ceratin avi's will not play in ppt unless played in full screen mo

[Guest]

I am using Windows XP professional and PowerPoint 2003. With the
implementation of PowerPoint 2003, some avi files that we have successfully
used in previous versions of PowerPoint will not play, unless you right mouse
click on the avi in PowerPoint, Edit Movie Object, and check on "Zoom to Full
Screen". Then the avio plays full screen, but that's the only way.
When examining the properties of avi's that WILL play normally in PowerPoint
they show either Cinepak Codec or MS-CRAM under video compression.
The ones that do not play normally have no video compression listed under
properties.
There is a workaround that I have found that works on some machines but not
others.
By opening the avi in Windows media player go to Tools, Options,
Performance, and then click on the Advanced button. Under Video Acceleration,
Un-check "Use video mixing renederer." This worked on two other machines
where I work, but would not work on my machine.
Could it be a driver issue? Or possibly a codec issue?

 

[Austin Myers]

You may want to look at the turorial I put together for media and
PowerPoint.

http://www.pfcmedia.com/Tutorial.htm

Beyond that though, it sounds like you may have some hardware issues. I
would start by checking the manufacutures web site for your video card and
see if they have an updated driver. Next I would make certain that DirectX
is up todate. (Download from Microsoft) And finally, make certain you have
all the updates for Windows and Office installed.

Austin Myers
MS PowerPoint MVP Team

Provider of PFCMedia http://www.pfcmedia.com

 

[Guest]

I saw in one of the other threads where someone was having a problem with an
avi not playing and changed the file extension to mpg and it workd. I
decided to try it . It worked! Don't understand it, but it
works...........for now, anyway.