Student & Teacher Version not accepting movies

[TVME]

I created a powerpoint presentation for my class on a machine with standard
Office 2003. I included movies (30 - 60 sec). But when I transferred to my
laptop, which has Office 2003 Student & Teacher, the videos won't play. I
created the presentation on the same disk that I was using to play it back so
the coding should be OK. It just doesn't play. I go to other machines with
Standard Office and it works fine.... any ideas?

 

[Austin Myers]

There is no difference in the Student/Teacher version. (Concering video
playback) I suspect you used a codec that is not present on the lap top.



Austin Myers
MS PowerPoint MVP Team

PowerPoint Video and PowerPoint Sound Solutions www.pfcmedia.com

 

[TVME]

Codec? Can you briefly explain?

There is no difference in the Student/Teacher version. (Concering video
playback) I suspect you used a codec that is not present on the lap top.



Austin Myers
MS PowerPoint MVP Team

PowerPoint Video and PowerPoint Sound Solutions www.pfcmedia.com

 

[Terry Irwin]

Silly question, so I apologise, but did you transfer save the movie in the
same folder on the disk and transfer it as well as the PowerPoint file?

Terry

 

[Austin Myers]

A codec is a COmpresor DECompressor used to reduce the size of the video
file. If you can tell me the source (where they came from and how they were
made) of the video's I think I can help.

Austin Myers
MS PowerPoint MVP Team

PowerPoint Video and PowerPoint Sound Solutions www.pfcmedia.com

 

[TVME]

yeah. that's not the problem. Austin says its CODEC.

 

[TVME]

They were lifts from TV newscasts compressed by the TV station and appear to
be Windows Media Player files.

 

[Austin Myers]

Hmmm, do the files have the wmv extension?

Let's try a couple of options. Download and install thiscodec pack on the
lappie.
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...B7-DCC9-466B-B0C4-04DB144BB601&displaylang=en

Copy and paste that into the address bar if it wraps in your news reader.

The other option is to use PFCMedia to automate the entire process.

Austin Myers
MS PowerPoint MVP Team

PowerPoint Video and PowerPoint Sound Solutions www.pfcmedia.com