Comments on: How To Embed Mp3 Audio Files In Microsoft PowerPoint Presentation

By: Cuky Massanet

Cuky Massanet — Wed, 22 Sep 2010 15:26:34 +0000

I followed all the instructions to the T, however, I selected Play Sound – Automatically and the *.wav file is embedded but I can only hear it on the very first slide. Help!

By: Rich Lang

Rich Lang — Sun, 08 Aug 2010 20:13:52 +0000

Thank You, Nakodari. A VERY GOOD explanation. And exactly what I was looking for.

Regarding the sentence “If you already have an mp3 file then you can skip the above steps”, my experience was that if the .mp3 file was not itself created by CDex something would crash or become corrupted along the way, preventing the successful embedding of a usable RIFF-WAV file into PowerPoint. And what crashed or became corrupted was different depending upon which program had originally created the .mp3 file. But the process worked perfectly, and resulted in a successful embedding, so long as the .mp3 file was itself created by CDex (ver. 1.51). May have something to do with the various option settings. Don’t know. My OS is Win XP SP-3.

Other web sites have stated that this may not work with MACs. Can anyone comment on that?

By: pj

pj — Wed, 16 Jun 2010 13:17:08 +0000

hi,

I had the same problem as Helen, I downloaded the CD-ex and tried to convert the file needed
for my powerpoint and it said “Does not match MPEG layer tag, file conversion has been aborted”. Can anyone help? The file I wanted to convert was an mp3 file (in VLC). I’ve spent a whole week thinking of workarounds to this problem of sending music in a powerpoint!

By: Helen

Helen — Wed, 26 May 2010 20:51:17 +0000

I run into an error message that says “extension of file XXX does not match mpeg layer tag. File conversion aborted”. It’s an old but good quality mp3 that works aok in the PP presentation, but just on my computer. I probably changed the default info when I originally ripped it. Is there a way to work around the tag info and make adding the header easier? Thnx.

By: Mark

Mark — Thu, 25 Mar 2010 03:19:23 +0000

Great info,is there any way to embed movie clips like this

By: pupulo

pupulo — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 12:22:59 +0000

That's what i'm looking for! It worked. You're so nice.

By: pupulo

pupulo — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 07:22:59 +0000

That's what i'm looking for! It worked. You're so nice.

By: pupulo

pupulo — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 02:22:59 +0000

That's what i'm looking for! It worked. You're so nice.

By: Flamethrower

Flamethrower — Sat, 23 May 2009 13:55:39 +0000

This actually worked! Right out of the box, no problem(s) at all.
Thanks big time!

By: Gerado Ramírez

Gerado Ramírez — Thu, 21 May 2009 16:40:53 +0000

Thank you so much, I solved a big problem!

By: MAL

MAL — Mon, 18 May 2009 23:54:26 +0000

Hi, great article. I am running WinXp but after downloading am getting the same error message “an error occurred while opening the input file”
(#0C19#)

Anyone had that problem as I am frustrated as hell!
Thanks
Bodhid.

By: Nakodari

Nakodari — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 09:44:28 +0000

Thanks. Make sure you check out other tips too.

By: obe smith

obe smith — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 21:20:25 +0000

I’ve tried the above suggestion & it worked great!! I have Home Vista Premium and downloaded cdex_170b2_enu.exe at SourceForge.net. I quickly converted an mp3 file and inserted it in a Powerpoint file and it was embedded. After embedding the sound file, it said [Contained in presentation]. I recommend this for others to try it. This is such a great help!! Wave files are too big to include in presentations. And MP3 files converted to wav thru cdex is a big help. Huge thanks, Nakodari!! GOD bless!!

By: Agatha

Agatha — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 03:23:33 +0000

I will try later. Thanks a lot.

By: Nakodari

Nakodari — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 08:00:56 +0000

You are welcome! Stay Tuned For More Awesome Tips.

By: Rygel

Rygel — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 07:09:32 +0000

Great info! Thank you.