why are movie files giving a white screen?

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When I try to play Mpeg files in powerpoint I just get a blank (White)
screen. What has gone wrong?
 
Griffin,

What version of PowerPoint, Winodws and what sort of Mpeg (1 or 2) is it?



Austin Myers
MS PowerPoint MVP Team

Solutions to Multimedia in PowerPoint www.pfcmedia.com
 
The version is Powerpoint 2003 (SP1), I am running it on Windows XP Home
edition.
The properties tag on the file describes it as MPEG Video. I don't know if
that is 1 or 2.
 
Try moving the presentation file and the MPG to C:\Test and then delete the
video file and reinsert it. Then run the show. Does the video play? If so,
the path was too long. If the full path to a media file exceeds 128 characters,
PowerPoint won't succeed in locating it at play time.
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Sonia Coleman
Microsoft PowerPoint MVP Team
Autorun Software, Templates and Tutorials
http://www.soniacoleman.com
 
Result!
So I just need to cut down the length of some of my folder names to make
everything work properly... Well done for thinking of that one Sonia! Thanks.
 
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