Can't get MPG files to run in Power Point

[Jeffrey]

I cant seem to get MPG files to run in my PPT presentations. They work fine
on anoither computer inthe house, but not my new DELL. The movie just goes to
a white screen, and stays there till I advance to the next slide.

I have added in all the .drv in the system.ini and updated the mci
extensions in the WIN.INI

 

[Echo S]

If you're using Win 2000/NT/XP, the MCI settings are in the registry, not in
the INI settings, though.

http://www.soniacoleman.com/Tutorials/PowerPoint/multimedia.htm has info on
that.

http://www.echosvoice.com/tshoot_video2.htm has info on troubleshooting
video that does play if you test it with mplay32.exe (as described in the
previous link). IIRC, the white box is often a sign of a too long path
length.

 

[TDunn]

Exactly which kind of MPG files are you having the problem with?
MPEG1, MPEG2, MPEG4?
If it's MPEG2 you likely need a decoder/DVD player (WinDVD, PowerDVD). If
your new Dell didn't come with a DVD drive that would be why no software
codec is loaded. Otherwise, follow the Echo..............TD

 

[Sonia]

Is this on a Windows XP SP 2 system running PowerPoint 2003? If so and if it
isn't the path length problem that Echo mentioned, it might be a known problem
that has no work around at this time other than converting the MPG to WMV or
AVI.