I created a presentation using video clips I created with
a digital camcorder. I had the presentation working
great. I shut my computer down and took it to give the
presentation. It now locks up when it gets to the parts
with the video and it tells me that power point does not
have the correct import filter. I am unsure what
happened. I tried uninstalling and re installing power
point and it still does the same thing. Anybody?

You know, that doesn't sound like a video message. What else is in the
presentation that could cause a problem? Do you have any objects that were
copied from other applications and inserted via Paste Special? Or any
linked images from other applications?

Otherwise, could you run it again and jot down the exact message and let us
know?

"mike wimmer" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:018c01c35859$bad17a50$(E-Mail Removed)...
> I can not remember the exact message but it said can not
> insert movie because power point lacks the correct import
> filter. It is power point 2000 from the office 2000
> professional cd. I am using windows xp professional. The
> camera is an RCA mini dv camcorder. the file extensions
> is either a mpeg or a wmv I can not remember which. I am
> posting this from work from memory.
> >-----Original Message-----
> >Can you give us the exact message? What versions of
> Windows and PowerPoint
> >are you using and what is the file extension of the video
> file. Also, who
> >is the manufacturer of the camera?
> >--
> >
> >Sonia, MS PowerPoint MVP Team
> >http://www.soniacoleman.com
> >(Tutorials and Autorun CD Project Creator)
> >PowerPoint Live! - Featured Speaker
> >Tucson, AZ; October 12-15, 2003
> >
> >
> >"mike wimmer" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> >news:6afe01c35852$09a50c80$(E-Mail Removed)...
> >> I created a presentation using video clips I created
> with
> >> a digital camcorder. I had the presentation working
> >> great. I shut my computer down and took it to give the
> >> presentation. It now locks up when it gets to the parts
> >> with the video and it tells me that power point does not
> >> have the correct import filter. I am unsure what
> >> happened. I tried uninstalling and re installing power
> >> point and it still does the same thing. Anybody?
> >
> >
> >.
> >

> My experience has been that .avi file work better than mpg
> files.

Carl, I've seen you make this comment several times now, and similar
statements about MP3, and I don't agree with you at all. If you are having
difficulties with MPG's or MP3's, tell us about them and we'll help. I just
feel it's misleading to let a lot of people think that they are a problem.

That said, MP3's cannot be inserted in PowerPoint 97. Vido problems can
occur if there are settings problems on the system, or a codec is not
installed. If you need more information on multimedia in PowerPoint,
there's a great tutorial by Austin Myer at
http://www.soniacoleman.com/Tutorial...multimedia.htm