Keynote, Audio file embedded on slide, properties such as file name?

Any way to see the properties of the embedded audio file such as its name, or where it is located? I've converted from Powerpoint, but miss this RClick, Properties option to at least see the name of the file that is embedded.

I think you meant the Metrics Inspector? Also, to get this info, you need to have your audio object selected. The QuickTime Inspector does not give you file info, and neither give you file location data. Don't know why, unless Keynote is assuming you've set you media files to be embedded.
BTW, if you ever want to isolate a file outside of a slide, you can drag the proxy icon out of the Media Inspector and drop it on an appropriate app on the Dock. For this audio file, you could drag it onto QuickTime Player, and then Command-click on the proxy icon in QuickTime Player to see the path of where the file originated. Kinda kludgey, but it works...
!http://web.me.com/csyverson/filechute/audio_drag.png!

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File Not Found bug with long audio file names?

Hello -
Crazy problem. I'll probably post way too much information, but I want to make sure I cover everything. Help!
We run Logic Studio/Logic 8 on multiple 10.4.10/11 computers - G5 Power PC, new intel iMac, intel mini, G4 laptops. We are working on an audio post job using very messy OMFs that were prepared in Final Cut. We had problems opening them in Logic, so we opened the OMFs in Soundtrack Pro, exported to AAFs, and opened those in Logic.
The sessions look fine in Logic now (all files relinked), and the session is consolidated - ie, all files are local/in the project folder's Audio Files folder. I see this in the Audio Bin and can confirm in the finder.
Here's the problem. With the sessions closed:
(A) I renamed the project folder by adding an asterix to the front of the folder name, and changed the color label of the folder in the finder in order to mark it as the original folder.
(B) I made a copy of the whole folder (session files & audio files) in order to have something to work from and not mess up the original. When I opened up the session in the new folder, it immediately said audio file not found, do you want to search, locate, or skip. It couldn't find the file in a search, and obviously when you skip, then skip, then skip all, it opens the session with the data (regions are there but grayed) - so all the audio files are orphaned.
So when I try to locate the file, here's what happens. . . The audio file names are really horrendously long (must be some artifact of working in Final Cut). We're talking: "1087-001A SERG AIRPORT WAITING * 1-1channel_00044D02AA9- 363A-4CC5-A86B-0741023DB062.aif" - one bazillion characters.
So the audio file locate dialog box truncates the name of the file that's missing by using the first 20 characters or so, and then a "#" character, and then some random string of 3-6 characters that is not at all related to the file name. So who knows which of the 4-30 SERG AIRPORT files is supposed to go there!
Obviously if this were a 2 minute session file of 10 files or something, we could figure it out and relink everything, but we're talking about a feature-length session with a bazillion files.
(C) Okay, so I tried to open the original session, in the folder that I had renamed by prefacing the original name with an * and changing the color of the folder. But I started to get the file not found errors. OH GEEZ. So I didn't save. I re-renamed the folder by taking out the * and changing the color label back. Then I tried to open the session again, but I still kept getting the file not found problem.
I have to stress that I didn't move any of the audio files, or change ANYTHING in the session.
So I thought - is all of this because I tried to open a new instance of the session, in a new instance of the folder? Is it because I renamed the folders? Normally you can rename folders, even session names, no problems, and Logic corrects the paths to the audio files!
(D) So, crap. I reopened the original AAF file in logic and saved it in a new place. I closed the file, reopened it, closed, reopened, just to make sure everything was working! I checked the location of the files in the audio bin, and everything was great.
(E) So now I copied the folders to an external hard drive to be able to work on another computer. But when I tried to open the sessions on a new computer. . . You guessed it, nada.
So. . . the questions are:
(1) Those original sessions that now will not work - is there anything I can do to recover their functionality? We had work in there that I would prefer not to lose. . .
(2) Is this a known bug having to do with the length of the Audio File names?
(3) How do we get over this? My only idea so far is we could select all in a working logic session and say "Audio Tracks names to regions" or something and will that change the actual file names on teh computer? Then hopefully things would work on mulitple systems. . .
Okay. HELP! Thanks!
Polly

OK I got it.
It is necessary to use prefix "file:///" before file name.
Thanx everyway.

GB2 Audio Files Names

Hi All.
After watch an Apple Seminar On Line about Garage Band 2, I've decided to give it a try.
In fact I use Logic Express 7.
But I Like the easy workflow and GUI of Garage Band 2 to do simple work like the one described below.
My question is:
I'd like to use GB2 to convert some old cassete tapes into digital audio to burn a CD.
And I usually create a new GB project and sart to record the tapes into one stereo track.
OK, Now what I want to do is edit this audio file, splitting audio in diferent regions and have for example 2, 3 or more audio files names in the project file.
Then burn them later as individual tracks to a CD.
What I found out is that Garage Band is always a non-destructive audio recorder.
Even If I split the audio, the entire audio file is still there untouched in the project folder.
Is there a way to split the recorded audio in a lot of pieces and have new names for each of them.
With out this function it is not possible to do this kind of work in GB.
Thanks a lot in advance,
Gordon
Mac mini G4 1.25 Mac OS X (10.4.3)

I kind of knew that GB wouldn't do it.
Well, as I said, you can do it.
The fact that GB doesn't touch the original recording files is a feature, not a bug. It makes sure that through all editing stages, you retain your original material, which is very important. (And I can't imagine that Logic doesn't do that.)
There's a limited possibility to "mix down" adjacent snippets to a new one (and consequently delete the originals) with the "Join" command. For the sake of disk space, it could be a good thing to add a "delete everything that's not used" feature for the final save of a file.

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R

You're welcome.
http://blogs.adobe.com/kevinmonahan/2013/09/11/marking-posts-as-correct-or-helpful-on-the- adobe-forums/

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I think you meant the Metrics Inspector? Also, to get this info, you need to have your audio object selected. The QuickTime Inspector does not give you file info, and neither give you file location data. Don't know why, unless Keynote is assuming you've set you media files to be embedded.
BTW, if you ever want to isolate a file outside of a slide, you can drag the proxy icon out of the Media Inspector and drop it on an appropriate app on the Dock. For this audio file, you could drag it onto QuickTime Player, and then Command-click on the proxy icon in QuickTime Player to see the path of where the file originated. Kinda kludgey, but it works...
!http://web.me.com/csyverson/filechute/audio_drag.png!

Audio files name

Hi,
Is it possible to have other kind of naming for the audio files create with the record option of Adobe Presenter.
I record narration on a presentation and I lost de .ppcx file. So, I have to reimport all my audio. the name of the audio files are 144076652.mp3, 911255966.mp3, etc...
I have 34 slides...
I just want Presenter to name the file a better way... Like:
(name of presentation)_Slide01.mp3 (for the audio of slide 1)
(name of presentation)_Slide02.mp3 (for the audio of slide 2)
(name of presentation)_Slide03.mp3 (for the audio of slide 3)
and so on...
Is it possible to change the way Presenter name the audio files it record ?
I would be very very much easier to reimport the file at the right place.
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Jerome

That's a good idea to use another software to record audio. But, when my clients rent the portable computer I don't want to explain them how to use another software to record narration. They want to make it in the easiest way possible. Adobe Presenter offer it. Click record...and...record your narration.
I just don't understand why they use number in no particular order to name the files...
If we had
(name of presentation)_Slide01.mp3 (for the audio of slide 1)
It could be easy that way !!!!

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I notice whenever itunes puts music on the iPod it completely rearranges and splits the audio file (lets say mp3) into many mp3's and into many folders with totally different (and weird) file names.
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Preferably I'd like to keep all of my audio files and folders in the same organization as I do on my computer. Am I asking too much?
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Since it seems as though Im not going to get an answer from Apple, I might as well describe my specific concerns about the iPod.
This discussion was actually from another thread I posted on.
I just do not like how the iPod handles audio files internally. Yes there may be quirky work arounds that may come close to what I would like, but it simply makes things more complicated than it really had to be. Especially since I have a ton of music that may or may not have any tags. And without a unique tag for each audio file I would not be able to import the files correctly. Also I couldn't tier my music files into many files and folders. I can make playlists for each folder, but I cant make one folder for Bach then inside that folder have many Bach albums that have their own folders. And of course, which in turn may have their own folders also.
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URGENT! Missing audio files from a live recording due to Logic crash

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yesterday, in the middle of a (low budget) live recording, Logic gave me an error message saying "disk too slow" and stopped recording.
I was using the internal drive. I know this is not a proper habit, but I would have never thought that Logic could complain about the drive slowness with 2 tracks/24bit/44,1khz. Instinctively I pressed * at once but this caused the sequencer to start recording back from bar 1, making the previous 27 minutes of recording disappear, even from the audio files directory.
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Thanks for the sympathy musicspirit...
About Logic crashing... Actually, Logic didn't "crash", that is, the application didn't quit. It only stopped recording, displaying that "disk too slow". If truth be told, the timeline remained red, it stopped recording the two tracks. Then I pushed the "record" key and it started recording back from bar 1. As soon as I realised that it wasn't displaying the previous 27 minutes of recording anymore, I stopped the transport and something even more strange happened... Logic rendered the overview of the newly recorded two audio regions and started prompting error messages about one of them being an 8-bit audio file. Moreover, I had the Roger Nichols Inspector plugin open and in the meantime it went crazy too, displaying "9999" in the clips/consecutive clips/etc. counter.
I was listening with my headphones plugged into my Fireface and I can tell you that the audio coming from the soundcard was perfect during the Logic "crash". It never stopped, clipped, popped or anything similar.
About the audio path, audio file name... I always double check the audio recording path before starting a recording and it was exactly where it should be.
After the crash I recorded the second part of the gig on an external FW hard drive and everything went smooth. I simply can't find the audio files of the first 27 minutes anywhere on the drive. However I found out pieces of them with Data Rescue II among deleted files, but they are corrupted (interrupted by pink noise and square waves - BTW I plan to save one of them labelling it with "how an audio file dies").
It is really strange that such a powerful program (as Logic is) doesn't save an audio file if for some reasons it stops recording and you press record again...

Is there a way to completely undo all flex time mods to an audio file?

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No you can bounce in place and ease processing..
but thats still non-destructive cause logic creates a new file.
I'm sure our friend has a file about somewhere just doesn't know how to get to it
TXBDan are you looking for the audio file name thats the same as your region file?
If so than try remembering what the original file was called and look for that.
if you can't remember the name than try organise the files by date in your audio file folder and checking the files that were created on the day of the recording..

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Hi ,
can anyone tell me what the blue / grey section is next to audio file name in audio bin?
(after you have clicked on the triangle next to audio file name)
cheers
Rob

Hi Rob,
Are you talking about the blue/grey horizontal bar? The blue section represents which part of the wave form is currently in use. So, if you trim the audio region in the arrange window, the length of the blue bar changes, leaving the other part grey.
Given that you can use the same audio file several times in a project, taking different parts of it on different occasions it's a visual guild to which parts of the file are used where. Each instance can have different blue/grey sections.
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in CS6 when importing multiple audio files, is there a way of automatically naming the tracks the same as the file name.
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Thanks for the reply Steve, I understand the implications your refering to, I just wondered if there was an option to turn this on if required, so for instance if i am importing 70 or so audio files i dont have to go through and name each track one by one.
something similar to the 'Use Audio File Name as Track Name' option in Logic would be useful.
regards

How can I add an audio file to each slide when I export to HTML Keynote 6.2

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Is it possible to sequence audio files on one slide

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Setup: On one slide I have multiple audio clips, dragged in from the media browser. Using the build tools in the inspector I've set up clip 1 to play after an image appears, so the first audio clip is build 2. Then for the second audio clip I set it up as build 3 to start automatically after build 2.
The result is that the both audio clips start at the same time. The only way I can get the clip2 to start after clip1 is to add a delay to start of clip2.
I tried inserting a "build out= stop audio" after clip 1, adding enough duration to make sure that the clip could play in its entirety but that appears to cause clip1 to not play.
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The original post had it correct:
The result is that the both audio clips start at the same time. The only way I can get the clip2 to start after clip1 is to add a delay to start of clip2.?
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I'm not exactly sure of what you want to do, and I'm not sure if my answer is the most efficient, or even wholly correct, but here goes ...
When you save a KN presentation (a KN doc) which includes an audio (or movie) file, you can save it 2 (3?) ways: either without or with the file being copied into the document, or as a "package". In a test file I just made with 3 white slides (title, slide with song, second slide with song) the results:
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But then, what do you mean by "edit"? What do you want to edit, the KN presentation, or the audio file within it? If the former, I don't understand where the problem might be. If the latter: using the QT inspector within KN, you can change the length of the audio file (where in the song it starts and stops), whether to start it on click, or automatically after transition, or to loop it. If you wanted to do some other, more exotic audio editing, like reverbs or other effects, I'd do that on (a copy of) the original audio file (found wherever it was before) with another app (GarageBand, for instance), and then I'd replace the first, non-edited, version of the audio file in the KN doc with that.
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Message edited by gbdoc: maybe someone will chime in to clarify the difference between "saved with" and a "package"

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