Power Point mpg

[catkall]

Movies (mpg) that I have linked in my Power Point won't play in the
presentation. They play fine in Window Media player. I have installed a AC3
Codec, but that didn't work.
They play fine on my other computers. This laptop it won't play on is
running Windows XP, Version 2002, service pack 2; Power Point 2003.
Any other suggestions would be appreciated!
Thanks

 

[LVTravel]

Movies (mpg) that I have linked in my Power Point won't play in the
presentation. They play fine in Window Media player. I have installed a
AC3
Codec, but that didn't work.
They play fine on my other computers. This laptop it won't play on is
running Windows XP, Version 2002, service pack 2; Power Point 2003.
Any other suggestions would be appreciated!
Thanks

As posted many times here, PowerPoint doesn't use Windows Media Player to
play mpg files in a presentation. It uses MCI which is different.

See http://www.playsforcertain.com/tutorial.htm for further information on
getting .mpg to work.

Personally, I use a video editing program (not Windows Movie Maker because
it won't work with MPG files either) to convert all my video for PowerPoint
presentations into a .wmv (Windows Media Video) file. Never had an issue
with using that file format. Google for ".mpg to .wmv converter" and try
some of the free converters out there.

 

[Echo S]

I would start here:

http://www.playsforcertain.com/tutorial.htm

 

[catkall]

I don't use Windows Movie Maker? I use Adobe Primiere.
Thanks, I'll try it out.

 

[loong]

catkall,you could see this tutorial, follow the steps of it and compare with
your steps,
How to insert a Movie (or video) into PowerPoint 2003
http://www.dvd-ppt-slideshow.com/powerpoint-knowledge/how-to-insert-movie-into-powerpoint.html

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[Austin Myers]

Using Adobe will not help the situation unless you have Adobe installed on
every client machine.

For a explanation read this tutorial:
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http://www.playsforcertain.com/tutorial.htm


Austin Myers
Microsoft PowerPoint MVP Team

Creators of PFCMedia and PFCPro