Video not visible

[Steve]

I make video presentations for a number of different people so I try to use
the most ubiquitous codec on our computers is mpeg4v.1, so that's what I
use. Something happened during a service pack upgrade and mpeg4 no longer
plays. Has anyone experienced this? Any fixes out there?

Thanks.

 

[Echo S]

Some of those SP and other upgrades and updates deprecate codecs that are
considered a risk for whatever reason. Only thing I can think is to rerender
with a more common codec.

Sorry.

 

[Guest]

Hola Steve & Echo:

I'm having the same problem of not seeing the videos on PP Presentations,
furthermore, my presentation freezes and I have to restart PP. I'm not too
savy with technical terms and would like to know what a codec is.

Thank you

Some of those SP and other upgrades and updates deprecate codecs that are
considered a risk for whatever reason. Only thing I can think is to rerender
with a more common codec.

Sorry.

--
Echo [MS PPT MVP]
http://www.echosvoice.com

I make video presentations for a number of different people so I try to use
the most ubiquitous codec on our computers is mpeg4v.1, so that's what I
use. Something happened during a service pack upgrade and mpeg4 no longer
plays. Has anyone experienced this? Any fixes out there?

Thanks.

 

[Steve Rindsberg]

Some of those SP and other upgrades and updates deprecate codecs

Deprecate?

As in "discourage the use of" or as in "search and destroy"?

that are

 

[Steve]

Hmmm. There's nothing more common than MS mpeg4v.1. It's on every (or used
to be) Windows installation I've seen. MS did something in SP2 I believe.
It's strange. I tried v2 and it works, but the video that starts out as
broadcast quality is so pixelated as to be unviewable.

A codec is a co(coder) dec(decoder). You need something that can read the
codec you use on the box that is going to play the video.

Any other thoughts?

Thanks.

Steve

 

[Troy @ TLC Creative]

Check here for info on Codecs and just all of the other basics of multimedia
as related to PPT: http://www.rdpslides.com/pptfaq/FAQ00099.htm

--
Best Regards,
Troy Chollar
TLC Creative Services, Inc.
troy at tlc creative dot com
www dot tlccreative dot com
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A Microsoft PowerPoint MVP
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Hola Steve & Echo:

I'm having the same problem of not seeing the videos on PP Presentations,
furthermore, my presentation freezes and I have to restart PP. I'm not too
savy with technical terms and would like to know what a codec is.

Thank you

Some of those SP and other upgrades and updates deprecate codecs that are
considered a risk for whatever reason. Only thing I can think is to
rerender
with a more common codec.

Sorry.

--
Echo [MS PPT MVP]
http://www.echosvoice.com

I make video presentations for a number of different people so I try to use
the most ubiquitous codec on our computers is mpeg4v.1, so that's what
I
use. Something happened during a service pack upgrade and mpeg4 no
longer
plays. Has anyone experienced this? Any fixes out there?

Thanks.

 

[Echo S]

Ah, nuts. What's the word I was looking for there? Search and destroy would
describe it better.

 

[Echo S]

I don't know that MPEG4 is very compatible with PPT. I'd stick to MPEG1.

 

[Steve Rindsberg]

Ah, nuts. What's the word I was looking for there? Search and destroy would
describe it better.

"Uninstall"?

That sorta covers it, no? ;-)