power point 2003

[steve]

Most inserted videos go black during slide show, but audio works. I have
windows vista.

 

[John Wilson]

Try putting the video in the same folder as the pres BEFORE you insert it.
This folder should have a short path ideally something like c:\ppts but the
desktop is usually OK. If his still fails you migh want to look
here:http://www.pptalchemy.co.uk/mediaenc1.html

 

[Telstar]

Most inserted videos go black during slide show, but audio works. I have
windows vista.

Powerpoint will only correctly play certain formats. If this is mpeg2, at
least here it does what you report.

Mpeg 1 and wmv with appropriate parameters works. You can also embed
Windows Media Player through the Developer/Tools menus...this works with
more formats and gives you more control.

 

[steve]

Thanks for your suggestion. I decided to download playsforcertain, and this
did the trick.

 

[steve]

Thanks for your input. I downloaded playsforcertain and this worked.