Does anyone have a solution to the following problem: .AVI videos (eg.
MPEG4v3 or WMV9 codecs) do not play (only a black box appears) in Powerpoint
unless the extension is renamed to .WMV or .MPG. The videos are in the same
folder as the presentation on the desktop. I am aware of the "white box"
problem which is solved by reducing the length of the path. The .AVI videos
show fine in Media Player without any renaming. I have downloaded Vista
codecs including MPEG4v3. I have Win Vista Home Premium and MS Office 2007
Professional. Is this a bug in Powerpoint 2007 or Vista? Otherwise
renaming would not be a problem but I have hundreds of old video files whose
extension is .AVI (MPEG4v3) which I need all the time in Powerpoint
presentations. I did not have this problem earlier with Win XP Pro and MS
Office 2003 where things worked well after downloading the MPEG-4v3 codec.
Thank you in advance!
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