mpg clip won't play

[rswc90]

Howdy All:

I have PowerPoint 2003. I have cut some mpg clips that run perfectly with
windows media player. When I try to put them into my PowerPoint, they will
not play. I can put a different mpg clip (made at a different time) in and
it will play fine. Any thoughts?


Thanks

 

[Adam Crowley]

Is it MPG 1 or 2?
What is the size of the file (both in pixels and MB)?
These nuggets of info could hold the key...

 

[Austin Myers]

Randi,

In all probability you have a codec issue. That is the codec to play the
video is not available to the Windows MCI media player (used by PowerPoint).
You can use a utility like GSpot to examine the video file and determine the
codec required, locate it on the internet (in most cases) and then down load
and install it.

As an alternative you might want to give PFCMedia a try (trial download
www.pfcmedia.com) as it will do all of this automatically for you and put
the video file into a format compatible with PowerPoint. The advantage is
that once completed the presentation will play properly on just about any
Windows machine with PowerPoint or the PowerPoint viewers.


Austin Myers
MS PowerPoint MVP Team

PowerPoint Video and PowerPoint Sound Solutions www.pfcmedia.com

 

[rswc90]

Hi:

size: 37654 kb and the type just says "movie file (mpeg)

Is it MPG 1 or 2?
What is the size of the file (both in pixels and MB)?
These nuggets of info could hold the key...

 

[Austin Myers]

Huh? GSpot gives you a lot more information than that. Did you click
"Render" near the bottom of the screen?

Austin Myers
MS PowerPoint MVP Team

PowerPoint Video and PowerPoint Sound Solutions www.pfcmedia.com

Hi:

size: 37654 kb and the type just says "movie file (mpeg)

Is it MPG 1 or 2?
What is the size of the file (both in pixels and MB)?
These nuggets of info could hold the key...

 

[rswc90]

Here's the work-around I just did. I Re-did all my scenes in "studio 9" and
created .avi files. Then, in Windows MovieMaker I imported the .avi files in
and made wmv files from each scene -- they play -- and a bit off with sounds
sync (but I guess nothing's perfect?!) If anyone has other thoughts without
me having to spend $50, I'd appreciate it!

Thanks for all the comments!


_______________________________________________
www.randicohen.com

 

[Brian Sullivan]

Here's the work-around I just did. I Re-did all my scenes in "studio 9" and
created .avi files. Then, in Windows MovieMaker I imported the .avi files in
and made wmv files from each scene -- they play -- and a bit off with sounds
sync (but I guess nothing's perfect?!) If anyone has other thoughts without
me having to spend $50, I'd appreciate it!

Windows Media Encoder
(http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/9series/encoder/default.aspx)
can convert mpg files to wmv files. It might better serve your purpose (and
is a free download).

 

[Austin Myers]

You do not need to spend a penny on PFCMedia, it is a FULLY functioning demo
for 14 days. But hey, if your alternative worked and you are happy with the
results, good on ya! <g>



Austin Myers
MS PowerPoint MVP Team

PowerPoint Video and PowerPoint Sound Solutions www.pfcmedia.com

Here's the work-around I just did. I Re-did all my scenes in "studio 9" and
created .avi files. Then, in Windows MovieMaker I imported the .avi files in
and made wmv files from each scene -- they play -- and a bit off with sounds
sync (but I guess nothing's perfect?!) If anyone has other thoughts without
me having to spend $50, I'd appreciate it!

Thanks for all the comments!


_______________________________________________
www.randicohen.com

 

[Rehan]

Movie Maker is not compatible with MPEG file types especially MPEG2 which
dont work at all. MPEG1 sometimes work and other times wont. its best to
either produce AVIs as you did or convert the MPEGs to AVI (e.g. using
VirtualDubMod) if you cant produce from source.

The AVI you produce should be high quality format such as DV or Uncompressed
RGB.



--
Rehan
MS MVP -- Digital Media
www.rehanfx.org - get transitions and effects for Windows Movie Maker

Here's the work-around I just did. I Re-did all my scenes in "studio 9"
and created .avi files. Then, in Windows MovieMaker I imported the .avi
files in and made wmv files from each scene -- they play -- and a bit off
with sounds sync (but I guess nothing's perfect?!) If anyone has other
thoughts without me having to spend $50, I'd appreciate it!

Thanks for all the comments!


_______________________________________________
www.randicohen.com

 

[Wojo]

As everybody else has proven there are quite a few ways to convert your MPG
files to AVI that won't cost a dime. If you prefer to do your own research
into the software you would prefer check out this site for pretty much any
conversions you could need:
http://www.videohelp.com/convert
-Wojo

Here's the work-around I just did. I Re-did all my scenes in "studio 9"
and created .avi files. Then, in Windows MovieMaker I imported the .avi
files in and made wmv files from each scene -- they play -- and a bit off
with sounds sync (but I guess nothing's perfect?!) If anyone has other
thoughts without me having to spend $50, I'd appreciate it!

Thanks for all the comments!


_______________________________________________
www.randicohen.com

 

[Austin Myers]

Absolutely, lots of great sites out there for those wanting to learn and do
more with multimedia in PowerPoint. I also highly recommend two free tools,
GSpot and MMVIEW to anyone working with PowerPoint and multimedia. (A quick
Google search for either will give you lots of links.)

Austin Myers
MS PowerPoint MVP Team

PowerPoint Video and PowerPoint Sound Solutions www.pfcmedia.com

As everybody else has proven there are quite a few ways to convert your MPG
files to AVI that won't cost a dime. If you prefer to do your own research
into the software you would prefer check out this site for pretty much any
conversions you could need:
http://www.videohelp.com/convert
-Wojo