OldGreyEagle Posted November 12, 2003 Share Posted November 12, 2003 Ok, please look at this link, http://www.chsscout.net/rescenter/video/index.shtml down at the bottom of the page there are down loads of B-P talking, they are all "real player" recordings. How can I convert them to a WAV file? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hops_scout Posted November 12, 2003 Share Posted November 12, 2003 First instinct says not possible. Sorry. Only thing I can think of is to download and use RealPlayer:( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OldGreyEagle Posted November 12, 2003 Author Share Posted November 12, 2003 I want to use the recordings in a power point presentation. Powerpoint wont take the real player file format, is there a way to make Powerpoint take real player? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zippy Posted November 12, 2003 Share Posted November 12, 2003 Early last year (2002), I was looking for something similar, and came across a newsgroup posting as follows: ========begin quoted stuff=========== There is a program (Total Recorder v2.0) doing exactly what are you looking for. You can download it from http://www.HighCriteria.com. It can record sound being played by other sound players, either from a file or from the Internet (even online broadcast). It can record conventional audio from CD's, microphone and other lines on a sound card. Also it can convert different sound formats to WAVE format. ========end quoted stuff=========== I myself have not used this tool, as I found another version of the sounds I wanted. It looks like it costs about $12. Hope this helps... Thom in Omaha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
evmori Posted November 12, 2003 Share Posted November 12, 2003 OGE, I think you are stuck. My suggestion is to download Real Player & see what you can do with that. Ed Mori 1 Peter 4:10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hops_scout Posted November 12, 2003 Share Posted November 12, 2003 Ed, he has already said that PowerPoint wont allow use of Real Player files. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DDHII Posted November 12, 2003 Share Posted November 12, 2003 OGE, You might want to try this: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=e0ab51dc-e509-4bc2-ae47-507856f9ddc3&displaylang=en It's an encoder for the Windows Media Player from Microsoft. If it works, you should be able to play .avi's in your PowerPoint presentation. If you don't have Windows Media Player, you can download it here: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/search.aspx?displaylang=en&categoryid=4 I hope this helps... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
packsaddle Posted November 12, 2003 Share Posted November 12, 2003 I have a feeling that I will get showered with paper cups for this, but here's what I do for similar problems. I take the file, transport it onto my Macintosh where I have a utility (I think it''s called soundedit) that converts file formats and then export it back to the PC world. Sometimes it works flawlessly, sometimes not at all. I bet there's a similar utility for PCs somewhere. Check this one and see if it can do it: http://downloads-zdnet.com.com/3000-2140-10187266.html?tag=lst-0-1 Last resort, play it into a microphone with streaming audio recording capability. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FScouter Posted November 12, 2003 Share Posted November 12, 2003 The audio files on that website are in the RAM file format, which is a Real product. According to the Microsoft knowledge base RealNetworks content is created by software that is developed by RealNetworks. The content is compressed with proprietary RealVideo and RealAudio codecs and is stored in a file format developed by RealNetworks. To play RealNetworks content, obtain the RealOne player. PowerPoint does not support RealNetworks products. The sound file would have to be in some format supported by Windows Media Player which would also be supported by PowerPoint. What you need is a ripper to convert .RAM to MP3 or WAV or something else that Media Player can read. Apparently no such puppy exists. Real wont share their format. One thought would be to use a utility that will record directly from your sound card. Play the RAM file using RealPlayer, and record it into MP3 or whatever. Then insert the file into PP. I dont know if that would work, but you could try. Look here for rippers and recorders http://download.com.com/ . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mk9750 Posted November 12, 2003 Share Posted November 12, 2003 boy, it doesn't take much to remind me how computer - dumb I really am. Mark Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike F Posted November 13, 2003 Share Posted November 13, 2003 OGE, If you find something that works, would you report back to let us know? This is a GREAT idea!! Thanks! -mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OldGreyEagle Posted November 13, 2003 Author Share Posted November 13, 2003 Ok, I got it to work without converting the sound files to a WAV format. I saved the sound recordings on my computer. I am blessed to have a CD Burner on my computer. I recorded the sound onto a CD. Then in Powerpoint, I was able to go the INSERT section of the toolbar, droped down to the Movies and Sounds section and clicked on it, went to the "Play CD Audio Track" section. I followed the directions there and inserted the sound in the powerpoint slide. So now, when the slide of B-P appears, the recording of his voice starts up. It will work as long as the CD is in the computer. Not perfect but it works. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hops_scout Posted November 13, 2003 Share Posted November 13, 2003 OGE---- Our newest "Web/computer head":):);) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob White Posted November 13, 2003 Share Posted November 13, 2003 OGE go to your start menu-accessories and look for the sound recorder. You should be able to play the RealPlayer file and record it on the sound recorder which will save it as a .wav file. Bob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OldGreyEagle Posted November 13, 2003 Author Share Posted November 13, 2003 Bob, that was the first thing I tried, it recorded by the computers microphone, and the quality was way beyond poor. If anyone can make it happen, let me know Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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