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Producer Presentations advance slides but audio does not play
If students are finding that their presentation uploads, but the audio is not playing, then most likely the problem is the upload tool. To check, remove the "Default.htm" from the end of the URL that links to the presentation. The directory contents that show up will have 2 or 3 .ASX files. Save any one of them to your computer and open it in Notepad. If the file text looks like this:
<ASX version = "3.0">
<!-- Producer-generated file -->
<ENTRY>
<REF HREF
= "mms://media.students.washington.edu/Your_UWNetID/presentations/intro_wmv
_files/mms://media.students.washington.edu/Your_UWNetID/presentations/intro
_wmv_files/mms://media.students.washington.edu/Your_UWNetID/presentations/i
ntro_wmv_files/mms://media.students.washington.edu/Your_UWNetID/presentatio
ns/intro_wmv_files/mms://media.students.washington.edu/Your_UWNetID/present
ations/intro_wmv_files/mms://media.students.washington.edu/Your_UWNetID/pre
sentations/intro_wmv_files/mms://media.students.washington.edu/Your_UWNetID
/presentations/intro_wmv_files/mms://media.students.washington.edu/schl
icht/presentations/intro_wmv_files/mms://media.students.washington.edu/
Your_UWNetID/presentations/intro_wmv_files/mms://media.students.washington.
edu/Your_UWNetID/presentations/intro_wmv_files/mms://media.students.washing
ton.edu/Your_UWNetID/presentations/intro_wmv_files/mms://media.students.was
hington.edu/Your_UWNetID/presentations/intro_wmv_files/mms://media.students
.washington.edu/Your_UWNetID/presentations/intro_wmv_files/mms://media.stud
ents.washington.edu/Your_UWNetID/presentations/intro_wmv_files/mms://media.
students.washington.edu/Your_UWNetID/presentations/intro_wmv_files/mms://me
dia.students.washington.edu/Your_UWNetID/presentations/intro_wmv_files/mms:
//media.students.washington.edu/Your_UWNetID/presentations/intro_wmv_files/
mms://media.students.washington.edu/Your_UWNetID/presentations/intro_wmv_fi
les/mms://media.students.washington.edu/Your_UWNetID/presentations/intro_wm
v_files/mms://media.students.washington.edu/Your_UWNetID/presentations/intr
o_wmv_files/mms://media.students.washington.edu/Your_UWNetID/presentations/
intro_wmv_files/mms://media.students.washington.edu/Your_UWNetID/presentati
ons/intro_wmv_files/mms://media.students.washington.edu/Your_UWNetID/presen
tations/intro_wmv_files/mms://media.students.washington.edu/Your_UWNetID/pr
esentations/intro_wmv_files/1MM0.wmv"/>
</ENTRY>
</ASX>
instead of this:
<ASX version = "3.0">
<!-- Producer-generated file -->
<ENTRY>
<REF HREF
= "mms://media.students.washington.edu/Your_UWNetID/presentations/intro_wmv
_files/1MM0.wmv"/>
</ENTRY>
</ASX>
then that is the problem. You will need to copy each of the .ASX files, editing them so that the HREF is a single, complete URL and then upload them overwriting the existing, incorrect files. You should use the Secure FTP tool (from the UWICK) to upload them to the appropriate destination in your public_html folder on the UW server.
Once the .ASX file is fixed, you should be able to browse to the Default.htm file in the folder where your presentation lives and view the presentation.
Last update: 2008-07-22 15:43
Author: Martin Criminale
Revision: 1.2
