why is ppt lying to me?

[lorry]

Ppt 2003, WIndows xp home

Converted an avi to a smaller avi using the cinepak codec.

The file plays using the mci player by running mplay32.
It plays in media player 9 and in quicktime.

When i insert it into ppt - insert - movie form file -
.....then it shows as a black box. When i click on it
to play it i get an error message " there is no driver
installed on your system".

Why oh why smart people, can every media player on my
machine play this file, yet ppt tells me my system hasnt
go the driver.

With more grey hairs and less total hair (due to serioue
hair pulling)

Lorry

 

[TAJ Simmons]

Lorry,

Before I start assuming you've read this page...
http://www.soniacoleman.com/Tutorials/PowerPoint/multimedia.htm

Can you confirm you have read it?


Cheers
TAJ Simmons
microsoft powerpoint mvp

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[lorry]

Hi Taj, thanks for your quick reply

Read it and memorized it.

Lorry

 

[TAJ Simmons]

memorized it.
No way!

TS

 

[Echo S]

I believe there's something with PPT 2003 and how it hands off AVI and MPEG
files from mplay32.exe to Windows Media Player. Believe it or not, PPT 2003
actually uses Windows Media Player for some multimedia files.

Since the file plays in mplay32.exe, it *should* play in PPT. Can you email
me the AVI? I'd like to send it on to MS.

 

[lorry]

Weirdest thing

Restarted the computer and the problem went away!!

Thank you for your help - should have tried the simple
on / off first.

Lorry

ps your site is superb

-----Original Message-----
I believe there's something with PPT 2003 and how it hands off AVI and MPEG
files from mplay32.exe to Windows Media Player. Believe it or not, PPT 2003
actually uses Windows Media Player for some multimedia files.

Since the file plays in mplay32.exe, it *should* play in PPT. Can you email
me the AVI? I'd like to send it on to MS.

--
Echo [MS PPT MVP]

Ppt 2003, WIndows xp home

Converted an avi to a smaller avi using the cinepak codec.

The file plays using the mci player by running mplay32.
It plays in media player 9 and in quicktime.

When i insert it into ppt - insert - movie form file -
.....then it shows as a black box. When i click on it
to play it i get an error message " there is no driver
installed on your system".

Why oh why smart people, can every media player on my
machine play this file, yet ppt tells me my system hasnt
go the driver.

With more grey hairs and less total hair (due to serioue
hair pulling)

Lorry

.

 

[lorry]

memorized "ish"

Lorry

-----Original Message-----
No way!

TS


.

 

[Echo S]

Weirdest thing

Restarted the computer and the problem went away!!

Oh, now that is weird. But I'm sure glad it worked!

Thank you for your help - should have tried the simple
on / off first.

Lorry

ps your site is superb

Hey, thanks!

Echo

 

[Guest]

"ps your site is superb
What is the URL of the site?

 

[Kathryn Jacobs]

Echo's site is:
www.echosvoice.com

If you want the URLs for some of the other frequent posters, check out this
link from the PPT FAQ:
Other PowerPoint-related sites
http://www.rdpslides.com/pptfaq/FAQ00121.htm

More good stuff is along those lines can be found here:
What and Who are MVPs?
http://www.rdpslides.com/pptfaq/FAQ00094.htm

--
Kathryn Jacobs, Microsoft PPT MVP
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[Echo S]

"ps your site is superb"
What is the URL of the site?

http://www.echosvoice.com