Using Pause during a Movie

[Guest]

I have placed 4 movie objects on one of my slides. The first two play
correctly. For instance, when they are running, when you click on them they
stop. If you click on them again they resume running. If while stopped, you
double click on them, the presentation reverts back to where you were on the
prior slide. And all of this is exactly what I want all of my movies to do.

However, the 3rd movie, when you click on it while it is running, simply
jumps back to the begining and starts playing all over again. And there's no
way to stop it short of hitting the escape key. In other words you can
double click all you want and it will simply keep starting over.

The 4th movie has it's own problems and doesn't behave right either.

I ask you to help me understand what I need to do to make my movies behave
like the first two. That is...

Pause while being single clicked.
Resume after being paused by single click.
And return to the presentation slide after being double clicked.

Thanks for you assistance in this!!

 

[Echo S]

Which version of PPT are you using? It sounds as if you're using 2002 or
2003 and you've neglected to set the pause trigger.

If you look at the custom animation task pane, you'll see that trigger
setting on the videos that work the way they should. If you reinsert the
video and tell it to play automatically on mouseclick, the trigger should be
automatically added and set then as well.

 

[Guest]

Dear Echo S,

The version is 2003 and it still doesn't work. In fact, I installed other
movie clips to try and test them, and when you click on them the movie just
goes black. Some of these clips are .avi and some are .mpg . The only two
that have worked so far are .avi . But I don't think that the movie type
should be an issue here??? Reinstalling them doesn't seem to work.

Any further advice from you or others is welcome, very welcome.

I should also ask any of you who's movie files are playing correctly... Is
it true that once the movie is playing clicking on it once will stop it,
clicking on it again will resume its play, and double clicking on it will
send you back to the originating slide? Is this the way that your clips
work? Should I expect this?

Which version of PPT are you using? It sounds as if you're using 2002 or
2003 and you've neglected to set the pause trigger.

If you look at the custom animation task pane, you'll see that trigger
setting on the videos that work the way they should. If you reinsert the
video and tell it to play automatically on mouseclick, the trigger should be
automatically added and set then as well.
--
Echo [MS PPT MVP]
http://www.echosvoice.com

I have placed 4 movie objects on one of my slides. The first two play
correctly. For instance, when they are running, when you click on them they
stop. If you click on them again they resume running. If while stopped, you
double click on them, the presentation reverts back to where you were on the
prior slide. And all of this is exactly what I want all of my movies to do.

However, the 3rd movie, when you click on it while it is running, simply
jumps back to the begining and starts playing all over again. And there's no
way to stop it short of hitting the escape key. In other words you can
double click all you want and it will simply keep starting over.

The 4th movie has it's own problems and doesn't behave right either.

I ask you to help me understand what I need to do to make my movies behave
like the first two. That is...

Pause while being single clicked.
Resume after being paused by single click.
And return to the presentation slide after being double clicked.

Thanks for you assistance in this!!

 

[Austin Myers]

Tom, as Echo said, it all comes down to how you have set your animation. Of
note though is that depending upon what sort of media file it is, PowerPoint
may be using a different player (MCI vs WMP) and that can cause the results
you are seeing.

Not to sound like a used car salesman but my new PowerPoint Add In can
correct the problems with different media types. There is a fully
functioning trail version on my web site (www.pfcmedia.com) you can download
for free and see if it meets your needs.


Austin Myers
MS PowerPoint MVP Team

Solutions to Multimedia in PowerPoint www.pfcmedia.com

Dear Echo S,

The version is 2003 and it still doesn't work. In fact, I installed other
movie clips to try and test them, and when you click on them the movie just
goes black. Some of these clips are .avi and some are .mpg . The only two
that have worked so far are .avi . But I don't think that the movie type
should be an issue here??? Reinstalling them doesn't seem to work.

Any further advice from you or others is welcome, very welcome.

I should also ask any of you who's movie files are playing correctly... Is
it true that once the movie is playing clicking on it once will stop it,
clicking on it again will resume its play, and double clicking on it will
send you back to the originating slide? Is this the way that your clips
work? Should I expect this?

Which version of PPT are you using? It sounds as if you're using 2002 or
2003 and you've neglected to set the pause trigger.

If you look at the custom animation task pane, you'll see that trigger
setting on the videos that work the way they should. If you reinsert the
video and tell it to play automatically on mouseclick, the trigger should be
automatically added and set then as well.
--
Echo [MS PPT MVP]
http://www.echosvoice.com

I have placed 4 movie objects on one of my slides. The first two play
correctly. For instance, when they are running, when you click on

them
they

stop. If you click on them again they resume running. If while

stopped,
you

double click on them, the presentation reverts back to where you were

on
the

prior slide. And all of this is exactly what I want all of my movies

to
do.

However, the 3rd movie, when you click on it while it is running, simply
jumps back to the begining and starts playing all over again. And

there's
no

way to stop it short of hitting the escape key. In other words you can
double click all you want and it will simply keep starting over.

The 4th movie has it's own problems and doesn't behave right either.

I ask you to help me understand what I need to do to make my movies behave
like the first two. That is...

Pause while being single clicked.
Resume after being paused by single click.
And return to the presentation slide after being double clicked.

Thanks for you assistance in this!!