Wowsers! Voiceover at slow speed!

Hi Dave,

That does sound strange! Are you still using Studio '09, or have you upgraded to '13?

If you're using '09, and you haven't already, it may help to try the suggestions in this article:

General audio issues in Presenter '09

I'm sure you probably are already doing this, but if not, please make sure that all of your project files are local:

• Work on your local drive (your C: drive). Working on a network drive or a USB drive can cause erratic behavior, including file corruption, loss of audio, and other unexpected behavior. 
• You should also make sure the directory path to your project files and your published output is less than 260 characters (for example C:\Articulate).
• Avoid using special characters, accents or symbols in your file names (this includes spaces and underscores).

Additional information regarding "Naming Files, Paths, and Namespaces" in Windows operating systems can be found in the following Microsoft article.

Thanks!

Christine

Thanks for your reply, Christine.

It's the '09 version, and there are no "red flags" that apply from your list.

However,I've been able to narrow down the cause and work around it in the near-term.

The last thing I suspected was a corrupted PPTA file, so I made a copy of the project, and then deleted the PPTA file, so as to essentially start from scratch with just the PowerPoint. I imported the audio files and created a new PPTA. And the same thing happened. To me, that pointed the finger at the 3 audio files.

I can find no difference in these audio files and the others in the project (aside from the fact that they don't work after being published). They play normally in Windows Media Player, Audacity, and during synchronization in Articulate.

So I put them in Audacity, then exported them with new file names. And THOSE files worked normally after publishing. While the problem is solved, the mystery remains.

Dave

Hi Dave,

Thank you so much for the detailed information - I appreciate it!

That is odd as can be, but certainly good to hear that they're working after exporting them with Audacity. Just curious, was anything changed when you did this? Format, or any other modification? Was the name of the audio file changed?

Thanks!