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pete
if you want the video to run smoothly using the same presentation on a
PC and a Mac? I am using PPT 2003 on my PC and a client on the other
side of the country will need to run the final presentation I am
creating on her machine which just happens to be a Mac running PPT
2004.
I used to do this stuff blindfolded but it's been a while since I've
messed with video in PowerPoint. I know that we aren't really
"embedding", we will be "linking" even if looks like it's embedded -
and therefore we will both need to have the same video files on our
respective machines, in the same folder as the PPT file, so the link
in PowerPoint works on both machines. What I am trying to figure out
is what the best file format for cross-platform. I don't want to
produce two different versions of the video (one for my machine and
one for hers). Quicktime seems problematic on the PC side. How about
MPEG? And if MPEG is the way to go, should it be MPEG1? MPEG2?
So, to reiterate, I am creating a PPT presentation with a link to a
video file on my PC. When I email the file to my client, the same
video file needs to work on her end. We both have to have folders on
our hardrives that include the PowerPoint file and the video file. So
I'm trying to create ONE video file that I can send to her (I'll
probably burn to disc and overnight it it's very large, or FTP it or
something - doesn't matter how I get it to her, she will get it) that
will work on both our machines.
Nevermind all the other fun cross-platform issues there are to deal
with going from PC to Mac and back with PPT. I'm just worried right
now about the best video format that will work on both our machines.
THANKS!
PC and a Mac? I am using PPT 2003 on my PC and a client on the other
side of the country will need to run the final presentation I am
creating on her machine which just happens to be a Mac running PPT
2004.
I used to do this stuff blindfolded but it's been a while since I've
messed with video in PowerPoint. I know that we aren't really
"embedding", we will be "linking" even if looks like it's embedded -
and therefore we will both need to have the same video files on our
respective machines, in the same folder as the PPT file, so the link
in PowerPoint works on both machines. What I am trying to figure out
is what the best file format for cross-platform. I don't want to
produce two different versions of the video (one for my machine and
one for hers). Quicktime seems problematic on the PC side. How about
MPEG? And if MPEG is the way to go, should it be MPEG1? MPEG2?
So, to reiterate, I am creating a PPT presentation with a link to a
video file on my PC. When I email the file to my client, the same
video file needs to work on her end. We both have to have folders on
our hardrives that include the PowerPoint file and the video file. So
I'm trying to create ONE video file that I can send to her (I'll
probably burn to disc and overnight it it's very large, or FTP it or
something - doesn't matter how I get it to her, she will get it) that
will work on both our machines.
Nevermind all the other fun cross-platform issues there are to deal
with going from PC to Mac and back with PPT. I'm just worried right
now about the best video format that will work on both our machines.
THANKS!