Why can I get sound but no video on inserted movie in powerpoint?

[wags21]

I am trying to insert a 2-minute video into a power oint presentation and
have it play automatically. The sound plays from the video plays, but no
picture. The video plays on WIndows Media Player. If I insert the video
using action buttons or insert the windows media player and play it through
that, it plays fine, but then it will not play automatically, only on a click.

Any suggestions?

 

[Lucy Thomson]

Hi

Sounds like the file path is too long. Try this:
1. Create a folder on your C drive (e.g. C:\mypres)
2. Move presentation & video file to this folder
3. Re-insert movie into powerpoint file

Does that fix it?

Lucy

 

[Jean-Pierre Forestier [MVP[]

If it is an avi file, try to convert it to a wmv file

 

[Lucy Thomson]

I have prepared a presentation using an embedded video; the file is saved
on my >network drive. The picture and sound are fine on my monitor but
only a black >screen shows up when using the projector? Any ideas?

Thanks!
Elizabeth

Hi Elizabeth

Have a read of this:
Videos play correctly on computer but not on projector (black box)
http://www.pptfaq.com/FAQ00467.htm

Lucy