Why does my video disappear when it starts playing

[Guest]

When I add an .avi video to my powerpoint presentation the still appears fine
but when it plays it disappears.

 

[Austin Myers]

You might want to read the tutorial on this:

http://www.pfcmedia.com/Tutorial.htm


Austin Myers
MS PowerPoint MVP Team

Provider of PFCMedia http://www.pfcmedia.com

 

[Guest]

You may need to check your hardware acceleration.
http://www.rdpslides.com/pptfaq/FAQ00129.htm

or check out www.pfcmedia.com for an add-in option that may help.

 

[Ute Simon]

When I add an .avi video to my powerpoint presentation the still appears

fine
but when it plays it disappears.

One of the most frequent reasons for this is the pathlength, which should
not be more than 128 characters (for network path AND filename). Try to
move your presentation and the video to a folder like C:\test. Shorten the
filenames (if you rename the video, you have to re-insert it).

Best regards,
Ute