Imbedded Video Appears as Small Black Screen in PP

[Guest]

Sometimes when I imbed an avi or MPEG video in PP, only a small black screen
appears. The video will not play. Why? The video does play using
RealPlayer, etc.

Robcpc

 

[Echo S]

Sometimes when I imbed an avi or MPEG video in PP, only a small black screen
appears. The video will not play. Why? The video does play using
RealPlayer, etc.

Not to nitpick or anything, but video is not embedded into PPT. It's linked.

That said, you need to test your videos in mplay32.exe for compatibility
with PPT. RealPlayer doesn't have anything to do with it except for maybe
hijacking your MCI settings. See
http://www.soniacoleman.com/Tutorials/PowerPoint/multimedia.htm for
information on what your MCI registry settings should look like and how to
test your file using mplay32.exe

If you test your file and it plays in mplay32.exe, then see the info here:
http://www.echosvoice.com/tshoot_video2.htm

 

[Austin Myers]

PowerPoint Version, OS version, file type, source of file, and how did you
insert it?

Austin Myers
MS PowerPoint MVP Team