wmv movie won't play in Powerpoint 2003

[Guest]

I use Powerpoint 2003 on XP with service pack 2 and it won't play inserted
wmv movies. My wife has a laptop with the same config (although I don't know
whether she has SP2 installed) and it works beautifully there...

 

[Guest]

I use Powerpoint 2003 on XP with service pack 2 and it won't play inserted
wmv movies. My wife has a laptop with the same config (although I don't know
whether she has SP2 installed) and it works beautifully there...

You will want to read the "PPT and Multimedia" tutorial.
http://www.soniacoleman.com/Tutorials/PowerPoint/multimedia.htm If your MCI
settings are correct as described there, and your file plays in mplay32.exe,
then you'll want to try these troubleshooting steps:
http://www.echosvoice.com/tshoot_video2.htm