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Babymech
I'm going to do a powerpoint presentation in a little while where I first
show one or two introductory slides, play a huge movie, run through 10-12
more slides, and then play another huge movie. The movies are either 4GB+
sized AVI-files or 100MB FLV-files depending on what I opt for in the end -
they're 1920x1080 high quality movies. Obviously this is suboptimal in many
ways - not least of all because Powerpoint and the projector I'm using won't
be able to display HD quality, but that's the only format I have to work with
- but what are the very best ways of solving this. I've gotten some
recommendations that have worked so-so:
1) Use the VLC ActiveX controls. This seems to work on the FLV files but not
on the AVI files (I haven't been able to get VLC to play the AVI files in
stand-alone mode either, so there's that) but the VLC Controls are very
clunky - before the video starts playing, it displays the classic 'traffic
cone' VLC icon on the blank slide for a second, which looks very
unprofessional. Any input on how to control this control so that it becomes
professional?
2) Use the Shockwave ActiveX control. This hasn't worked at all - I don't
know if I'm setting it up right, so if anyone has time for a foolproof guide
to getting this control to show FLV files, that would be great.
3) The Windows Media Player ActiveX control. Actually nobody recommended
this, but to my absolute surprise, it appears to work! I haven't been able to
test it with the full-size files yet, but's been able to play test FLVs and
AVIs. Once you disable the ugly interface and set it to autoplay, it also
fills the screen with a nice black background which is exactly what I want.
I'm owrried though - WMP has never been kind to me in the past, and like I
said, I haven't had the chance to tst it with the actual movies yet... Any
tips and tricks on how to use this control and make the most of it.
So, despite having a potentially working solution I come to you for any and
all additional tips you might have. Ideally I wouldn't even want to play
these files in powerpoint in the first place - considering their size and
quality, I'd want to set up a seamless playlist where it first starts up a
move in the media player of my choice, then carries into a pptx presentation,
then starts the next movie, etc... How do you guys insert movies into
powerpoint?
show one or two introductory slides, play a huge movie, run through 10-12
more slides, and then play another huge movie. The movies are either 4GB+
sized AVI-files or 100MB FLV-files depending on what I opt for in the end -
they're 1920x1080 high quality movies. Obviously this is suboptimal in many
ways - not least of all because Powerpoint and the projector I'm using won't
be able to display HD quality, but that's the only format I have to work with
- but what are the very best ways of solving this. I've gotten some
recommendations that have worked so-so:
1) Use the VLC ActiveX controls. This seems to work on the FLV files but not
on the AVI files (I haven't been able to get VLC to play the AVI files in
stand-alone mode either, so there's that) but the VLC Controls are very
clunky - before the video starts playing, it displays the classic 'traffic
cone' VLC icon on the blank slide for a second, which looks very
unprofessional. Any input on how to control this control so that it becomes
professional?
2) Use the Shockwave ActiveX control. This hasn't worked at all - I don't
know if I'm setting it up right, so if anyone has time for a foolproof guide
to getting this control to show FLV files, that would be great.
3) The Windows Media Player ActiveX control. Actually nobody recommended
this, but to my absolute surprise, it appears to work! I haven't been able to
test it with the full-size files yet, but's been able to play test FLVs and
AVIs. Once you disable the ugly interface and set it to autoplay, it also
fills the screen with a nice black background which is exactly what I want.
I'm owrried though - WMP has never been kind to me in the past, and like I
said, I haven't had the chance to tst it with the actual movies yet... Any
tips and tricks on how to use this control and make the most of it.
So, despite having a potentially working solution I come to you for any and
all additional tips you might have. Ideally I wouldn't even want to play
these files in powerpoint in the first place - considering their size and
quality, I'd want to set up a seamless playlist where it first starts up a
move in the media player of my choice, then carries into a pptx presentation,
then starts the next movie, etc... How do you guys insert movies into
powerpoint?