Yes, I inserted by selecting: Insert / Movies and Sounds / Movie from file.
I had no problem achieving this in PowerPoint 2000, but since we upgraded to
PowerPoint 2003, the movie opens MediaPlayer rather than simply playing it
within PowerPoint. These .avi files are large, so they are linking, not
embedding. Is there some default setting within PowerPoint? Older
presentations that were created in PP 2000 that contained .avi or .mov files
will not play in 2003.
No, I inserted by selecting: Insert / Movies and Sounds / Movie from file.
I had no problem achieving this in PowerPoint 2000, but since we upgraded to
PowerPoint 2003, the movie opens MediaPlayer rather than simply playing it
within PowerPoint. These .avi files are large, so they are linking, not
embedding. Is there some default setting within PowerPoint? Older
presentations that were created in PP 2000 that contained .avi or .mov files
will not play in 2003.
Found the answer! In fact, my PC used Media Player, not the mplay32.exe
found in the Windows / System 32 / folder. Once I changed the application
used to open .mov, .mpg, and .avi to the mplay.exe, the files opened properly.
As I said, that really should have nothing to do with it and you should be
aware only very old mov files (QT version 2 or earlier) will play in
PowwerPoint. Not certain what you did do but glad you got it working!
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