Knowledge Base/BETA: MediaShout Version 4/Slideshow Cues & PowerPoint Import
Interesting problem with PPT and sound
David Burton
posted this on July 25, 2010 09:03 am
I was trying to duplicate Jeremy Albert's problem with a PPT from Lifeway;s 2006 VBS that has embedded sound files.
I was clicking through the files and trigger a sound file,
The only way I could get it to stop playing was to use the Stop in Firebox even after I told it to close and make a new file.
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David can you put one of those in the drop box so I can play with it. My PPTs seem to work fine and stop when they are supposed to..
David,
You may download Dropbox at any time. Just shoot me an email using the account you used for Dropbox, so I can share the Beta folder with you.
John, seems as good a place as any to post this. I'm trying to use a PPT file in this weeks presentation, and when it gets to the end, using either timed advance, or manual advance; *.ppt or *.pptx files it crashed my system here so hard that I have to log off, then back on to make it close. I've tried several ppt files with the same result. I tried to repair install, and it still did it. Any ideas?
What do you have for PPT playback and what version was used for creation? If you drop the PPT in the dropbox, I can have a look at it.
I did not have PowerPoint set up for the PPT editor, I did that after your suggestion. It seemed to run through, but the following cues were not showing, though they were advancing on the script. This is currently just an overlay system, until I get it to the church to try it there. The PPT file was created with PPT 2007 Enterprise. File is on it's way.
Are you able to connect a secondary display for testing. It just may be an overlay issue. I will test the PPT file as soon as it arrives.
I think I have an old monitor here, I'll check that out and let you know.
Well, the second monitor did not help. Still got the crash, though it did not lock my system up.
I tried them on my laptop and it did not crash the system but they took forever to open
I had the asme results as James. Try adding a blank page to the end of the Show
After adding the blank slide it played as expected. I think this may be a overlay issue because PPT and MediaShout may be trying to use the same screen.
We'll no go so far. These two PPT files were created using 2007, and with an existing script as well as a new one, it still behaves the same in any case.
I did notice there are timings set in the PPT. Are you trying to advance manually?
Well it crashes on any ppt file now, when it finishes and is progressing to anything else. I'm thinking I'm going to have to un/reinstall to correct this.
In those two, yes I was going to use an intro page to start the music that I play in the background (from within MS) and then transition to the main slide. I've tried it both with and without music. The other files that I've tried are not timed in any way.
Chuck I noticed you said you added ppt to the editor in MS. What do you have as the player under players and others> slideshow player?
I did not have that selected, but do now. The end result once again is crashing.
In order to play the animations on the last page of a PPT a blank page needs to be inserted. Your PPT files did not play well again after you edited them.
I noted the popup from Dropbox that indicated that they'd been change, but I was not the one who edited them. I was unaware of the blank page neccecity within MS
Hey Ken and James, are either of you running the PPT files from the dropbox?
Did the blank page help? My tests are skewed because I am using PPT 2010.
I stuck them in a script but didn't edit them. they were deleted before I could play them
As far as ppt 2007 goes I've never had any luck with it. I have to use the ppt 97 viewer just to play a ppt as MS keeps saying it can't load any ppt with 2007 set as the player.
Nope, I copied and pasted. Using 2007 Small Business with maybe a slight change in Speed when I added the blank. Still no crash.