MCI = Media Control Interface, which is what PowerPoint uses to handle
sound. Real Player has a tendency to take away this function when installed.
You may want to visit here and read up all about it.
http://www.soniacoleman.com/Tutorial...multimedia.htm
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Michael Koerner [MS PPT MVP]
"superloop" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:FEB3B950-BC4F-4528-8580-(E-Mail Removed)...
| With all due respect to your position as a Microsoft Office Certified
| Individual, could you please explain what MCI means in your terminology,
| other than a telephone company, and why both RealPlayer and the Windows
Media
| Player do not have any problems playing the AVI file in question but
| PowerPoint does?
|
| Thanks,
|
| Superloop
|
|
| "John Wilson" wrote:
|
| > "Methinks there's a problem with PowerPoint"
| >
| > "Methinks" its more likely that the new wizzy computer has a free video
| > editor / player which has changed the .avi settings in the MCI.
| > --
| > -----------------------------------------
| > Did that help?
| > _____________________________
| > John Wilson
| > Microsoft Certified Office Specialist
| >
| >
| >
| > "superloop" wrote:
| >
| > > Thanks GaryJaz. I've been fighting the same problem for two days now
and your
| > > fix worked. I had all the required files in the same folder and when I
went
| > > to play them I got the sound but not the video. I would never have
thought to
| > > change the suffix. The same videos worked just fine on my older
computer as
| > > AVI files but on the newer larger computer just purchased it didn't
work.
| > > Methinks there's a problem with PowerPoint
| > >
| > >
| > > "John Wilson" wrote:
| > >
| > > > "> But when I email them, the recipient cannot play them."
| > > >
| > > > Do you mean email the powerpoint file??
| > > >
| > > > If so did you place the vids in the same folder as the presentation
before
| > > > inserting and have you sent a folder with vid files and powerpoint
th
| > > > recipienr?
| > > > --
| > > > -----------------------------------------
| > > > Did that help?
| > > > _____________________________
| > > > John Wilson
| > > > Microsoft Certified Office Specialist
| > > >
| > > >
| > > >
| > > > "GaryJaz" wrote:
| > > >
| > > > > The subject heading says it all. I have been given some *.avi's.
| > > > > They won't play when imported into ppt. But if I change the
extension
| > > > > to *.mpg, they do play perfectly on my computer.
| > > > >
| > > > > But when I email them, the recipient cannot play them.
| > > > >
| > > > > I'm guessing the file is linked to the videos on my drive.
What's the
| > > > > simple fix? This presentation is going before the world on
Tuesday!
| > > > >
| > > > > thx!
| > > > > garyjaz
| > > > >
| > > > >
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