PPS slow with multiple videos embedded

[Franky]

The issue is kind of odd. I have someone who had an older (±2 years old) on
which he created all of his ppt files. He has a few sldies in those that have
multiple small videos on one slide. On the old laptop, all videos run
smoothly at the same time. On the new laptop which is much more performant in
all aspects, one or two of the 5 videos on the slide will advance for a
couple of frames slowly, then stop, then the next one or two videos will
advance a few frames etc... So basically its excessively slow videos to a
point where they can't run simultaniously. If I play all the videos at the
same time, but not in a powerpoint slide show, they run perfectly and so do
they on the older less performant laptop.
I've checked Direct X, even re-installed the latest version, tried with
lower resolutions (videos run slightly faster with 640x480, but barely),
different levels of video acceleration, uninstalled and re-installed the
video card drivers, run disgnotic test and the machine is fine. Its only when
running pps with multiple videos in it and only on this machine... This one
has me stomped !
Any one have an idea as to what to try ?
Its on a HP nc8430 running XP Pro with all updates.

 

[Austin Myers]

I suspect you have a missing code or one that is not fully compatible with
the MCI media player. For a more detailed answer you might want to read
this:
http://www.playsforcertain.com/tutorial.htm#Multimedia_in_Microsoft_PowerPoint



Austin Myers
MS PowerPoint MVP Team

Provider of PFCPro, PFCMedia and PFCExpress
www.playsforcertain.com

 

[Sandy]

He may need to adjust the Hardware Acceleration on the new computer:
http://www.pptfaq.com/FAQ00129.htm
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[Franky]

I had already checked the codecs and tried mplayer. I'm using the standard MS
codecs and all movies run fine in mplayer as well. Graphics acceleration I've
tried full on half and full off and it didn't change anything.

 

[Austin Myers]

Just a suggestion. Give PFCPro a try (it has a fully functioning 14 day
trial) and reinsert the video files. It won't cost a thing to give it a
try, you can get your presentations working as they should, and you can
remove the add-in after the trial if you wish.


Austin Myers
MS PowerPoint MVP Team

Provider of PFCPro, PFCMedia and PFCExpress
www.playsforcertain.com

 

[Franky]

PFCPro doesn't really help as most of the time when I try to insetrt a video
with it, the moment I click on Insert within PFCPro, it thinks for a couple
of seconds and inserts absolutely nothing to the slide...
I'm really stomped by this as both computer have the same original ghost
image on them and the older is less performant but can display videos
fatser... Could the difference simply be if the older computer is using
Office XP instead of 2003 ??? Since Xp asks alot less from the machine.