thye
pptview.exe
file
looks for your presentation (PPT or PPS) file on the CD. If
it's
in
a
folder, the Viewer won't be able to find it. And so on. You
get
the
idea.

As for the 50,000 -- that is only for WAV files. Only WAVs can
be
embedded,
and so that setting applies only to WAVs. You are working with
MP3s,
so
you
can ignore it. You can leave it alone or set it back to 100 or
whatever. It
doesn't matter.

Oh, file size. 170 slides at 34MB or so doesn't seem out of
whack.
So I
don't think the file size is the problem. (I could be wrong,
though,
and I'm
sure others will pop in and correct me if I am!)

--
Echo S [MS PPT MVP] http://www.echosvoice.com
What's new in PowerPoint 2007?
http://www.echosvoice.com/2007.htm
Fixing PowerPoint Annoyances
http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/power...noy/index.html
PPTLive! Oct 28-31, New Orleans http://www.pptlive.com

"Deloresw" wrote in
message
...
Thank you so much for your comments--you are soooo funny.
smile
I
need
funny after being submerged in these slideshows.

I have been doing everything you said about adding the
music,
except
I

Thanks for the suggestion!

There is not a play.bat file in the list. I did a search for it, but nothing
was found. I had created a folder C:\\AlecH and when I packaged the slideshow
named AlecNew.pps, it created a subfolder called Alec0707--the name I
assigned to the package and selected copy to file so now the path is
C:\\AlecH\Alec0707, which contains all of the information for the CD. Could
the longer file name be the problem?

Deloresw

"Michael Koerner" wrote:

I have a folder on my C: drive called "tocd" without the quotes I created
this when I created my first copy to CD program. Now all I have to do is
copy any presentation to the folder, make the name change in the playlst
file and burn to a CD. Does not matter what your folder is called, as you
don't copy the folder to the CD. Everything goes into the root directory of
your CD .

--
Michael Koerner
MS MVP - PowerPoint


"Deloresw" wrote in message
...
One more question--When I package the PowerPoint slideshow, I always type
in
a different name for the CD or file than the name of my PP slideshow. Is
this
the correct thing to do or am I supposed to use the same name as my PP
slideshow?

I have been curious where the CD or file name goes to. My actual PP
slideshow file name always appears in the list on the CD, but I have never
seen anything about the name I assigned to the packaging. I hope this
makes
sense.
Deloresw

"Echo S" wrote:

I think that should work. Maybe Michael will spot something, though --
he's
better with the autorun thing than I am!

What's in your playlist.txt file?

I'm wondering if it's just that autorun has been turned off on the
computer
in question.

--
Echo S [MS PPT MVP] http://www.echosvoice.com
What's new in PowerPoint 2007? http://www.echosvoice.com/2007.htm
Fixing PowerPoint Annoyances
http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/power...noy/index.html
PPTLive! Oct 28-31, New Orleans http://www.pptlive.com

"Deloresw" wrote in message
...
The autorun.ini says open=pptview.exe /L "playlist.txt"
The options for package the CD a
Include these files
PP Viewer
Play all presentations automatically in the specified order
Linked files has check mark

"Echo S" wrote:

What Michael asked -- what does the autorun.ini say? (You can open it
in
Notepad or Wordpad.)

Or, when you go to File | Package for CD and choose Options, which
option
are you choosing for "select how presentations will play in the
viewer"?

--
Echo S [MS PPT MVP] http://www.echosvoice.com
What's new in PowerPoint 2007? http://www.echosvoice.com/2007.htm
Fixing PowerPoint Annoyances
http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/power...noy/index.html
PPTLive! Oct 28-31, New Orleans http://www.pptlive.com

"Deloresw" wrote in message
news I'm back!! I really appreciate all of the time you spent helping me,
but
when
I changed the effect options to "Stop playing after 999 slides," the
songs
only played one time each. I changed the timing to repeat until end
of
slide,
but this caused the songs to overlap. I then changed the timing to
first
song, (none) and second song to play 3 times, etc. The songs still
would
only
play one time each.

I reverted back to my original settings for the effect options,
e.g.,
first
song, stop after 23 slides, timing; play to end of slide; second
song,
stop
after 39 slides, etc. Now, I am back in business except for the same
problem
of autorun not working properly on my computer. The autorun and PP
viewer,
as
always, are listed on the CD, but I still have to click on the PP
file
and
select from the dropdown menu for Microsoft PowerPoint to run the
slideshow.
I can live with this as long as everything else works on the XP
computers,
but if you have anymore suggestions for me to try I would more than
welcome
them.

Again, I thank all of you for your time and help! I hope my
experience
helps
someone else.

Deloresw



"Deloresw" wrote:

Thank you so much for your help! I will try not to cry too much if
something
does not work! I have had fun making the slideshows, but the small
glitches
were about to get me down.

Deloresw

"Echo S" wrote:

Well, I'm glad I could make you laugh, anyway!

But now I might make you cry. :-(

Using the "stop playing after 999 slides" won't keep you from
having
to
make
timing adjustments to the slide transitions. But it should ensure
that
the
songs play all the way through and not stop unexpectedly partway
through the
song. I would not try to use a "stop after XX slides" and put the
real
number of slides in there. It just doesn't seem to work right for
some
strange reason.

However, you should be aware that timing is not PowerPoint's
strong
suit.
You're not going to get extremely accurate timing with PPT. My
favorite
way
to explain it is, if you're playing the Star Spangled Banner and
you
want
the fireworks animation to happen when the song says "and the
rockets'
red
glare," well, it ain't gonna happen. PPT just isn't going to be
that
precise.

So, you will probably be better off just putting 3-, 4-, and
5-second
automatic transitions on each slide and trying to get within a
few
seconds
of the total sound length.

Or, what I might do is use a sound editor and combine all the
MP3s
into
one
sound file, insert that on the first slide and set it to stop
playing
after
999 slides, and then just set the transition times (3, 4, 5
seconds
or
so)
for all the slides.

Audacity is a good free sound editor.
http://audacity.sourceforge.net/
You
must download and install the LAME MP3 encoder as well, but there
are
links
to it on that site. Just click "Download Audacity 1.2.6" to get
to
it.

As for putting the MP3 into the folder with the presentation
before
inserting it, yes, it's a good habit to get into. But it's not
really
necessary since you're using Package for CD. The PfCD process
actually
creates a new folder and puts the presentation and the MP3s in
the
same
folder -- and it fixes up all the links. So you don't have to
worry
so
much
about starting with the MP3 in the same folder as the
presentation.
It
may
make your life easier, though, and, as I mentioned, it really is
a
good
habit to get into.

Go here http://www.echosvoice.com/autoruncd2.htm and scroll down
a
little
way, and you can see a screeenshot of the files inside a package
for
CD
folder. You'll have autorun.INF, gdiplus.dll, pptview.exe and a
bunch
of
other files. You'll also see your presentation file and your
MP3s.
(The
linked audio in the screenshot is a WMA file, Beethoven's
Symphony....)
Burn
all those files to the CD. Don't burn the *folder.* Windows looks
for
the
autorun.INF file, or sometimes the play.BAT file, to start the CD
automatically. If that file is inside a folder, Windows can't see
it
on
the
CD. And those INF/BAT files look for the pptview.exe file on the
CD
directly. If it's in a folder, they can't find it. And thye
pptview.exe
file
looks for your presentation (PPT or PPS) file on the CD. If it's
in
a
folder, the Viewer won't be able to find it. And so on. You get
the
idea.

As for the 50,000 -- that is only for WAV files. Only WAVs can be
embedded,
and so that setting applies only to WAVs. You are working with
MP3s,
so
you
can ignore it. You can leave it alone or set it back to 100 or
whatever. It
doesn't matter.

Oh, file size. 170 slides at 34MB or so doesn't seem out of
whack.
So I
don't think the file size is the problem. (I could be wrong,
though,
and I'm
sure others will pop in and correct me if I am!)

--
Echo S [MS PPT MVP] http://www.echosvoice.com
What's new in PowerPoint 2007? http://www.echosvoice.com/2007.htm
Fixing PowerPoint Annoyances
http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/power...noy/index.html
PPTLive! Oct 28-31, New Orleans http://www.pptlive.com

"Deloresw" wrote in message
...
Thank you so much for your comments--you are soooo funny.
smile
I
need
funny after being submerged in these slideshows.

I have been doing everything you said about adding the music,
except
I
have
spent a lot of time calculating the time for each song and
testing
and
retesting when I add or delete a slide to make sure the songs
do
not
overlap

I forgot to say it has the autorun.INF file.

"Michael Koerner" wrote:

I have a folder on my C: drive called "tocd" without the quotes I created
this when I created my first copy to CD program. Now all I have to do is
copy any presentation to the folder, make the name change in the playlst
file and burn to a CD. Does not matter what your folder is called, as you
don't copy the folder to the CD. Everything goes into the root directory of
your CD .

--
Michael Koerner
MS MVP - PowerPoint


"Deloresw" wrote in message
...
One more question--When I package the PowerPoint slideshow, I always type
in
a different name for the CD or file than the name of my PP slideshow. Is
this
the correct thing to do or am I supposed to use the same name as my PP
slideshow?

I have been curious where the CD or file name goes to. My actual PP
slideshow file name always appears in the list on the CD, but I have never
seen anything about the name I assigned to the packaging. I hope this
makes
sense.
Deloresw

"Echo S" wrote:

I think that should work. Maybe Michael will spot something, though --
he's
better with the autorun thing than I am!

What's in your playlist.txt file?

I'm wondering if it's just that autorun has been turned off on the
computer
in question.

--
Echo S [MS PPT MVP] http://www.echosvoice.com
What's new in PowerPoint 2007? http://www.echosvoice.com/2007.htm
Fixing PowerPoint Annoyances
http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/power...noy/index.html
PPTLive! Oct 28-31, New Orleans http://www.pptlive.com

"Deloresw" wrote in message
...
The autorun.ini says open=pptview.exe /L "playlist.txt"
The options for package the CD a
Include these files
PP Viewer
Play all presentations automatically in the specified order
Linked files has check mark

"Echo S" wrote:

What Michael asked -- what does the autorun.ini say? (You can open it
in
Notepad or Wordpad.)

Or, when you go to File | Package for CD and choose Options, which
option
are you choosing for "select how presentations will play in the
viewer"?

--
Echo S [MS PPT MVP] http://www.echosvoice.com
What's new in PowerPoint 2007? http://www.echosvoice.com/2007.htm
Fixing PowerPoint Annoyances
http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/power...noy/index.html
PPTLive! Oct 28-31, New Orleans http://www.pptlive.com

"Deloresw" wrote in message
news I'm back!! I really appreciate all of the time you spent helping me,
but
when
I changed the effect options to "Stop playing after 999 slides," the
songs
only played one time each. I changed the timing to repeat until end
of
slide,
but this caused the songs to overlap. I then changed the timing to
first
song, (none) and second song to play 3 times, etc. The songs still
would
only
play one time each.

I reverted back to my original settings for the effect options,
e.g.,
first
song, stop after 23 slides, timing; play to end of slide; second
song,
stop
after 39 slides, etc. Now, I am back in business except for the same
problem
of autorun not working properly on my computer. The autorun and PP
viewer,
as
always, are listed on the CD, but I still have to click on the PP
file
and
select from the dropdown menu for Microsoft PowerPoint to run the
slideshow.
I can live with this as long as everything else works on the XP
computers,
but if you have anymore suggestions for me to try I would more than
welcome
them.

Again, I thank all of you for your time and help! I hope my
experience
helps
someone else.

Deloresw



"Deloresw" wrote:

Thank you so much for your help! I will try not to cry too much if
something
does not work! I have had fun making the slideshows, but the small
glitches
were about to get me down.

Deloresw

"Echo S" wrote:

Well, I'm glad I could make you laugh, anyway!

But now I might make you cry. :-(

Using the "stop playing after 999 slides" won't keep you from
having
to
make
timing adjustments to the slide transitions. But it should ensure
that
the
songs play all the way through and not stop unexpectedly partway
through the
song. I would not try to use a "stop after XX slides" and put the
real
number of slides in there. It just doesn't seem to work right for
some
strange reason.

However, you should be aware that timing is not PowerPoint's
strong
suit.
You're not going to get extremely accurate timing with PPT. My
favorite
way
to explain it is, if you're playing the Star Spangled Banner and
you
want
the fireworks animation to happen when the song says "and the
rockets'
red
glare," well, it ain't gonna happen. PPT just isn't going to be
that
precise.

So, you will probably be better off just putting 3-, 4-, and
5-second
automatic transitions on each slide and trying to get within a
few
seconds
of the total sound length.

Or, what I might do is use a sound editor and combine all the
MP3s
into
one
sound file, insert that on the first slide and set it to stop
playing
after
999 slides, and then just set the transition times (3, 4, 5
seconds
or
so)
for all the slides.

Audacity is a good free sound editor.
http://audacity.sourceforge.net/
You
must download and install the LAME MP3 encoder as well, but there
are
links
to it on that site. Just click "Download Audacity 1.2.6" to get
to
it.

As for putting the MP3 into the folder with the presentation
before
inserting it, yes, it's a good habit to get into. But it's not
really
necessary since you're using Package for CD. The PfCD process
actually
creates a new folder and puts the presentation and the MP3s in
the
same
folder -- and it fixes up all the links. So you don't have to
worry
so
much
about starting with the MP3 in the same folder as the
presentation.
It
may
make your life easier, though, and, as I mentioned, it really is
a
good
habit to get into.

Go here http://www.echosvoice.com/autoruncd2.htm and scroll down
a
little
way, and you can see a screeenshot of the files inside a package
for
CD
folder. You'll have autorun.INF, gdiplus.dll, pptview.exe and a
bunch
of
other files. You'll also see your presentation file and your
MP3s.
(The
linked audio in the screenshot is a WMA file, Beethoven's
Symphony....)
Burn
all those files to the CD. Don't burn the *folder.* Windows looks
for
the
autorun.INF file, or sometimes the play.BAT file, to start the CD
automatically. If that file is inside a folder, Windows can't see
it
on
the
CD. And those INF/BAT files look for the pptview.exe file on the
CD
directly. If it's in a folder, they can't find it. And thye
pptview.exe
file
looks for your presentation (PPT or PPS) file on the CD. If it's
in
a
folder, the Viewer won't be able to find it. And so on. You get
the
idea.

As for the 50,000 -- that is only for WAV files. Only WAVs can be
embedded,
and so that setting applies only to WAVs. You are working with
MP3s,
so
you
can ignore it. You can leave it alone or set it back to 100 or
whatever. It
doesn't matter.

Oh, file size. 170 slides at 34MB or so doesn't seem out of
whack.
So I
don't think the file size is the problem. (I could be wrong,
though,
and I'm
sure others will pop in and correct me if I am!)

--
Echo S [MS PPT MVP] http://www.echosvoice.com
What's new in PowerPoint 2007? http://www.echosvoice.com/2007.htm
Fixing PowerPoint Annoyances
http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/power...noy/index.html
PPTLive! Oct 28-31, New Orleans http://www.pptlive.com

"Deloresw" wrote in message
...
Thank you so much for your comments--you are soooo funny.
smile
I
need
funny after being submerged in these slideshows.

I have been doing everything you said about adding the music,
except
I
have
spent a lot of time calculating the time for each song and
testing
and
retesting when I add or delete a slide to make sure the songs
do
not
overlap

Not really, because your burning all the files from Alec0707, and none of
the folders to the root of the CD, and file paths are not used. The only
thing I see out of the ordinary is the C:\\.

--
Michael Koerner
MS MVP - PowerPoint


"Deloresw" wrote in message
...
Thanks for the suggestion!

There is not a play.bat file in the list. I did a search for it, but
nothing
was found. I had created a folder C:\\AlecH and when I packaged the
slideshow
named AlecNew.pps, it created a subfolder called Alec0707--the name I
assigned to the package and selected copy to file so now the path is
C:\\AlecH\Alec0707, which contains all of the information for the CD.
Could
the longer file name be the problem?

Deloresw

"Michael Koerner" wrote:

I have a folder on my C: drive called "tocd" without the quotes I created
this when I created my first copy to CD program. Now all I have to do is
copy any presentation to the folder, make the name change in the playlst
file and burn to a CD. Does not matter what your folder is called, as you
don't copy the folder to the CD. Everything goes into the root directory
of
your CD .

--
Michael Koerner
MS MVP - PowerPoint


"Deloresw" wrote in message
...
One more question--When I package the PowerPoint slideshow, I always
type
in
a different name for the CD or file than the name of my PP slideshow.
Is
this
the correct thing to do or am I supposed to use the same name as my PP
slideshow?

I have been curious where the CD or file name goes to. My actual PP
slideshow file name always appears in the list on the CD, but I have
never
seen anything about the name I assigned to the packaging. I hope this
makes
sense.
Deloresw

"Echo S" wrote:

I think that should work. Maybe Michael will spot something, though --
he's
better with the autorun thing than I am!

What's in your playlist.txt file?

I'm wondering if it's just that autorun has been turned off on the
computer
in question.

--
Echo S [MS PPT MVP] http://www.echosvoice.com
What's new in PowerPoint 2007? http://www.echosvoice.com/2007.htm
Fixing PowerPoint Annoyances
http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/power...noy/index.html
PPTLive! Oct 28-31, New Orleans http://www.pptlive.com

"Deloresw" wrote in message
...
The autorun.ini says open=pptview.exe /L "playlist.txt"
The options for package the CD a
Include these files
PP Viewer
Play all presentations automatically in the specified order
Linked files has check mark

"Echo S" wrote:

What Michael asked -- what does the autorun.ini say? (You can open
it
in
Notepad or Wordpad.)

Or, when you go to File | Package for CD and choose Options, which
option
are you choosing for "select how presentations will play in the
viewer"?

--
Echo S [MS PPT MVP] http://www.echosvoice.com
What's new in PowerPoint 2007? http://www.echosvoice.com/2007.htm
Fixing PowerPoint Annoyances
http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/power...noy/index.html
PPTLive! Oct 28-31, New Orleans http://www.pptlive.com

"Deloresw" wrote in message
news I'm back!! I really appreciate all of the time you spent helping
me,
but
when
I changed the effect options to "Stop playing after 999 slides,"
the
songs
only played one time each. I changed the timing to repeat until
end
of
slide,
but this caused the songs to overlap. I then changed the timing
to
first
song, (none) and second song to play 3 times, etc. The songs
still
would
only
play one time each.

I reverted back to my original settings for the effect options,
e.g.,
first
song, stop after 23 slides, timing; play to end of slide; second
song,
stop
after 39 slides, etc. Now, I am back in business except for the
same
problem
of autorun not working properly on my computer. The autorun and
PP
viewer,
as
always, are listed on the CD, but I still have to click on the PP
file
and
select from the dropdown menu for Microsoft PowerPoint to run the
slideshow.
I can live with this as long as everything else works on the XP
computers,
but if you have anymore suggestions for me to try I would more
than
welcome
them.

Again, I thank all of you for your time and help! I hope my
experience
helps
someone else.

Deloresw



"Deloresw" wrote:

Thank you so much for your help! I will try not to cry too much
if
something
does not work! I have had fun making the slideshows, but the
small
glitches
were about to get me down.

Deloresw

"Echo S" wrote:

Well, I'm glad I could make you laugh, anyway!

But now I might make you cry. :-(

Using the "stop playing after 999 slides" won't keep you from
having
to
make
timing adjustments to the slide transitions. But it should
ensure
that
the
songs play all the way through and not stop unexpectedly
partway
through the
song. I would not try to use a "stop after XX slides" and put
the
real
number of slides in there. It just doesn't seem to work right
for
some
strange reason.

However, you should be aware that timing is not PowerPoint's
strong
suit.
You're not going to get extremely accurate timing with PPT. My
favorite
way
to explain it is, if you're playing the Star Spangled Banner
and
you
want
the fireworks animation to happen when the song says "and the
rockets'
red
glare," well, it ain't gonna happen. PPT just isn't going to
be
that
precise.

So, you will probably be better off just putting 3-, 4-, and
5-second
automatic transitions on each slide and trying to get within a
few
seconds
of the total sound length.

Or, what I might do is use a sound editor and combine all the
MP3s
into
one
sound file, insert that on the first slide and set it to stop
playing
after
999 slides, and then just set the transition times (3, 4, 5
seconds
or
so)
for all the slides.

Audacity is a good free sound editor.
http://audacity.sourceforge.net/
You
must download and install the LAME MP3 encoder as well, but
there
are
links
to it on that site. Just click "Download Audacity 1.2.6" to
get
to
it.

As for putting the MP3 into the folder with the presentation
before
inserting it, yes, it's a good habit to get into. But it's not
really
necessary since you're using Package for CD. The PfCD process
actually
creates a new folder and puts the presentation and the MP3s in
the
same
folder -- and it fixes up all the links. So you don't have to
worry
so
much
about starting with the MP3 in the same folder as the
presentation.
It
may
make your life easier, though, and, as I mentioned, it really
is
a
good
habit to get into.

Go here http://www.echosvoice.com/autoruncd2.htm and scroll
down
a
little
way, and you can see a screeenshot of the files inside a
package
for
CD
folder. You'll have autorun.INF, gdiplus.dll, pptview.exe and
a
bunch
of
other files. You'll also see your presentation file and your
MP3s.
(The
linked audio in the screenshot is a WMA file, Beethoven's
Symphony....)
Burn
all those files to the CD. Don't burn the *folder.* Windows
looks
for
the
autorun.INF file, or sometimes the play.BAT file, to start the
CD
automatically. If that file is inside a folder, Windows can't
see
it
on
the
CD. And those INF/BAT files look for the pptview.exe file on
the
CD
directly. If it's in a folder, they can't find it. And thye
pptview.exe
file
looks for your presentation (PPT or PPS) file on the CD. If
it's
in
a
folder, the Viewer won't be able to find it. And so on. You
get
the
idea.

As for the 50,000 -- that is only for WAV files. Only WAVs can
be
embedded,
and so that setting applies only to WAVs. You are working with
MP3s,
so
you
can ignore it. You can leave it alone or set it back to 100 or
whatever. It
doesn't matter.

Oh, file size. 170 slides at 34MB or so doesn't seem out of
whack.
So I
don't think the file size is the problem. (I could be wrong,
though,
and I'm
sure others will pop in and correct me if I am!)

--
Echo S [MS PPT MVP] http://www.echosvoice.com
What's new in PowerPoint 2007?
http://www.echosvoice.com/2007.htm
Fixing PowerPoint Annoyances
http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/power...noy/index.html
PPTLive! Oct 28-31, New Orleans http://www.pptlive.com

"Deloresw" wrote in
message
...
Thank you so much for your comments--you are soooo funny.
smile
I
need
funny after being submerged in these slideshows.

I have been doing everything you said about adding the
music,
except
I
have
spent a lot of time calculating the time for each song and
testing
and
retesting when I add or delete a slide to make sure the
songs
do
not
overlap

The C:\\ is my "C" drive and the destination for my "package for CD"
slideshow. The linked music files are included in the package. When I copied
the music file links into the file, I got the message they were duplicates,
but I chose to copy them anyway so those files now have a (2) beside them.
The CD runs fine on my computer, but the real test will be when I try it on
one of the XP computers tomorrow.

I am sorry I have taken so much of you and Echo's time, but I can't begin to
express my appreciation for your assistance!

I am hoping to have a "Happy Face" tomorrow. :-)

Deloresw

"Michael Koerner" wrote:

Not really, because your burning all the files from Alec0707, and none of
the folders to the root of the CD, and file paths are not used. The only
thing I see out of the ordinary is the C:\\.

--
Michael Koerner
MS MVP - PowerPoint


"Deloresw" wrote in message
...
Thanks for the suggestion!

There is not a play.bat file in the list. I did a search for it, but
nothing
was found. I had created a folder C:\\AlecH and when I packaged the
slideshow
named AlecNew.pps, it created a subfolder called Alec0707--the name I
assigned to the package and selected copy to file so now the path is
C:\\AlecH\Alec0707, which contains all of the information for the CD.
Could
the longer file name be the problem?

Deloresw

"Michael Koerner" wrote:

I have a folder on my C: drive called "tocd" without the quotes I created
this when I created my first copy to CD program. Now all I have to do is
copy any presentation to the folder, make the name change in the playlst
file and burn to a CD. Does not matter what your folder is called, as you
don't copy the folder to the CD. Everything goes into the root directory
of
your CD .

--
Michael Koerner
MS MVP - PowerPoint


"Deloresw" wrote in message
...
One more question--When I package the PowerPoint slideshow, I always
type
in
a different name for the CD or file than the name of my PP slideshow.
Is
this
the correct thing to do or am I supposed to use the same name as my PP
slideshow?

I have been curious where the CD or file name goes to. My actual PP
slideshow file name always appears in the list on the CD, but I have
never
seen anything about the name I assigned to the packaging. I hope this
makes
sense.
Deloresw

"Echo S" wrote:

I think that should work. Maybe Michael will spot something, though --
he's
better with the autorun thing than I am!

What's in your playlist.txt file?

I'm wondering if it's just that autorun has been turned off on the
computer
in question.

--
Echo S [MS PPT MVP] http://www.echosvoice.com
What's new in PowerPoint 2007? http://www.echosvoice.com/2007.htm
Fixing PowerPoint Annoyances
http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/power...noy/index.html
PPTLive! Oct 28-31, New Orleans http://www.pptlive.com

"Deloresw" wrote in message
...
The autorun.ini says open=pptview.exe /L "playlist.txt"
The options for package the CD a
Include these files
PP Viewer
Play all presentations automatically in the specified order
Linked files has check mark

"Echo S" wrote:

What Michael asked -- what does the autorun.ini say? (You can open
it
in
Notepad or Wordpad.)

Or, when you go to File | Package for CD and choose Options, which
option
are you choosing for "select how presentations will play in the
viewer"?

--
Echo S [MS PPT MVP] http://www.echosvoice.com
What's new in PowerPoint 2007? http://www.echosvoice.com/2007.htm
Fixing PowerPoint Annoyances
http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/power...noy/index.html
PPTLive! Oct 28-31, New Orleans http://www.pptlive.com

"Deloresw" wrote in message
news I'm back!! I really appreciate all of the time you spent helping
me,
but
when
I changed the effect options to "Stop playing after 999 slides,"
the
songs
only played one time each. I changed the timing to repeat until
end
of
slide,
but this caused the songs to overlap. I then changed the timing
to
first
song, (none) and second song to play 3 times, etc. The songs
still
would
only
play one time each.

I reverted back to my original settings for the effect options,
e.g.,
first
song, stop after 23 slides, timing; play to end of slide; second
song,
stop
after 39 slides, etc. Now, I am back in business except for the
same
problem
of autorun not working properly on my computer. The autorun and
PP
viewer,
as
always, are listed on the CD, but I still have to click on the PP
file
and
select from the dropdown menu for Microsoft PowerPoint to run the
slideshow.
I can live with this as long as everything else works on the XP
computers,
but if you have anymore suggestions for me to try I would more
than
welcome
them.

Again, I thank all of you for your time and help! I hope my
experience
helps
someone else.

Deloresw



"Deloresw" wrote:

Thank you so much for your help! I will try not to cry too much
if
something
does not work! I have had fun making the slideshows, but the
small
glitches
were about to get me down.

Deloresw

"Echo S" wrote:

Well, I'm glad I could make you laugh, anyway!

But now I might make you cry. :-(

Using the "stop playing after 999 slides" won't keep you from
having
to
make
timing adjustments to the slide transitions. But it should
ensure
that
the
songs play all the way through and not stop unexpectedly
partway
through the
song. I would not try to use a "stop after XX slides" and put
the
real
number of slides in there. It just doesn't seem to work right
for
some
strange reason.

However, you should be aware that timing is not PowerPoint's
strong
suit.
You're not going to get extremely accurate timing with PPT. My
favorite
way
to explain it is, if you're playing the Star Spangled Banner
and
you
want
the fireworks animation to happen when the song says "and the
rockets'
red
glare," well, it ain't gonna happen. PPT just isn't going to
be
that
precise.

So, you will probably be better off just putting 3-, 4-, and
5-second
automatic transitions on each slide and trying to get within a
few
seconds
of the total sound length.

Or, what I might do is use a sound editor and combine all the
MP3s
into
one
sound file, insert that on the first slide and set it to stop
playing
after
999 slides, and then just set the transition times (3, 4, 5
seconds
or
so)
for all the slides.

Audacity is a good free sound editor.
http://audacity.sourceforge.net/
You
must download and install the LAME MP3 encoder as well, but
there
are
links
to it on that site. Just click "Download Audacity 1.2.6" to
get
to
it.

As for putting the MP3 into the folder with the presentation
before
inserting it, yes, it's a good habit to get into. But it's not
really
necessary since you're using Package for CD. The PfCD process
actually
creates a new folder and puts the presentation and the MP3s in
the
same
folder -- and it fixes up all the links. So you don't have to
worry
so
much
about starting with the MP3 in the same folder as the
presentation.
It
may
make your life easier, though, and, as I mentioned, it really
is
a
good
habit to get into.

Go here http://www.echosvoice.com/autoruncd2.htm and scroll
down
a
little
way, and you can see a screeenshot of the files inside a
package
for
CD
folder. You'll have autorun.INF, gdiplus.dll, pptview.exe and
a
bunch
of
other files. You'll also see your presentation file and your
MP3s.
(The
linked audio in the screenshot is a WMA file, Beethoven's
Symphony....)
Burn
all those files to the CD. Don't burn the *folder.* Windows
looks
for
the
autorun.INF file, or sometimes the play.BAT file, to start the
CD
automatically. If that file is inside a folder, Windows can't
see
it
on

all I'm saying, if you have C:\\AlecH the folder is called \AlecH because
your using double slashes. If the autorun works on your computer, then it
should run on the XP machine. good luck. The time is all yours. that is what
we are here for regardless of how long it takes to answer your questions.

--
Michael Koerner
MS MVP - PowerPoint


"Deloresw" wrote in message
...
The C:\\ is my "C" drive and the destination for my "package for CD"
slideshow. The linked music files are included in the package. When I
copied
the music file links into the file, I got the message they were
duplicates,
but I chose to copy them anyway so those files now have a (2) beside them.
The CD runs fine on my computer, but the real test will be when I try it
on
one of the XP computers tomorrow.

I am sorry I have taken so much of you and Echo's time, but I can't begin
to
express my appreciation for your assistance!

I am hoping to have a "Happy Face" tomorrow. :-)

Deloresw

"Michael Koerner" wrote:

Not really, because your burning all the files from Alec0707, and none of
the folders to the root of the CD, and file paths are not used. The only
thing I see out of the ordinary is the C:\\.

--
Michael Koerner
MS MVP - PowerPoint


"Deloresw" wrote in message
...
Thanks for the suggestion!

There is not a play.bat file in the list. I did a search for it, but
nothing
was found. I had created a folder C:\\AlecH and when I packaged the
slideshow
named AlecNew.pps, it created a subfolder called Alec0707--the name I
assigned to the package and selected copy to file so now the path is
C:\\AlecH\Alec0707, which contains all of the information for the CD.
Could
the longer file name be the problem?

Deloresw

"Michael Koerner" wrote:

I have a folder on my C: drive called "tocd" without the quotes I
created
this when I created my first copy to CD program. Now all I have to do
is
copy any presentation to the folder, make the name change in the
playlst
file and burn to a CD. Does not matter what your folder is called, as
you
don't copy the folder to the CD. Everything goes into the root
directory
of
your CD .

--
Michael Koerner
MS MVP - PowerPoint


"Deloresw" wrote in message
...
One more question--When I package the PowerPoint slideshow, I always
type
in
a different name for the CD or file than the name of my PP
slideshow.
Is
this
the correct thing to do or am I supposed to use the same name as my
PP
slideshow?

I have been curious where the CD or file name goes to. My actual PP
slideshow file name always appears in the list on the CD, but I have
never
seen anything about the name I assigned to the packaging. I hope
this
makes
sense.
Deloresw

"Echo S" wrote:

I think that should work. Maybe Michael will spot something,
though --
he's
better with the autorun thing than I am!

What's in your playlist.txt file?

I'm wondering if it's just that autorun has been turned off on the
computer
in question.

--
Echo S [MS PPT MVP] http://www.echosvoice.com
What's new in PowerPoint 2007? http://www.echosvoice.com/2007.htm
Fixing PowerPoint Annoyances
http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/power...noy/index.html
PPTLive! Oct 28-31, New Orleans http://www.pptlive.com

"Deloresw" wrote in message
...
The autorun.ini says open=pptview.exe /L "playlist.txt"
The options for package the CD a
Include these files
PP Viewer
Play all presentations automatically in the specified order
Linked files has check mark

"Echo S" wrote:

What Michael asked -- what does the autorun.ini say? (You can
open
it
in
Notepad or Wordpad.)

Or, when you go to File | Package for CD and choose Options,
which
option
are you choosing for "select how presentations will play in the
viewer"?

--
Echo S [MS PPT MVP] http://www.echosvoice.com
What's new in PowerPoint 2007?
http://www.echosvoice.com/2007.htm
Fixing PowerPoint Annoyances
http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/power...noy/index.html
PPTLive! Oct 28-31, New Orleans http://www.pptlive.com

"Deloresw" wrote in message
news I'm back!! I really appreciate all of the time you spent
helping
me,
but
when
I changed the effect options to "Stop playing after 999
slides,"
the
songs
only played one time each. I changed the timing to repeat
until
end
of
slide,
but this caused the songs to overlap. I then changed the
timing
to
first
song, (none) and second song to play 3 times, etc. The songs
still
would
only
play one time each.

I reverted back to my original settings for the effect
options,
e.g.,
first
song, stop after 23 slides, timing; play to end of slide;
second
song,
stop
after 39 slides, etc. Now, I am back in business except for
the
same
problem
of autorun not working properly on my computer. The autorun
and
PP
viewer,
as
always, are listed on the CD, but I still have to click on the
PP
file
and
select from the dropdown menu for Microsoft PowerPoint to run
the
slideshow.
I can live with this as long as everything else works on the
XP
computers,
but if you have anymore suggestions for me to try I would more
than
welcome
them.

Again, I thank all of you for your time and help! I hope my
experience
helps
someone else.

Deloresw



"Deloresw" wrote:

Thank you so much for your help! I will try not to cry too
much
if
something
does not work! I have had fun making the slideshows, but the
small
glitches
were about to get me down.

Deloresw

"Echo S" wrote:

Well, I'm glad I could make you laugh, anyway!

But now I might make you cry. :-(

Using the "stop playing after 999 slides" won't keep you
from
having
to
make
timing adjustments to the slide transitions. But it should
ensure
that
the
songs play all the way through and not stop unexpectedly
partway
through the
song. I would not try to use a "stop after XX slides" and
put
the
real
number of slides in there. It just doesn't seem to work
right
for
some
strange reason.

However, you should be aware that timing is not
PowerPoint's
strong
suit.
You're not going to get extremely accurate timing with PPT.
My
favorite
way
to explain it is, if you're playing the Star Spangled
Banner
and
you
want
the fireworks animation to happen when the song says "and
the
rockets'
red
glare," well, it ain't gonna happen. PPT just isn't going
to
be
that
precise.

So, you will probably be better off just putting 3-, 4-,
and
5-second
automatic transitions on each slide and trying to get
within a
few
seconds
of the total sound length.

Or, what I might do is use a sound editor and combine all
the
MP3s
into
one
sound file, insert that on the first slide and set it to
stop
playing
after
999 slides, and then just set the transition times (3, 4, 5
seconds
or
so)
for all the slides.

Audacity is a good free sound editor.
http://audacity.sourceforge.net/
You
must download and install the LAME MP3 encoder as well, but
there
are
links
to it on that site. Just click "Download Audacity 1.2.6" to
get
to
it.

As for putting the MP3 into the folder with the
presentation
before
inserting it, yes, it's a good habit to get into. But it's
not
really
necessary since you're using Package for CD. The PfCD
process
actually
creates a new folder and puts the presentation and the MP3s
in
the
same
folder -- and it fixes up all the links. So you don't have
to
worry
so
much
about starting with the MP3 in the same folder as the
presentation.
It
may
make your life easier, though, and, as I mentioned, it
really
is
a
good
habit to get into.

Go here http://www.echosvoice.com/autoruncd2.htm and scroll
down
a
little
way, and you can see a screeenshot of the files inside a
package
for
CD
folder. You'll have autorun.INF, gdiplus.dll, pptview.exe
and
a
bunch
of
other files. You'll also see your presentation file and
your
MP3s.
(The
linked audio in the screenshot is a WMA file, Beethoven's
Symphony....)
Burn
all those files to the CD. Don't burn the *folder.* Windows
looks
for
the
autorun.INF file, or sometimes the play.BAT file, to start
the
CD
automatically. If that file is inside a folder, Windows
can't
see
it
on

My only excuse about typing C:\\ must have been a "senior moment." I guess I
was "thinking" I was typing an URL.

I have not had the opportunity to test the slideshow CD, but hope to today
or tomorrow. If the test CD runs okay, I will check the "Yes, the post
answered my question."

Deloresw

"Michael Koerner" wrote:

Not really, because your burning all the files from Alec0707, and none of
the folders to the root of the CD, and file paths are not used. The only
thing I see out of the ordinary is the C:\\.

--
Michael Koerner
MS MVP - PowerPoint


"Deloresw" wrote in message
...
Thanks for the suggestion!

There is not a play.bat file in the list. I did a search for it, but
nothing
was found. I had created a folder C:\\AlecH and when I packaged the
slideshow
named AlecNew.pps, it created a subfolder called Alec0707--the name I
assigned to the package and selected copy to file so now the path is
C:\\AlecH\Alec0707, which contains all of the information for the CD.
Could
the longer file name be the problem?

Deloresw

"Michael Koerner" wrote:

I have a folder on my C: drive called "tocd" without the quotes I created
this when I created my first copy to CD program. Now all I have to do is
copy any presentation to the folder, make the name change in the playlst
file and burn to a CD. Does not matter what your folder is called, as you
don't copy the folder to the CD. Everything goes into the root directory
of
your CD .

--
Michael Koerner
MS MVP - PowerPoint


"Deloresw" wrote in message
...
One more question--When I package the PowerPoint slideshow, I always
type
in
a different name for the CD or file than the name of my PP slideshow.
Is
this
the correct thing to do or am I supposed to use the same name as my PP
slideshow?

I have been curious where the CD or file name goes to. My actual PP
slideshow file name always appears in the list on the CD, but I have
never
seen anything about the name I assigned to the packaging. I hope this
makes
sense.
Deloresw

"Echo S" wrote:

I think that should work. Maybe Michael will spot something, though --
he's
better with the autorun thing than I am!

What's in your playlist.txt file?

I'm wondering if it's just that autorun has been turned off on the
computer
in question.

--
Echo S [MS PPT MVP] http://www.echosvoice.com
What's new in PowerPoint 2007? http://www.echosvoice.com/2007.htm
Fixing PowerPoint Annoyances
http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/power...noy/index.html
PPTLive! Oct 28-31, New Orleans http://www.pptlive.com

"Deloresw" wrote in message
...
The autorun.ini says open=pptview.exe /L "playlist.txt"
The options for package the CD a
Include these files
PP Viewer
Play all presentations automatically in the specified order
Linked files has check mark

"Echo S" wrote:

What Michael asked -- what does the autorun.ini say? (You can open
it
in
Notepad or Wordpad.)

Or, when you go to File | Package for CD and choose Options, which
option
are you choosing for "select how presentations will play in the
viewer"?

--
Echo S [MS PPT MVP] http://www.echosvoice.com
What's new in PowerPoint 2007? http://www.echosvoice.com/2007.htm
Fixing PowerPoint Annoyances
http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/power...noy/index.html
PPTLive! Oct 28-31, New Orleans http://www.pptlive.com

"Deloresw" wrote in message
news I'm back!! I really appreciate all of the time you spent helping
me,
but
when
I changed the effect options to "Stop playing after 999 slides,"
the
songs
only played one time each. I changed the timing to repeat until
end
of
slide,
but this caused the songs to overlap. I then changed the timing
to
first
song, (none) and second song to play 3 times, etc. The songs
still
would
only
play one time each.

I reverted back to my original settings for the effect options,
e.g.,
first
song, stop after 23 slides, timing; play to end of slide; second
song,
stop
after 39 slides, etc. Now, I am back in business except for the
same
problem
of autorun not working properly on my computer. The autorun and
PP
viewer,
as
always, are listed on the CD, but I still have to click on the PP
file
and
select from the dropdown menu for Microsoft PowerPoint to run the
slideshow.
I can live with this as long as everything else works on the XP
computers,
but if you have anymore suggestions for me to try I would more
than
welcome
them.

Again, I thank all of you for your time and help! I hope my
experience
helps
someone else.

Deloresw



"Deloresw" wrote:

Thank you so much for your help! I will try not to cry too much
if
something
does not work! I have had fun making the slideshows, but the
small
glitches
were about to get me down.

Deloresw

"Echo S" wrote:

Well, I'm glad I could make you laugh, anyway!

But now I might make you cry. :-(

Using the "stop playing after 999 slides" won't keep you from
having
to
make
timing adjustments to the slide transitions. But it should
ensure
that
the
songs play all the way through and not stop unexpectedly
partway
through the
song. I would not try to use a "stop after XX slides" and put
the
real
number of slides in there. It just doesn't seem to work right
for
some
strange reason.

However, you should be aware that timing is not PowerPoint's
strong
suit.
You're not going to get extremely accurate timing with PPT. My
favorite
way
to explain it is, if you're playing the Star Spangled Banner
and
you
want
the fireworks animation to happen when the song says "and the
rockets'
red
glare," well, it ain't gonna happen. PPT just isn't going to
be
that
precise.

So, you will probably be better off just putting 3-, 4-, and
5-second
automatic transitions on each slide and trying to get within a
few
seconds
of the total sound length.

Or, what I might do is use a sound editor and combine all the
MP3s
into
one
sound file, insert that on the first slide and set it to stop
playing
after
999 slides, and then just set the transition times (3, 4, 5
seconds
or
so)
for all the slides.

Audacity is a good free sound editor.
http://audacity.sourceforge.net/
You
must download and install the LAME MP3 encoder as well, but
there
are
links
to it on that site. Just click "Download Audacity 1.2.6" to
get
to
it.

As for putting the MP3 into the folder with the presentation
before
inserting it, yes, it's a good habit to get into. But it's not
really
necessary since you're using Package for CD. The PfCD process
actually
creates a new folder and puts the presentation and the MP3s in
the
same
folder -- and it fixes up all the links. So you don't have to
worry
so
much
about starting with the MP3 in the same folder as the
presentation.
It
may
make your life easier, though, and, as I mentioned, it really
is
a
good
habit to get into.

Go here http://www.echosvoice.com/autoruncd2.htm and scroll
down
a
little
way, and you can see a screeenshot of the files inside a
package
for
CD
folder. You'll have autorun.INF, gdiplus.dll, pptview.exe and
a
bunch
of
other files. You'll also see your presentation file and your
MP3s.
(The
linked audio in the screenshot is a WMA file, Beethoven's
Symphony....)
Burn
all those files to the CD. Don't burn the *folder.* Windows
looks
for
the
autorun.INF file, or sometimes the play.BAT file, to start the
CD
automatically. If that file is inside a folder, Windows can't
see
it
on

"Deloresw" wrote in message
...

I have not had the opportunity to test the slideshow CD, but hope to today
or tomorrow.

Good luck with it, Delores. We'll keep our fingers crossed for you!

--
Echo S [MS PPT MVP] http://www.echosvoice.com
What's new in PowerPoint 2007? http://www.echosvoice.com/2007.htm
Fixing PowerPoint Annoyances
http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/power...noy/index.html
PPTLive! Oct 28-31, New Orleans http://www.pptlive.com

I appreciate your sentiment, but I think I need your prayers for my sanity!!

I did the "trial run" this morning on one of the XP computers, and had the
SAME problem with the SAME song. All of the other four songs played fine, BUT
there is still a problem with the one song not playing correctly. Today, it
would not play at all! I think my only alternatives are to delete that song
and try another one or extend the playing time of one or two of the other
songs. All of the songs play fine, as usual, when I run the CD on my computer.

I welcome any suggestions you may have, but I am ready to give up on that
particular song.

Deloresw

"Echo S" wrote:

"Deloresw" wrote in message
...

I have not had the opportunity to test the slideshow CD, but hope to today
or tomorrow.

Good luck with it, Delores. We'll keep our fingers crossed for you!

--
Echo S [MS PPT MVP] http://www.echosvoice.com
What's new in PowerPoint 2007? http://www.echosvoice.com/2007.htm
Fixing PowerPoint Annoyances
http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/power...noy/index.html
PPTLive! Oct 28-31, New Orleans http://www.pptlive.com