MP3 Sound File

[Phil]

I get an error message" PowerPoint couldn't insert a sound
from the selected file" when I try to insert an MP3 file
in a PowerPoint 2000 slide presentation. I can only insert
*.wav files. Anyone know why?

[Echo S]

Does this happen with all MP3s, or just some? Where'd you get the MP3?

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

[Phil]

Files are music or voice narrative and were done in a
radio station. My CoolEditPro program identifies the files
as MPEG Layer 3 192 Kbps files (mp3PRO[FhG]).
I have not tried to insert other mp3 downloaded mp3 files
or wav files converted to mp3's. In the process I have
learned that I can convert usual *.wav or the mp3's that I
can't insert as mp3's to the Microsoft ADPCM (wav) file
format with almost as much reduction in file size and no
appreciable difference in sound quality. However, the
conversion process is time-consuming and would be best
avoided if I can find out why I can't insert these mp3's.
Where do I start?

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[Echo S]

Thanks for the additional info you included, Phil.

I suspect the problem is with your MCI settings. PPT uses the MCI Media
player to play MP3s and other multimedia.

I opened Sound Forge Studio and checked an MP3 which I'm able to insert
into PPT with no problems; that file also was listed as MPEG Layer 3,
which, I'll assume, is the standard MP3 encoding.

Since the codec seems to be okay, you might want to check the
information at
http://www.soniacoleman.com/Tutorials/PowerPoint/multimedia.htm -- in
section 3, there's information on what your MCI settings should look
like.

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