I have problems when I insert music into my presentation of Powerpoint 2010 I can insert the wav file okay, I can hear the music playing fine if I don't touch anything. I go to the animation panel/Effects Option. Under the "Stop Playing", I put a number in "After ... Slides" and when I try to view the presentation, it crashed if I trigger the music (in case I use a trigger) or it will crash immediately (if I put the music on both "Start with previous" and "Start after previous") I tried putting the music on other pages and it would still crash if I keep the number in "After ... Slides". I tried copying all the slides to another presentation file, same result. I also tried make a presentation of blank pages, I will still get the crash. In Event Viewer, this is the message:
Sidenote: If it plays on 1 slide only, it's fine. If I use PPT extension, it doesn't crash but there are many elements I need to check and only available in PPTX.

I just used my school's computer to test the PPTX file again, and I also checked the sound files in the PPTX file, there, each file's length is only a few seconds, a lot shorter than it should be.
On my school's computer, I can see length is full, I wonder if this is one of the reason that could cause the crash, what could be interfering with it?

Because 2010 uses Windows components to play sound and video it is possible that third party apps can conflict.

I would suspect DVD players / converters or similar especially ones that come pre installed free.

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I see, thank you, I'll try to find out which programs that might cause conflict.
Here is the list of Multimedia programs I think that might have something to do with this:
CDex - Open Source Digital Audio CD Extractor
K-Lite Codec Pack Mega
Media Player Classic - Home Cinema
Media Monkey
Quicktime
Sony Vegas Pro
VLC Media Player

I have Cdex and Sony Vegas pro installed and have no problems/

Other people have reported VLC media player as a possible problem.

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I have uninstalled VLC Media Player, and I even went on uninstalling OpenOffice on the computer
But it would still crash, this is very intriguing because I don't know what I could've done wrong.

This is the full list of programs on my computer right now.

any update on this? I have the same exact problem.

I know it's a software issue because the ppt works perfectly on other win7 machines and even powerpoint in osx. Here are my list of programs (maybe we have some in common):
Group Name Name User Name

Start Menu Default:Start Menu Default

Start Menu\Programs Default:Start Menu\Programs Default

Start Menu\Programs\Accessories Default:Start Menu\Programs\Accessories Default

Start Menu\Programs\Accessories\Accessibility Default:Start Menu\Programs\Accessories\Accessibility Default

Start Menu\Programs\Accessories\System Tools Default:Start Menu\Programs\Accessories\System Tools Default

Start Menu\Programs\Maintenance Default:Start Menu\Programs\Maintenance Default

Start Menu Public:Start Menu Public

Start Menu\Programs Public:Start Menu\Programs Public

Start Menu\Programs\7-Zip Public:Start Menu\Programs\7-Zip Public

Start Menu\Programs\Accessories Public:Start Menu\Programs\Accessories Public

Start Menu\Programs\Accessories\Accessibility Public:Start Menu\Programs\Accessories\Accessibility Public

Start Menu\Programs\Accessories\System Tools Public:Start Menu\Programs\Accessories\System Tools Public

Start Menu\Programs\Accessories\Tablet PC Public:Start Menu\Programs\Accessories\Tablet PC Public

Start Menu\Programs\Accessories\Windows PowerShell Public:Start Menu\Programs\Accessories\Windows PowerShell Public

Start Menu\Programs\Administrative Tools Public:Start Menu\Programs\Administrative Tools Public

Start Menu\Programs\Adobe Public:Start Menu\Programs\Adobe Public

Start Menu\Programs\Adobe LiveCycle ES2 Public:Start Menu\Programs\Adobe LiveCycle ES2 Public

Start Menu\Programs\Adobe Master Collection CS5.5 Public:Start Menu\Programs\Adobe Master Collection CS5.5 Public

Start Menu\Programs\Air Video Server Public:Start Menu\Programs\Air Video Server Public

Start Menu\Programs\AutoHotkey Public:Start Menu\Programs\AutoHotkey Public

Start Menu\Programs\Brother Public:Start Menu\Programs\Brother Public

Start Menu\Programs\Brother\MFC-9440CN LAN Public:Start Menu\Programs\Brother\MFC-9440CN LAN Public

Start Menu\Programs\Brother\MFC-9440CN LAN\Scanner Settings Public:Start Menu\Programs\Brother\MFC-9440CN LAN\Scanner Settings Public

Start Menu\Programs\Catalyst Control Center Public:Start Menu\Programs\Catalyst Control Center Public

Start Menu\Programs\CrashPlan Public:Start Menu\Programs\CrashPlan Public

Start Menu\Programs\FileZilla FTP Client Public:Start Menu\Programs\FileZilla FTP Client Public

Start Menu\Programs\Futuremark Public:Start Menu\Programs\Futuremark Public

Start Menu\Programs\Futuremark\PCMark 7 Public:Start Menu\Programs\Futuremark\PCMark 7 Public

Start Menu\Programs\Games Public:Start Menu\Programs\Games Public

Start Menu\Programs\HD Tune Public:Start Menu\Programs\HD Tune Public

Start Menu\Programs\Intel Public:Start Menu\Programs\Intel Public

Start Menu\Programs\Intel\Intel(R) Solid-State Drive Toolbox Public:Start Menu\Programs\Intel\Intel(R) Solid-State Drive Toolbox Public

Start Menu\Programs\iTunes Public:Start Menu\Programs\iTunes Public

Start Menu\Programs\Maintenance Public:Start Menu\Programs\Maintenance Public

Start Menu\Programs\Microsoft LifeCam Public:Start Menu\Programs\Microsoft LifeCam Public

Start Menu\Programs\Microsoft Office Public:Start Menu\Programs\Microsoft Office Public

Start Menu\Programs\Microsoft Office\Microsoft Office 2010 Tools Public:Start Menu\Programs\Microsoft Office\Microsoft Office 2010 Tools Public

Start Menu\Programs\Notepad++ Public:Start Menu\Programs\Notepad++ Public

Start Menu\Programs\Picasa 3 Public:Start Menu\Programs\Picasa 3 Public

Start Menu\Programs\PS3 Media Server Public:Start Menu\Programs\PS3 Media Server Public

Start Menu\Programs\QuickTime Public:Start Menu\Programs\QuickTime Public

Start Menu\Programs\Renesas Electronics Public:Start Menu\Programs\Renesas Electronics Public

Start Menu\Programs\Renesas Electronics\USB 3.0 Host Controller Driver Public:Start Menu\Programs\Renesas Electronics\USB 3.0 Host Controller Driver Public

Start Menu\Programs\Skype Public:Start Menu\Programs\Skype Public

Start Menu\Programs\StarCraft II Public:Start Menu\Programs\StarCraft II Public

Start Menu\Programs\Startup Public:Start Menu\Programs\Startup Public

Start Menu\Programs\Tablet PC Public:Start Menu\Programs\Tablet PC Public

Start Menu\Programs\VideoLAN Public:Start Menu\Programs\VideoLAN Public

Start Menu Dragon7\Dragon:Start Menu Dragon7\Dragon

Start Menu\Programs Dragon7\Dragon:Start Menu\Programs Dragon7\Dragon

Start Menu\Programs\Accessories Dragon7\Dragon:Start Menu\Programs\Accessories Dragon7\Dragon

Start Menu\Programs\Accessories\Accessibility Dragon7\Dragon:Start Menu\Programs\Accessories\Accessibility Dragon7\Dragon

Start Menu\Programs\Accessories\System Tools Dragon7\Dragon:Start Menu\Programs\Accessories\System Tools Dragon7\Dragon

Start Menu\Programs\Administrative Tools Dragon7\Dragon:Start Menu\Programs\Administrative Tools Dragon7\Dragon

Start Menu\Programs\Dropbox Dragon7\Dragon:Start Menu\Programs\Dropbox Dragon7\Dragon

Start Menu\Programs\Google Chrome Dragon7\Dragon:Start Menu\Programs\Google Chrome Dragon7\Dragon

Start Menu\Programs\Maintenance Dragon7\Dragon:Start Menu\Programs\Maintenance Dragon7\Dragon

Start Menu\Programs\Notepad++ Dragon7\Dragon:Start Menu\Programs\Notepad++ Dragon7\Dragon

Start Menu\Programs\SABnzbd Dragon7\Dragon:Start Menu\Programs\SABnzbd Dragon7\Dragon

Start Menu\Programs\StarCraft II Dragon7\Dragon:Start Menu\Programs\StarCraft II Dragon7\Dragon

Start Menu\Programs\Startup Dragon7\Dragon:Start Menu\Programs\Startup Dragon7\Dragon

Start Menu\Programs\SteelSeries Dragon7\Dragon:Start Menu\Programs\SteelSeries Dragon7\Dragon

Start Menu\Programs\SteelSeries\SteelSeries Engine Dragon7\Dragon:Start Menu\Programs\SteelSeries\SteelSeries Engine Dragon7\Dragon

So far I've seen we have these in common:
Chrome, Notepad++, Quicktime, Skype and VLC
That's all I can give right now since I have no idea which could be causing problems...
I once tried uninstalling VLC but yield no positive results.

yep...i'm with ya. no idea.