inserting video into ppt's so that cd's can play the presentation

[bill healy]

I am creating powerpoints for classroom presentation into which I wish to
insert video clips to automatically play. I then want to create a cd that
will allow me to run the presentation on any computer. ( I am running
PowerPoint 2002). I have been able to insert video into the presentation by
going to insert, and then insert movie clip from file. I then browse to the
file and insert it. The presentation plays fine on my computer. I then
burned a cd with the powerpoint and the video clips on it and that also ran
on my computer. When I tried the cd on another computer, the video did not
play. My guess is that the presentation is looking for the video at the
location it was in on my own computer. How can I insert video clips and burn
a presentation onto cd in such a way that it will play on any computer
which runs the powerpoint program?

 

[John Langhans [MSFT]]

[CRITICAL UPDATE - Anyone using Office 2003 should install the critical
update as soon as possible. From PowerPoint, choose "Help -> Check for
Updates".]

Hello Bill

Unfortunately you are not using PowerPoint 2003 which has this capability
is built into the product (Package for CD command). This solution bundles
the presentation and, by default, all of it's supporting (linked) files as
well as the new PowerPoint Viewer 2003 to a CD so that when the CD is
loaded on to a supported system the presentation will be opened up
automatically in the viewer. The same feature includes an option to Save to
Folder instead of CD so that you can create a portable, distributable
folder which can be moved to another system, server, etc.

Since autorun does not appear to be a requirement for you, there is a way
to prepare your presentation for burning in PowerPoint 2002 so that
resulting CD will contain all of the supporting files and there will be no
broken links (without you having to any more editing of your existing,
working presentation).

1) Open the original presentation on your computer where the videos play as
expected during slide show.
2) File -> Pack and Go and go through the wizard for packing your "Active
Presentation" being sure to:
b) specify a empty folder as the destination on your hard drive that is
easy for you to locate later on...
a) check "Include linked files"...
c) check "don't include viewer" since it sounds like they will be using
PowerPoint to view the presentation and because the viewer that would be
included with Pack and Go does not support all of slide show features that
PowerPoint 2002 does.
d) click Finish and wait for Pack and Go to complete the procedure
3) In Windows Explorer go to the directory specified previously in step
(2b).
4) Open the file "pres0.ppz" with the program "pngsetup.exe" both located
in the same directory
a) Specify a empty folder to unpack the presentation into that is easy
for you to locate later on...
b) When prompted to run the slide show say "No"
5) Burn the contents of the folder specified previously in step (4a) to
your CD

The resulting CD will contain the presentation any all supporting/linked
media files with the links in the presentation correctly pointing to them.

If you (or anyone else reading this message) think that PowerPoint should
provide additional options for distributing presentations in full fidelity,
don't forget to send your feedback (in YOUR OWN WORDS, please) to Microsoft
at:

http://register.microsoft.com/mswish/suggestion.asp

As with all product suggestions, it's important that you not just state
your wish but also WHY it is important to you that your product suggestion
be implemented by Microsoft. Microsoft receives thousands of product
suggestions every day and we read each one but, in any given product
development cycle, there are only sufficient resources to address the ones
that are most important to our customers so take the extra time to state
your case as clearly and completely as possible.

IMPORTANT: Each submission should be a single suggestion (not a list of
suggestions)

John Langhans
Microsoft Corporation
Supportability Program Manager
Microsoft Office PowerPoint for Windows
Microsoft Office Picture Manager for Windows

For FAQ's, highlights and top issues, visit the Microsoft PowerPoint
support center at: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?pr=ppt
Search the Microsoft Knowledge Base at:
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[bill healy]

John,
A couple of years ago I created several powerpoints into which I inserted
video. In those presentations, by inserting the video files as objects
instead of as video clips I seem to have avoided the problem. Once I
inserted them as objects, I added the powerpoint and the accompanying video
files to a burned cd and I wound up with a self contained presentation that
could be run on any computer that had powerpoint. Is this something that no
longer works with 2002?

[CRITICAL UPDATE - Anyone using Office 2003 should install the critical
update as soon as possible. From PowerPoint, choose "Help -> Check for
Updates".]

Hello Bill

Unfortunately you are not using PowerPoint 2003 which has this capability
is built into the product (Package for CD command). This solution bundles
the presentation and, by default, all of it's supporting (linked) files as
well as the new PowerPoint Viewer 2003 to a CD so that when the CD is
loaded on to a supported system the presentation will be opened up
automatically in the viewer. The same feature includes an option to Save to
Folder instead of CD so that you can create a portable, distributable
folder which can be moved to another system, server, etc.

Since autorun does not appear to be a requirement for you, there is a way
to prepare your presentation for burning in PowerPoint 2002 so that
resulting CD will contain all of the supporting files and there will be no
broken links (without you having to any more editing of your existing,
working presentation).

1) Open the original presentation on your computer where the videos play as
expected during slide show.
2) File -> Pack and Go and go through the wizard for packing your "Active
Presentation" being sure to:
b) specify a empty folder as the destination on your hard drive that is
easy for you to locate later on...
a) check "Include linked files"...
c) check "don't include viewer" since it sounds like they will be using
PowerPoint to view the presentation and because the viewer that would be
included with Pack and Go does not support all of slide show features that
PowerPoint 2002 does.
d) click Finish and wait for Pack and Go to complete the procedure
3) In Windows Explorer go to the directory specified previously in step
(2b).
4) Open the file "pres0.ppz" with the program "pngsetup.exe" both located
in the same directory
a) Specify a empty folder to unpack the presentation into that is easy
for you to locate later on...
b) When prompted to run the slide show say "No"
5) Burn the contents of the folder specified previously in step (4a) to
your CD

The resulting CD will contain the presentation any all supporting/linked
media files with the links in the presentation correctly pointing to them.

If you (or anyone else reading this message) think that PowerPoint should
provide additional options for distributing presentations in full fidelity,
don't forget to send your feedback (in YOUR OWN WORDS, please) to Microsoft
at:

http://register.microsoft.com/mswish/suggestion.asp

As with all product suggestions, it's important that you not just state
your wish but also WHY it is important to you that your product suggestion
be implemented by Microsoft. Microsoft receives thousands of product
suggestions every day and we read each one but, in any given product
development cycle, there are only sufficient resources to address the ones
that are most important to our customers so take the extra time to state
your case as clearly and completely as possible.

IMPORTANT: Each submission should be a single suggestion (not a list of
suggestions)

John Langhans
Microsoft Corporation
Supportability Program Manager
Microsoft Office PowerPoint for Windows
Microsoft Office Picture Manager for Windows

For FAQ's, highlights and top issues, visit the Microsoft PowerPoint
support center at: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?pr=ppt
Search the Microsoft Knowledge Base at:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?pr=kbhowto

This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.
Use of any included script samples are subject to the terms specified at
http://www.microsoft.com/info/cpyright.htm

 

[Sonia]

If your videos are in the same folder as the presentation *at the time* that
you insert them into the presentation, the links created will be "relative"
to the location of the presentation. When your burn everything to the CD
and play the presentation on another computer, PowerPoint will look for the
videos and will expect them to be in the same location as the presentation,
i.e. the root directory of the CD. This way the links won't break and the
videos will play correctly.
--
Sonia, MS PowerPoint MVP Team
Autorun CD software, templates, and tutorials
http://www.soniacoleman.com/

John,
A couple of years ago I created several powerpoints into which I inserted
video. In those presentations, by inserting the video files as objects
instead of as video clips I seem to have avoided the problem. Once I
inserted them as objects, I added the powerpoint and the accompanying video
files to a burned cd and I wound up with a self contained presentation that
could be run on any computer that had powerpoint. Is this something that no
longer works with 2002?

[CRITICAL UPDATE - Anyone using Office 2003 should install the critical
update as soon as possible. From PowerPoint, choose "Help -> Check for
Updates".]

Hello Bill

Unfortunately you are not using PowerPoint 2003 which has this capability
is built into the product (Package for CD command). This solution bundles
the presentation and, by default, all of it's supporting (linked) files as
well as the new PowerPoint Viewer 2003 to a CD so that when the CD is
loaded on to a supported system the presentation will be opened up
automatically in the viewer. The same feature includes an option to Save to
Folder instead of CD so that you can create a portable, distributable
folder which can be moved to another system, server, etc.

Since autorun does not appear to be a requirement for you, there is a way
to prepare your presentation for burning in PowerPoint 2002 so that
resulting CD will contain all of the supporting files and there will be no
broken links (without you having to any more editing of your existing,
working presentation).

1) Open the original presentation on your computer where the videos play as
expected during slide show.
2) File -> Pack and Go and go through the wizard for packing your "Active
Presentation" being sure to:
b) specify a empty folder as the destination on your hard drive that is
easy for you to locate later on...
a) check "Include linked files"...
c) check "don't include viewer" since it sounds like they will be using
PowerPoint to view the presentation and because the viewer that would be
included with Pack and Go does not support all of slide show features that
PowerPoint 2002 does.
d) click Finish and wait for Pack and Go to complete the procedure
3) In Windows Explorer go to the directory specified previously in step
(2b).
4) Open the file "pres0.ppz" with the program "pngsetup.exe" both located
in the same directory
a) Specify a empty folder to unpack the presentation into that is easy
for you to locate later on...
b) When prompted to run the slide show say "No"
5) Burn the contents of the folder specified previously in step (4a) to
your CD

The resulting CD will contain the presentation any all supporting/linked
media files with the links in the presentation correctly pointing to them.

If you (or anyone else reading this message) think that PowerPoint should
provide additional options for distributing presentations in full fidelity,
don't forget to send your feedback (in YOUR OWN WORDS, please) to Microsoft
at:

http://register.microsoft.com/mswish/suggestion.asp

As with all product suggestions, it's important that you not just state
your wish but also WHY it is important to you that your product suggestion
be implemented by Microsoft. Microsoft receives thousands of product
suggestions every day and we read each one but, in any given product
development cycle, there are only sufficient resources to address the ones
that are most important to our customers so take the extra time to state
your case as clearly and completely as possible.

IMPORTANT: Each submission should be a single suggestion (not a list of
suggestions)

John Langhans
Microsoft Corporation
Supportability Program Manager
Microsoft Office PowerPoint for Windows
Microsoft Office Picture Manager for Windows

For FAQ's, highlights and top issues, visit the Microsoft PowerPoint
support center at: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?pr=ppt
Search the Microsoft Knowledge Base at:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?pr=kbhowto

This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.
Use of any included script samples are subject to the terms specified at
http://www.microsoft.com/info/cpyright.htm