MPEG in PPt - Media Player

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CaptnRon

How can you play high res video in powerpoint?

My Media Player (Used ny PPt) doesn't seem to play decent
MPEG2 files, but my Windows Media Player does.

I want to be able to send my PPt on CD to others without
problems and I only have MPEG2 files.So codecs are ruled
out.

Any ideas?
 
The Player that Powerpoint uses by default (or rather, the ActiveX.dll) is
not up to date.

You will need to goto the toolbox and add the Media Player 9 from there :)

Kind Regards
 
Hi again captn.

Your basic quest for high quality video is difficult enough without the
added complication of distribution.
My reply to your post of a few days ago (www.elecard.com) is my best
suggestion for an easy and effective way to get MPEG2 files to play in
PowerPoint. Your users would have to install the player, though (and that
would give you licensing issues).

One other thing you could try is higher-than-normal-res MPEG1 files.
The default, and usually most advisable, resolution for MPEG1 is the VCD
setting of 352x288 at 1150kbps - and it is these numbers that determine our
assessment of MPEG1 as low quality. You can, however, create them at
different settings if you adhere to the rules (don't overdrive the bit rate
and make sure the width and height are a multiple of 16). So you should be
able to create MPEG1 files at the same resolution as your MPEG2 files or,
for example, 640x480 at 4000 kbps. Because these are played back using the
same driver as any other MPEG1 you should have no problems with
distribution, though some applications don't like playing MPEG1 files that
don't comply to the standard mentioned above.
 
You and Andy and Jacky, et al, should confine your posts in this newsgroup
to responding to user questions that you fully understand and which actually
require a product such as yours. Your repeated spamming is not appreciated.
 
You and Andy and Jacky, et al, should confine your posts in this newsgroup
to responding to user questions that you fully understand and which your
product actually addresses. Your repeated spamming is unnecessary,
inappropriate and unappreciated.
 
Thanx Adam,

Will check out the detaisl of the encoding.

CaptnRon
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Hi again captn.

Your basic quest for high quality video is difficult enough without the
added complication of distribution.
My reply to your post of a few days ago
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(www.elecard.com) is my best
 
Bjorn, This sounds like a decent idea. I can ensure the
users do this.

However your directions are not too clear. Which toolbox,
I've tried a few times to figure out how to add WMP-9 to
my PPt 2000 to no avail. Including PPt Add-ins page.

CaptnRon
 
Go to View > Toolbars and check the one called "Control Toolbox". Then
click on the lower right icon (looks like a hammer and screw). You'll find
the Windows Media Player in the drop down list.
 
In Powerpoint 2003 (and probably in all other versions):

Click Insert - Object

In the Dialog Box, scroll down to Windows Media Player (which will be there
if the installation is made correct)

Right click on the player and choose properties from the popup menu

In the properties window, click in the custom field. This will bring up a
dialog box where you can enter the path to the file you want to play.

Hope this helps J
 
Hi, Sonia

Thank u for ur criticism, but so sad that u say me in that way. In fact,
I dont know
who's Jacky. However u believe or not, I am always responsible for my words
to other users.
If u think I was making spam, I feel so sorry, and u wont see these
anymore...
 
Ok, I've tried many of the suggestions in this thread, as well as the troubleshooting guide to playing movies from clicking help in PowerPoint, to no available. I want my presentation to access Windows Media Player to show a video clip that will play in Windows Media Player but not as an inserted movie in PowerPoint. First of all, the troubleshooting information shows how to play a movie that will play in Windows Media Player. So far so good. But in my PowerPoint 2003 when I insert object, click video clip, I get the stupid Media Player instead of Windows Media Player. I tried the "toolbox" suggestion, but that does not work. I tried looking for Windows Media Player under Insert and Object but could only find Media Player. As for installing PowerPoint "correctly," I think I did so. I chose full installation when I installed Microsoft Office 2003. I'm very close to succeeding here, so I would appreciate any further help.
 
I didnt' see the suggestions that others have made so I don't know if
this is a repeat. If I create a button and set its Action Settings to
Run Program, and tell it to run the media file (choose to search for
files of all types, not just .exe files or you won't see your media
file), when I click on the button in Slide Show View, Windows Media
Player opens up and plays the file. This should work as long as Windows
Media Player normally plays the file when you double click on the media
file (when you're not in PowerPoint).
--David

--
David M. Marcovitz, Ph.D.
Director of Graduate Programs in Educational Technology
Loyola College in Maryland
Author of _Powerful PowerPoint for Educators_
http://www.loyola.edu/education/PowerfulPowerPoint/
 
Thanks very much for this simple suggestion, and I appreciate your pointing out the importance of making windows media player the default player so that if I use this presentation and video clip in another computer I will likely have no problems. (To make windows media player the default player, right click the video file, choose Properties, click the icon by Opens With, and choose Windows Media Player in the drop-down list.)

I still would like to know how to have PowerPoint use Windows Media Player instead of Media Player when using Insert, Object, Video Clip as discussed in this thread.--
emprof
 
You did say that you tried going to Insert > Object and selecting Windows
Media Player instead of Video Clip, right? I don't know why you don't find
Windows Media Player there like the rest of us do. You should also find it
in the Control Toolbox. What version of Windows Media Player do you have
installed on your system?
--
Sonia, MS PowerPoint MVP Team
Autorun CD software, templates, and tutorials
http://www.soniacoleman.com/

emprof said:
Thanks very much for this simple suggestion, and I appreciate your
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pointing out the importance of making windows media player the default
player so that if I use this presentation and video clip in another computer
I will likely have no problems. (To make windows media player the default
player, right click the video file, choose Properties, click the icon by
Opens With, and choose Windows Media Player in the drop-down list.)
I still would like to know how to have PowerPoint use Windows Media Player
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instead of Media Player when using Insert, Object, Video Clip as discussed
in this thread.--
 
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