Video in PPT 2003?

[mommio2]

Hello, I am trying to show a very short video clip on one slide in my PPT
2003 presentation. The first scene flashes up, then nothing. All I get is
a gray background for severl seconds. Any ideas or advice? THANKS!
Mommio

 

[Guest]

Hi

Put the video in the same folder as the ppt then re-insert. If that doesn't
work, the file path to the folder may be too long so try putting a folder
directly on your C drive (so it's C:\<folder> rather than C:\Documents and
Settings\<username>\My Documents\Presentations\My funky presentation with
video in it)

Lucy
--
MOS Master Instructor
www.aneasiertomorrow.com.au

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See you there

 

[Guest]

As well as the good advice from Lucy you might want to look at these two
articles
http://www.pptalchemy.co.uk/mediaenc1.html
http://www.playsforcertain.com/tutorial.htm

 

[mommio2]

Thanks so much for the hints and places to look! One more question, please.
Does it matter that the video is type .MOV ?

 

[Barmysod]

Thanks so much for the hints and places to look! One more question, please.
Does it matter that the video is type .MOV ?

You will have problems if you are using a p.c. see microsoft knowledge
base article Q235950. This will give you some Ideas to work around any
problems.
A much neater alternative is to use the QTVR activeX control which can
be downloaded here

http://qt4all.onestop.net
The file you need is "QTVRControlX_unregistered_20050610.exe " which
you will find in the downloads section

Easy to follow instructions on how to use it can be found here

http://www.indezine.com/products/powerpoint/ppqtvr.html

I have used this many times in Conferences to playback clients
quicktime movies neat and clean from within powerpoint.

Hope this will be of use to you

Batesy
Senior Technician
H.I.C.
Hope this is of use to you.