powerpoint 2003 can't run movie in a slide

[shida]

Hi,

I have one user encountered problem not able to run movie (.wmv) in Power
Point 2003 slide.

- user can insert the movie, but when tried to run it, nothing happen, only
shows the black screen on the movie's box.

- user want the movie to appear in that little box in the slide. He did
tried the method to create the link, but the program that runs the movie took
over the screen which is not what user wanted.

- according to user, he have tried this before with Powerpoint 2000 and it
works before the upgrade to Powerpoint 2003.

- for your information, the size for movie file is 140MB, does it caused the
issue?

Appreciate if anyone can assist or advice on this.
Thanks in advance.

 

[Troy @ TLC Creative]

Depending on the computer's processor, memory, video card a 140 MB video may
be a part of the problem. The movie is being run from the harddrive not a CD
correct? If run from a CD, the CD speed will be important as it needs time
to 'spin up' the movie.

Here are your first two stops to read and troubleshoot PowerPoint and
movies:
http://www.soniacoleman.com/Tutorials/PowerPoint/multimedia.htm
http://www.echosvoice.com/tshoot_video2.htm

 

[shida]

Hi Troy,

Thanks for your reply.

Yes, the movie is run from harddrive.
Since i'm not very sure on the computer requirement, just want to check,
does the size (for movie) matter to run the movie?

Appreciate your feedback.

Thanks//shida

 

[shida]

Hi,

Just to inform, my user can play a movie in a slide now after shorten the
file name.