MPG - says it cant find codec - need to put into pp

[Disjuku]

I have a bunch of mpg files which I want to put into power point, but it just shows the file name and doesnt play the video, I tried openeing the files with windows movie maker, and it said I did not have the codec, it is set to automatically download it, but it didnt for some reason. I also tried opening them with windows media player, it went to download the codec, but gave some error, but somehow managed to play them fine anyway, I would really apreciate any help with this asap

Thanks

 

[Geetesh Bajaj]

This might help:

How PowerPoint 2003 Plays Multimedia Files in a Presentation
http://snipurl.com/pp2003multimedia

Apparently, that info is for PowerPoint 2003 only. Another article here:

PowerPoint And Multimedia
http://snipurl.com/ppmultimedia


--
Geetesh Bajaj, Microsoft PowerPoint MVP
http://www.indezine.com
http://www.powerpointed.com
The PowerPoint Blog at http://www.indezine.com/blog/

I have a bunch of mpg files which I want to put into power point, but it

just shows the file name and doesnt play the video, I tried openeing the
files with windows movie maker, and it said I did not have the codec, it is
set to automatically download it, but it didnt for some reason. I also
tried opening them with windows media player, it went to download the codec,
but gave some error, but somehow managed to play them fine anyway, I would
really apreciate any help with this asap!

 

[Disjuku]

hmm, the problem isnt really powerpoint, its the movies or the computer, I am mostly wondering if there is a way around the problem or a way I can get the codec/convert the files or something

 

[Geetesh Bajaj]

This program lets you convert codecs:

Stoik Video Converter - http://snipurl.com/stoikvideo

--
Geetesh Bajaj, Microsoft PowerPoint MVP
http://www.indezine.com
http://www.powerpointed.com
The PowerPoint Blog at http://www.indezine.com/blog/

hmm, the problem isnt really powerpoint, its the movies or the computer, I

am mostly wondering if there is a way around the problem or a way I can get
the codec/convert the files or something