BleepingComputer.com: How Do I Host A Powerpoint So That Others Can View It?

Yeah, same here. I converted it into a .WAV file and not only did it go from being 5.04MB to 93.1MB, but the .WAV file afterwards skipped every 2 seconds and was a jumbled mess to listen to. Maybe that's just the software that I used to convert it with though, I don't know. So, does this mean there's no way to convert it to a .WAV file and have it remain under 10MB and be roughly the same audio quality as it was before? I know with .AVI movie files there are shrinking programs which will take a 600MB file and shrink the filesize to around 75MB without changing the quality too much, but I don't know of any for .WAV audio files.

Firstly my appologies regarding the edited powerpoint, totally forgot about linked objects!

Anyhow, I have since re-edited the powerpoint and uploaded it, hopefully it will be working with the sound file embedded.

The only problem that may arise is that I resampled the original sound file and its attributes are now:

File type: *.wav
Format: Microsoft ADPCM
Attributes: 11,025kHz 4 Bit Mono

The obvious downside to the new format is that it's in mono, but this has greatly reduced the size of the sound file to around 2meg. The total file download size is around 16MB.

Hope this helps!!

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This post has been edited by FireKracker: 11 April 2007 - 04:09 AM

Worked for me. But kind of a hefty download.

I agree with Amazing Andrew, many people won't want to wait for ages to download the file even if they have broardband/adsl etc. Perhaps try using another medium to display your images:

1) convert your powerpoint to an avi - look here
2) Try using a program like Microsoft PhotoStory - look here (PhotoStory saves the file as a wmv) + its free
3) Create a flash photo album - google results here.

Alternatively have a look at this link thought it's right up your street, convert your PowerPoint to Flash you can either host the files from you webspace or offer the user the choice to download and run locally on their computer. The downside is that its not free but the file size is just over 9MB!

Takes around 45 secs to download over my ADSL connection (260kb/sec)