Do you know what codec the WMVs were created with?

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Anthony wrote:
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> I've been trying to fix this problem for the past few days and I'm finding out that I'm not the only victim. Here's my problem, I can't insert .wmv files into Powerpoint 2000 (i'm running Windows 2000), yet I can play them in Windows Media player 9. Learning recently that Powerpoint lets media player(a.k.a. MCI) handle all its multimedia tasks, I've tried to play different .wmv files with mplay32.exe and have been unsucessful with all attempts. I've checked my registry against screen shots that were in a tutorial written by MVP Austin, and they seem to be fine. There may be a damaged or corrupt extension or driver, but I'm not sure how to restore the MCI back to its default state. Any clues or hints that anyone might have would be greatly appreciated.
> TIA,
> Anthony

The video codec is Windows Media Video V7, however, the files (.wmv's) that I can't play within Powerpoint play fine on other computers that are also running Powerpoint 2000 and Windows 2000. At this point in time I've run a Windows 2000 emergency repair, re-installed Office and re-installed Windows Media Player 9.