Powerpoint movie

[greg c]

Trying to automatically start an mpeg file inserted in a Powerpoint
presentation. It will run if I click, but not automatically. Yes, I checked
start automatically, I tried custom animation to start with previous, etc. -
I've tried everything I can think of. The file is ~60Mb. I experimented with
small files of 4-5Mb, and they work. (Using Powerpoint 2003)

Anybody have suggestions?

 

[vindys]

I guess there can be common memory problems when we link large files. So its
better if we break files to smaller files and use in powerpoint.

 

[Dan]

With bigger video files that I have ripped from DVDs, I usually just do a
hyperlink to the file that launches it in WMP, I can run full screen, then do
alt-tab to get back to PP.

Dan

 

[Austin Myers]

Greg,

A video file that large will always take longer to start (in some cases
significantly longer). What happens if you give it plenty of time to run?
Also, what flavor of Mpeg is it? (1, 2, 4?)


Austin Myers
MS PowerPoint MVP Team

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