avi clips won't play after upgrade to Windows 7

[mdpettersen]

I recently upgraded my laptop from Vista Home Premium 32-bit to Windows Home
Premium 32-bit (in place upgrade). Now, avi clips will not play in my
powerpoint presentation (Powerpoint 2007). All I get is a black frame
instead of the video. Everything worked fine before the Windows 7 upgrade,
and I have made no other changes to my computer. The clips still play fine
in windows media player.

The codec for the avi is: CRAM Microsoft Video 1 which is installed on my
system. The clips are located in the same folder as the powerpoint file. If
I delete and re-insert the avi files, they still don't work. The path length
is less than 128 characters.

I read in a forum that the best option is to convert the video to wmv. I
have 30-40 lectures on my computer that contain over 2,000 video clips so
this is not a good option.

Any ideas?

 

[vttotal]

Hi,

Did you just update versions Windows Vista or you switched to Windows 7?

You don't need to convert all your movies. Before doing something drastic
check out this movie player:

http://mpc-hc.sourceforge.net/

It is very simple to use and loads up faster than other players. AVI files
should work.

Hope this information helps,


Vicente Tulliano

 

[mdpettersen]

Vincent,

Thanks for the suggestion. To clarify, I upgraded the operating system to
Windows 7.

My problem is not playing the avis in a stand alone player, I have multiple
options for that. My goal is to play the videos integrated within a
powerpoint presentation. These videos have worked with multiple versions of
powerpoint, in Windows XP and in Vista. Something about the Windows 7
upgrade has made them unplayable in powerpoint. If I cannot do this, it is a
deal breaker for upgrading to W7.

Thanks,

Mike