I recently purchased a new lDell latitude D630 laptop and upgraded from
office 2000 to office 2003. The video clips in a powerpoint presentation
that played on my prior computer with powerpoint 2000 all go blank when I get
to those slides on my current computer. When I edit the video clips to "zoom
to full screen" they do play on the new laptop. However, I really don't want
to play them on the full screen. Furthermore, when I loop the video clips on
the new laptop, I see the background slide momentarily between each cycle of
the video clip loop. I tried changing the screen resolution, but this does
not seem to make a difference. The video clips all play fine in windows
media player.

Are you saying they will not play full screen on the lappies monitor, or a
monitor you attach to it. (Two very different things.)


Austin Myers
AT&W Technologies

Provider of PFCPro, PFCMedia and PFCExpress
www.playsforcertain.com


"ejhalpern" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:AF61E126-D108-41F8-A842-(E-Mail Removed)...
>I recently purchased a new lDell latitude D630 laptop and upgraded from
> office 2000 to office 2003. The video clips in a powerpoint presentation
> that played on my prior computer with powerpoint 2000 all go blank when I
> get
> to those slides on my current computer. When I edit the video clips to
> "zoom
> to full screen" they do play on the new laptop. However, I really don't
> want
> to play them on the full screen. Furthermore, when I loop the video clips
> on
> the new laptop, I see the background slide momentarily between each cycle
> of
> the video clip loop. I tried changing the screen resolution, but this
> does
> not seem to make a difference. The video clips all play fine in windows
> media player.

If it is the attached monitor / or projector

see
Video/Movie plays full screen when projected
http://www.pptfaq.com/FAQ00646.htm


Cheers
TAJ Simmons
Microsoft Powerpoint MVP

http://www.awesomebackgrounds.com
awesome - powerpoint templates,
powerpoint backgrounds, free samples, ppt tutorials...

I had the same problem with my Dell. They have something called "cinema
mode" which plays any video full screen. You can disable it. The method
varies with the computer model. Check with Dell support. For my model:

Clone Mode Options offers three types of Overlay Display Mode:

Standard – which allows for video content to be displayed on your Primary
display only.
Theater Mode – which allows for video content to be displayed on your
Primary and Secondary displays, with the Secondary display showing the
video content
in full screen.
Same on all – which allows for video content to be displayed on your
Primary and Secondary displays in exactly the same manner.

Click the ATI "Overlay" tab, then "Theatre Mode Options" then "Same on all".

"TAJ Simmons" wrote:

> If it is the attached monitor / or projector
>
> see
> Video/Movie plays full screen when projected
> http://www.pptfaq.com/FAQ00646.htm
>
>
> Cheers
> TAJ Simmons
> Microsoft Powerpoint MVP
>
> http://www.awesomebackgrounds.com
> awesome - powerpoint templates,
> powerpoint backgrounds, free samples, ppt tutorials...
>
>
>

No monitor or projector involved. This problem simply occurs when I try to
run the powerpoint presentation on the laptop.

"TAJ Simmons" wrote:

> If it is the attached monitor / or projector
>
> see
> Video/Movie plays full screen when projected
> http://www.pptfaq.com/FAQ00646.htm
>
>
> Cheers
> TAJ Simmons
> Microsoft Powerpoint MVP
>
> http://www.awesomebackgrounds.com
> awesome - powerpoint templates,
> powerpoint backgrounds, free samples, ppt tutorials...
>
>
>

Apparently, I was not clear in my question. The powerpoint presentation
plays on full screen mode - this works fine. However, the embedded cine
files only play if they are set to cover the entire screen. If I set the
cine file to play on one section of the screen, it will not play. That
section of the screen just goes blank when I get to the slide with the cine.
This happens with the laptop alone - even when there is no other screen or
projector plugged in.


"Austin Myers" wrote:

> Are you saying they will not play full screen on the lappies monitor, or a
> monitor you attach to it. (Two very different things.)
>
>
> Austin Myers
> AT&W Technologies
>
> Provider of PFCPro, PFCMedia and PFCExpress
> www.playsforcertain.com
>
>
> "ejhalpern" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:AF61E126-D108-41F8-A842-(E-Mail Removed)...
> >I recently purchased a new lDell latitude D630 laptop and upgraded from
> > office 2000 to office 2003. The video clips in a powerpoint presentation
> > that played on my prior computer with powerpoint 2000 all go blank when I
> > get
> > to those slides on my current computer. When I edit the video clips to
> > "zoom
> > to full screen" they do play on the new laptop. However, I really don't
> > want
> > to play them on the full screen. Furthermore, when I loop the video clips
> > on
> > the new laptop, I see the background slide momentarily between each cycle
> > of
> > the video clip loop. I tried changing the screen resolution, but this
> > does
> > not seem to make a difference. The video clips all play fine in windows
> > media player.
>
>
>

My laptop uses an NVIDIA card, not an ATI card. I could not find the options
that you mentioned. In any case, the powerpoint presentation itself works
fine for the "still frames" in the presentation. It is only when I get to a
frame that contains an AVI video that the screen goes blank (unless the cine
is set to play on the entire scrren). So I cannot show a slide that has a
video that uses only a portion of the screen.

"JohnC" wrote:

> I had the same problem with my Dell. They have something called "cinema
> mode" which plays any video full screen. You can disable it. The method
> varies with the computer model. Check with Dell support. For my model:
>
> Clone Mode Options offers three types of Overlay Display Mode:
>
> Standard – which allows for video content to be displayed on your Primary
> display only.
> Theater Mode – which allows for video content to be displayed on your
> Primary and Secondary displays, with the Secondary display showing the
> video content
> in full screen.
> Same on all – which allows for video content to be displayed on your
> Primary and Secondary displays in exactly the same manner.
>
> Click the ATI "Overlay" tab, then "Theatre Mode Options" then "Same on all".
>
> "TAJ Simmons" wrote:
>
> > If it is the attached monitor / or projector
> >
> > see
> > Video/Movie plays full screen when projected
> > http://www.pptfaq.com/FAQ00646.htm
> >
> >
> > Cheers
> > TAJ Simmons
> > Microsoft Powerpoint MVP
> >
> > http://www.awesomebackgrounds.com
> > awesome - powerpoint templates,
> > powerpoint backgrounds, free samples, ppt tutorials...
> >
> >
> >

Visit the OEM that made your laptop and see if they have an updated video
driver for your machine.


Austin Myers
MS PowerPoint MVP Team

Provider of PFCPro, PFCMedia and PFCExpress
www.playsforcertain.com

"ejhalpern" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:B349ED44-4CA8-4DCD-A51B-(E-Mail Removed)...
> Apparently, I was not clear in my question. The powerpoint presentation
> plays on full screen mode - this works fine. However, the embedded cine
> files only play if they are set to cover the entire screen. If I set the
> cine file to play on one section of the screen, it will not play. That
> section of the screen just goes blank when I get to the slide with the
> cine.
> This happens with the laptop alone - even when there is no other screen or
> projector plugged in.
>
>
> "Austin Myers" wrote:
>
>> Are you saying they will not play full screen on the lappies monitor, or
>> a
>> monitor you attach to it. (Two very different things.)
>>
>>
>> Austin Myers
>> AT&W Technologies
>>
>> Provider of PFCPro, PFCMedia and PFCExpress
>> www.playsforcertain.com
>>
>>
>> "ejhalpern" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>> news:AF61E126-D108-41F8-A842-(E-Mail Removed)...
>> >I recently purchased a new lDell latitude D630 laptop and upgraded from
>> > office 2000 to office 2003. The video clips in a powerpoint
>> > presentation
>> > that played on my prior computer with powerpoint 2000 all go blank when
>> > I
>> > get
>> > to those slides on my current computer. When I edit the video clips to
>> > "zoom
>> > to full screen" they do play on the new laptop. However, I really
>> > don't
>> > want
>> > to play them on the full screen. Furthermore, when I loop the video
>> > clips
>> > on
>> > the new laptop, I see the background slide momentarily between each
>> > cycle
>> > of
>> > the video clip loop. I tried changing the screen resolution, but this
>> > does
>> > not seem to make a difference. The video clips all play fine in
>> > windows
>> > media player.
>>
>>
>>

John,

Would you mind it we added this particular dell info to the powerpoint FAQ
pages?

Cheers
TAJ

>I had the same problem with my Dell. They have something called "cinema
> mode" which plays any video full screen. You can disable it. The method
> varies with the computer model. Check with Dell support. For my model:
>
> Clone Mode Options offers three types of Overlay Display Mode:
>
> Standard - which allows for video content to be displayed on your Primary
> display only.
> Theater Mode - which allows for video content to be displayed on your
> Primary and Secondary displays, with the Secondary display showing the
> video content
> in full screen.
> Same on all - which allows for video content to be displayed on your
> Primary and Secondary displays in exactly the same manner.
>
> Click the ATI "Overlay" tab, then "Theatre Mode Options" then "Same on
> all".

Sure, no problem.

"TAJ Simmons" wrote:

> John,
>
> Would you mind it we added this particular dell info to the powerpoint FAQ
> pages?
>
> Cheers
> TAJ
>
> >I had the same problem with my Dell. They have something called "cinema
> > mode" which plays any video full screen. You can disable it. The method
> > varies with the computer model. Check with Dell support. For my model:
> >
> > Clone Mode Options offers three types of Overlay Display Mode:
> >
> > Standard - which allows for video content to be displayed on your Primary
> > display only.
> > Theater Mode - which allows for video content to be displayed on your
> > Primary and Secondary displays, with the Secondary display showing the
> > video content
> > in full screen.
> > Same on all - which allows for video content to be displayed on your
> > Primary and Secondary displays in exactly the same manner.
> >
> > Click the ATI "Overlay" tab, then "Theatre Mode Options" then "Same on
> > all".
>
>
>