MPEGs won't play in PowerPoint 2003

[elisart]

My CEO has a PowerPoint presentation with several MPEG-1 clips that he has
used many times before. He does have a new XP computer with the same version
of Office as before (2003).

The MPEG clips do not play. We up run updated codec packs, verfiied latest
updates, etc. However, even before checking all those, we found the the MPEG
files would play in Windows Media Player on his computer, just not in
PowerPoint.

As our compnay has its own video department, our team recompressed one of
the MPEGs to see what would happen. We were able to hear the audio, but
still not see the video in PowerPoint.

Help!!

 

[TDunn]

Check the path length. I've had this problem before because the source files
were buried too deep in a long path. Try moving all of the files to the root
of the system drive...usually C:.

...............TD

 

[Sandy Johnson]

Might need to adjust his hardware acceleration on his new computer.

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[Sandy Johnson]

: - ). Is my grammar that bad?

You sure copy/paste funny, Sandy, ma'am. ;-)

 

[Austin Myers]

I suspect you have installed software that replaced or altered the
association for the required codec. For a better understanding you might
want to read this tutorial. http://www.playsforcertain.com/tutorial.htm

Beware correcting the codec(s) on your PC does NOT mean the video will play
properly on another Windows PC. For greater compatibility on all Windows
machines you need to convert the video to a PowerPoint friendly format. To
do so you might want to install the free trial (no limitations during trial)
of PFCPro. Not only will it convert the file it also provides you with
basic video editing capabilities and a much wider range of video sources you
may use. http://www.playsforcertain.com


Austin Myers

Creators of PFCMedia and PFCPro

 

[elisart]

Thanks for the thought, but the files in question are on his desktop, the
same location as the old PC...

 

[elisart]

I tried this, to no avail!

Anything else come to mind?

 

[elisart]

Thanks. I'll read the article.

I suspect you have installed software that replaced or altered the
association for the required codec. For a better understanding you might
want to read this tutorial. http://www.playsforcertain.com/tutorial.htm

Beware correcting the codec(s) on your PC does NOT mean the video will play
properly on another Windows PC. For greater compatibility on all Windows
machines you need to convert the video to a PowerPoint friendly format. To
do so you might want to install the free trial (no limitations during trial)
of PFCPro. Not only will it convert the file it also provides you with
basic video editing capabilities and a much wider range of video sources you
may use. http://www.playsforcertain.com


Austin Myers

Creators of PFCMedia and PFCPro