Converting Media Player to Wave

Media Jukebox is a shareware and will allow you to convert to and from wav, MP3, cda, etc. You can find it at Download.com. or www.musicex.com/mediajukebox/

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One person’s method to capture sound and insert it into power point starting from the CD - I'm sure there are others. This seems to work well. Maybe there's some new apps that can do it in fewer steps.

Use "Audio Grabber" to rip the CD directly to a .wav file. www.audiograbber.com-us.net I use the free version and if the track I want isn't become available to grab, I shut the application and reopen it. (the free version randomly picks half the tracks on a CD to be available for
grabbing) it's a very quick reload and I've never had to do this more than twice. Click off the tracks you do not want. make sure the .mp3 toggle is off, and hit "grab", which will make a file called "track#.wav" in the AudioGrabber folder.

If you need to use a smaller file, use "Sound Recorder" (comes loaded on most machines - look in your computer's "multimedia" or "accessories" folder) to edit the file down. Open the file, use "change" and "save as" to bring the usually HUGE .wav file down to 16 bit mono, which is still good
enough for most sound systems (cassette tape quality).

Insert file in Power Point as I described earlier:

Insert
Movies and Sounds>
Sound from File>

browse for your file and load. A little CD will appear on that slide. Drag it off screen from the edit view, it will stay with the slide but at least not appear in your presentation.

Right click on it and use "Custon animation" to control how it animates and how long it runs, and if it goes on past the current slide or not.