No sound with WMV files in PPT07?

[Jen]

Hello,

I'm attempting to add some wmv videos to my presentation. The videos play
fine, bu there is no sound. I'm somewhat stumped because it worked yesterday,
but as of today I can't get wmv to play with sound. Here is what I've already
tried:

- I do NOT have the slideshow muted
- the videos do play in windows media player
- the videos and presentation are in the same folder
- for kicks, I also tried putting both directly in the C folder without any
luck
- I tried adding media player to the slide through the developer menu and
then specifying the location of my video, but each time I tried to play it
the program would freeze while it said "media changing"
- The wmv files were created in windows movie maker from some avi files I
had. They were published with the "DVD quality" settings. However, I also
tried a small wmv downloaded from the web, which also didn't work, so I don't
think my conversion is the problem.

What am I missing???

Thanks in advance for your help,
Jen

 

[Echo S]

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[cici amy]

First, re-check your video file to make sure the videos play well in
Windows Media Player and the volume is not setted to mute.
If these work ok, try the following methods:

Method 1:
Try to download and install some new codec from official:
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/forpros/format/codecdownload.aspx.
Go for codec references at: http://www.codecguide.com/

Method 2:
1. Put video files and the PowerPoint presentation in a same folder.
2. Re-insert these files to PowerPoint presentation.
3. Preview it.

Method 3:
Convert your PowerPoint presentation to Flash use some third party
presentation tools, PPT to Flash (http://www.acoolsoft.com/powerpoint-
to-flash-overview.html#149), for instance.

Method 4:
1. Display the slide you want to insert video.
　2. Click the View menu in the menu bar, and then choose Toolbars in
its child menu, later Control Toolbox to let Control Toolbox
displayed. Choose More Controls which seems like hammer.
　3. In the succeeding dialog box, choose Shockwave Flash Object. Your
cursor will change into a cross-hair - draw a rectangle anywhere on
screen
4. Right click the inserted Shockwave Flash control, and then click
Properties.
5. Click the Movie property > type the full drive path in the value
column (the blank cell next to Movie), including the file name (e.g. C
\:a.swf) or URL (e.g. http://www.a.com/b.swf)
6. To make the Flash play automatically when the slide is displayed,
set the Playing property to True;
7. Finally close the Properties window and save your presentation.


For many related information, please go to:
http://www.playsforcertain.com/tutorial.htm

Hope these help.