Hi all,

I want to include a avi file in a ppt presentation. The avi runs perfectly
on windows media player but gives me only the first frame, then a black
square when I play it in PPT. I've just updated WMP. Reducing the hardware
acceleration to the next to last noth allows me to see some of the frames,
but they are not in order (the 1st frame reappears between subsequent ones)
and they appear slowly, from top to bottom. Any other settings of HA has not
effect.

Any ideas?

many thanks,
Tom

setup:
PPT 2003 SP1
Windows XP SP2

Tom,

Just a suggestion. Try using PFCMedia to do the insertion. You should see
a SIGNIFICANT reduction in the file size and it should play much better in
PowerPoint. You can download it from www.pfcmedia.com


Austin Myers
MS PowerPoint MVP Team

PowerPoint Video and PowerPoint Sound Solutions www.pfcmedia.com



"Tom" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:04476DED-C573-4752-9CC9-(E-Mail Removed)...
> Hi all,
>
> I want to include a avi file in a ppt presentation. The avi runs perfectly
> on windows media player but gives me only the first frame, then a black
> square when I play it in PPT. I've just updated WMP. Reducing the hardware
> acceleration to the next to last noth allows me to see some of the frames,
> but they are not in order (the 1st frame reappears between subsequent
ones)
> and they appear slowly, from top to bottom. Any other settings of HA has
not
> effect.
>
> Any ideas?
>
> many thanks,
> Tom
>
> setup:
> PPT 2003 SP1
> Windows XP SP2
>

I have the same problem with one of my clients.


can anyone help?




On Tue, 18 Oct 2005 13:30:03 -0700, Tom
<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>Hi all,
>
>I want to include a avi file in a ppt presentation. The avi runs perfectly
>on windows media player but gives me only the first frame, then a black
>square when I play it in PPT. I've just updated WMP. Reducing the hardware
>acceleration to the next to last noth allows me to see some of the frames,
>but they are not in order (the 1st frame reappears between subsequent ones)
>and they appear slowly, from top to bottom. Any other settings of HA has not
>effect.
>
>Any ideas?
>
>many thanks,
>Tom
>
>setup:
>PPT 2003 SP1
>Windows XP SP2
>