Mac, Windows and MP3

External Since: Nov 05, 2003 Posts: 1

Hello,

I have created a powerpoint presentation on my Mac that will be posted on
the web for primarily Windows users. I used MP3's. When I imported the
MP3's, I imported them as movies instead of as sounds. (They did not play as
sounds. I am using OS 10.2 with the latest version of Powerpoint.) So while
they were MP3's, because I imported them as movies, a Quicktime icon was
used to show their presence.

Will these MP3 files play on a Windows machine even if that person does not
have Quicktime?

And if they don't, how can I fix the problem so that they will play with all
machines.

thanks for your help,

John

External Since: Oct 08, 2003 Posts: 112

Hi

I copied this from the PowerPoint help:

You can insert sounds in the following formats:
€ Audio Interchange File Format (AIF, AIFF, AIFC)
€ Apple QuickTime Movie Sound (MOV, MOOV)
€ Apple System Sound (SFIL)
€ Apple System Resource Sound (RSRC, rsrc)
€ CCITT A-Law (European Telephony) Audio Format (ALAW)
€ CCITT U-Law (US Telephony) Audio Format (AU, SND, ULAW)
€ Microsoft Windows Media Audio (ASF)
€ Microsoft Windows Waveform (WAVE, WAV)
€ MPEG Layer 3 Audio (MP3)
€ Musical Instrument Digital Interface (MIDI, MID, KAR)

Windows versions of PowerPoint are not as good with QuickTime as the Mac
versions. Try using PowerPoint's Save As Package feature and see how it goes
on the Windows PCs. They will need to install QuickTime player if you use a
QuickTime file format.

-Jim Gordon
Mac MVP

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In article <BBCEC71E.6E%johnauf@ojai.net>, <johnauf RemoveThis @ojai.net> wrote:

>
> Hello,
>
> I have created a powerpoint presentation on my Mac that will be posted on
> the web for primarily Windows users. I used MP3's. When I imported the
> MP3's, I imported them as movies instead of as sounds. (They did not play as
> sounds. I am using OS 10.2 with the latest version of Powerpoint.) So while
> they were MP3's, because I imported them as movies, a Quicktime icon was
> used to show their presence.
>
> Will these MP3 files play on a Windows machine even if that person does not
> have Quicktime?
>
> And if they don't, how can I fix the problem so that they will play with all
> machines.
>
> thanks for your help,
>
> John
>