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Hi :)
Oops, sorry!  A PptX file can be renamed to .zip.  It's best to do this to
a copy of the file instead of the original one.

If it really is the older MS format, ppt or pps then that trick isn't going
to work.  I think you can just rename pps to ppt but that doesn't help
either.  I think the pps plays automatically plays whereas ppt opens in
edit-mode.

Actually if you can get into editing mode then you might be able to find a
way of saving the audio file in there somewhere.

MS formats are unreliable so it might be a good idea to save the
presentation in LibreOffice's native format, ODF - specifically Odp for
presentations.  ASfter that when you bring the audio-file back in it should
work.


In general if LibreOffice is struggling with a file then it's sometimes a
good idea to try OpenOffice (and vice-versa).  Microsoft formats are a bit
temperamental and sometimes have problems even in different versions of MS
Office.

Regards from
Tom :)


On 24 December 2014 at 20:28, M Henri Day <mhenriday@gmail.com> wrote:

2014-12-24 21:16 GMT+01:00 anne-ology <laginnis@gmail.com>:

       Just downloaded then attempted to play this -
           then I opened it in LO to find that there is no sound
attached.


​That was precisely my point - i e, that LO, for some strange reason, does
not seem to recognise the audio files found in the .pps file....



​T​
herefore
​ [sic !]​
here's another example of where MsFt is able to play a sound byte
​ which LO must consider as dangerous  ???


​Not certain that ​LO considers the audio files embedded in the this .pps
file as «dangerous» - one receives no notification to that effect - but it
can't play them....

​ ​

  A possible solution:
​ play in MsFt PP then go 'behind the scenes' to collect the audio​
sound byte
​[sic !]...
  then piece the video with the audio together & save for you
​​r ​enjoyment.


​Just how do you suggest one can «go behind the scene»​ to nab these audio
files ? That's precisely the sort of instruction I'm looking for....

Henri

From: M Henri Day <mhenriday@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, Dec 24, 2014 at 12:05 PM
Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] No audio in Impress with the famous Don
McLean Vincent van Gogh pps-file on Linux Mint 17.1
To: anne-ology <laginnis@gmail.com>
Cc: "LibreOffice, users" <users@global.libreoffice.org>


​<snip>​


 > From: M Henri Day <mhenriday@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, Dec 21, 2014 at 2:38 PM
Subject: [libreoffice-users] No audio in Impress with the famous Don
McLean
Vincent van Gogh pps-file on Linux Mint 17.1
To: "LibreOffice, users" <users@global.libreoffice.org>

​I e, I get the slide show, ​but no sound. If I attempt to play the
presentation in, e g, VLC Media Player, I get the music, but no images.
Very frustrating ?...

Any suggestions as to how I can get *son et lumière* to work together,
preferably in Impress ? I can mention that I've installed
libreoffice-avmedia-backend-gstreamer, but no joy....
​​
Henri​

​Thanks for your reply, anne-ology !  fear you misunderstood me ; I first
tried opening the .pps file in LibreOffice Impress, before checking to
see
what would happen in the event I opened it in other media players such as
VLC. As stated above, I got no sound when I did so on my Linux Mint 17.1
machine ; I can report that the audio portion of the file didn't work any
better in Impress (LO version: 4.3.5.2) on an updated 64-bit Windows 8.1
machine. I had, of course, no difficulty whatever playing it in
Powerpoint
(MS Office 2013)....

Anyone else
​have any suggestions ? This wonderful presentation is available online -
4peonies.com/VanGogh.pps - so interested LO users can easily give it a
whirl and see if they get better results than I do....

Henri


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