Another MPEG-4 vs. PowerPoint Problem

S

ScottG

Having read a bunch of the MPEG4 help answers... I'm still at a loss
and would appreciate any insight/help.

Within a PPT produced by someone else, I'm getting the "QuickTime(tm)
and a MPEG-4 Video decompressor needed" message on my XP based laptop
using PowerPoint 2003.

* I've installed the latest QuickTime 7.0.4
* I've installed the latest MS DirectX and Windows Encoders as
suggested in an earlier post.
* I've installed the trial version of PFCMedia, which supposedly fixes
such things.
* I've burned two candles surrounding a picture of Bill Gates and a
Microsoft logo and asked it for forgiveness based on any unregistered
software I may have ever used. (Yes, my PowerPoint is a legal and
registered copy. That was just a poor joke.)

Here's another odd thing, I can play the .mov files directly in
QuickTime, just not in PowerPoint. If it's the MCI that should be
handling this, I'm really at a loss as to why they're not playing
within the PowerPoint application itself.

Thanks for any ideas!

Scott
 
A

Austin Myers

Scott,

The bottom line here is that Mpeg-4 is NOT supported in PowerPoint (MCI
Player). Can you play these files in Windows Media Player?


Austin Myers
MS PowerPoint MVP Team

PowerPoint Video and PowerPoint Sound Solutions www.pfcmedia.com
 

Ask a Question

Want to reply to this thread or ask your own question?

You'll need to choose a username for the site, which only take a couple of moments. After that, you can post your question and our members will help you out.

Ask a Question

Top