Just another MPEG2 question.....

[Mike Wallace]

I need to play MPEG-2 videos in PowerPoint. I would like to know which
decoders work. I know Elecard Moonlight works but the company is outside the
USA. I am stuck buying USA products because I work for the US Government.
Anyone got any suggestions? Thanks,

Hope to see some of you at PPT Live in Sept....

Mike Wallace

 

[Austin Myers]

Mike,

The Mpeg-2 codec is really the decoder used to play DVDs. As you say it
does NOT come with Windows and you need to buy it. I like PowerDVD myself.


Austin Myers
MS PowerPoint MVP Team

Provider of PFCMedia http://www.pfcmedia.com

 

[Mike Wallace]

Yep, That would be fine and dandy but I misplaced my PowerDVD XP v4.0 key
code. Just wanted to check if there were other options before I rebuy. Do
you know if the next version of PowerPoint is going to support DirectShow?

Mw

 

[Austin Myers]

Direct show is fully supported, but you still need the decoder. <g>

 

[Mike Wallace]

In new version or 2003? I have the Lead decoder but PPT do not work. Media
Player works fine.

Mw

 

[Austin Myers]

MS has a utility to test the DVD decoder compatibility. You can download it
from:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...AC-0AB6-4990-943D-627E6ADE9FCB&displaylang=en


Give it a whirl and see what it tells you.

Austin Myers
MS PowerPoint MVP Team

Provider of PFCMedia http://www.pfcmedia.com

 

[Mike Wallace]

Hey all:

Well I finally found a free codec for MPEG-2 and all is well !! PowerDVD
DELL Version 5 just did not seem to work.

BTW - Steve, I never noticed if you were "pretty" or not. I do know that
PPTools rocks !!

CYA MIke

 

[Austin Myers]

Glad you got it sorted mike!



Austin Myers
MS PowerPoint MVP Team

Provider of PFCMedia http://www.pfcmedia.com