insert a video clip

[Guest]

Need help on running a video clip in a slide show.
I have office 2000 and I created a presentation in PowerPoint 2000.
Here is what I did:
I insert a video clip (.avi file) as an object in a slide and set up to run
automatically (with windows media player) when the show hits that slide. It
runs perfect when I “View Slide Show†in .ppt mode on the computer I created
the show.
It also runs perfect when I saved it as .pps and ran it in the same
computer. Every time when this particular slide on, the video is on
automatically.
Here is my problem:
I need to run this on our client’s computer which has the same version MS
office and PowerPoint 2000.
I did “pack and goâ€. When packing, a box popped out and said, “Can’t find
the video clip on slide #45. Could you find it yourselfâ€, so I did. When I
unpacked it on my client’s computer, everything ran smoothly except that
slide. The video just won’t start, instead, an “Open†box pop out. I have
to click on the file in the file folder and make it run.
Question:
Why can’t the PowerPoint 2000 pack the link as well?
Is there anything I can do to make the video run automatically on other
computers?

 

[Echo S]

Use Insert/Movie and Sound/Movie from File instead of Insert/Object.

 

[Guest]

I tried that but since I have an .avi file the PowerPoint 2000 won't let me
do Insert Movie. It always give a error message. Other tricks?

Use Insert/Movie and Sound/Movie from File instead of Insert/Object.

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Echo [MS PPT MVP]
http://www.echosvoice.com

Need help on running a video clip in a slide show.
I have office 2000 and I created a presentation in PowerPoint 2000.
Here is what I did:
I insert a video clip (.avi file) as an object in a slide and set up to run
automatically (with windows media player) when the show hits that slide. It
runs perfect when I "View Slide Show" in .ppt mode on the computer I created
the show.
It also runs perfect when I saved it as .pps and ran it in the same
computer. Every time when this particular slide on, the video is on
automatically.
Here is my problem:
I need to run this on our client's computer which has the same version MS
office and PowerPoint 2000.
I did "pack and go". When packing, a box popped out and said, "Can't find
the video clip on slide #45. Could you find it yourself", so I did. When I
unpacked it on my client's computer, everything ran smoothly except that
slide. The video just won't start, instead, an "Open" box pop out. I have
to click on the file in the file folder and make it run.
Question:
Why can't the PowerPoint 2000 pack the link as well?
Is there anything I can do to make the video run automatically on other
computers?

 

[Echo S]

AVIs should be insertable in PPT 2000. You wanna give us a hint as to what
the error message is, or should we just guess?

Actually, nevermind. Let me just suggest that you grab
http://www.pfcmedia.com -- that should resolve your problem.

--
Echo [MS PPT MVP]
http://www.echosvoice.com

I tried that but since I have an .avi file the PowerPoint 2000 won't let me
do Insert Movie. It always give a error message. Other tricks?

Use Insert/Movie and Sound/Movie from File instead of Insert/Object.

--
Echo [MS PPT MVP]
http://www.echosvoice.com

Need help on running a video clip in a slide show.
I have office 2000 and I created a presentation in PowerPoint 2000.
Here is what I did:
I insert a video clip (.avi file) as an object in a slide and set up

to
run

automatically (with windows media player) when the show hits that

slide.
It

runs perfect when I "View Slide Show" in .ppt mode on the computer I created
the show.
It also runs perfect when I saved it as .pps and ran it in the same
computer. Every time when this particular slide on, the video is on
automatically.
Here is my problem:
I need to run this on our client's computer which has the same version MS
office and PowerPoint 2000.
I did "pack and go". When packing, a box popped out and said, "Can't find
the video clip on slide #45. Could you find it yourself", so I did.

When
I

unpacked it on my client's computer, everything ran smoothly except that
slide. The video just won't start, instead, an "Open" box pop out. I have
to click on the file in the file folder and make it run.
Question:
Why can't the PowerPoint 2000 pack the link as well?
Is there anything I can do to make the video run automatically on other
computers?

 

[Hank Nussbacher]

AVIs should be insertable in PPT 2000. You wanna give us a hint as to what
the error message is, or should we just guess?

Actually, nevermind. Let me just suggest that you grab
http://www.pfcmedia.com -- that should resolve your problem.

The problem is with Powerpoint. I too have tried inserting a wmv, an asf and
an avi file into PPT via 'Insert Movie'->'Movies & Sounds'->'Movie from file'.
Locally, on my compuiter, the presentation works fine. But when shipping the
presentation to any other computer - it doesn't work. The reason is that PPT
holds the link locally. To see this, go to the slide with the movie, right
click on the movie object and select 'Edit Movie Object'. You will see
that PPT lists the file locally as perhaps c:\movies\movietoplay.wmv which
won't resolve on any other computer.

So the question is, how does one pack a movie file into a PPT for viewing
elsewhere?

-Hank

 

[Michael Koerner]

Put the sound/movie file into the same folder as the presentation before you
insert it. then when you move the presentation and the sound/movie file to
another location the link stays intact.

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Michael Koerner [MS PPT MVP]

AVIs should be insertable in PPT 2000. You wanna give us a hint as to what
the error message is, or should we just guess?

Actually, nevermind. Let me just suggest that you grab
http://www.pfcmedia.com -- that should resolve your problem.

The problem is with Powerpoint. I too have tried inserting a wmv, an asf and
an avi file into PPT via 'Insert Movie'->'Movies & Sounds'->'Movie from file'.
Locally, on my compuiter, the presentation works fine. But when shipping the
presentation to any other computer - it doesn't work. The reason is that PPT
holds the link locally. To see this, go to the slide with the movie, right
click on the movie object and select 'Edit Movie Object'. You will see
that PPT lists the file locally as perhaps c:\movies\movietoplay.wmv which
won't resolve on any other computer.

So the question is, how does one pack a movie file into a PPT for viewing
elsewhere?

-Hank