Please help - Inserting video clip with Powerpoint 2000 just shows black rectangle

[pdonaldson_home]

Hello,

I have followed the instructions on how to insert a video clip into my
presentation but all I get is a black rectangle. Nothing I try makes
the video play. I am inserting a clip that has been saved from ULead
VideoStudio 8 (which saves my trimmed video clip as a .MPG file) into
Powerpoint 2000.

Please help!

Paul

 

[Troy @ TLC Creative]

Sounds like a codec issue. PPT does not use Windows Media Player, but an
older media player, so the video has to meet some strict criteria to work.
Try outputting from ULead as a .wmv as this has a narrower set of possible
codecs (an MPEG can be a vast variety of flavors - some will work, some will
not).

Check here for an overview on Movies and PowerPoint:
http://www.tlccreative.com/images/tutorials/movies.htm
Check here for lots of info on multimedia in PowerPoint:
http://www.rdpslides.com/pptfaq/FAQ00026.htm

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Troy Chollar
TLC Creative Services, Inc.
troy at tlc creative dot com
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