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| 746471 | 2009-02-10 03:40:00 | I am having problem playing mpg file (using win media player) in Powerpoint 2007. I understand this is an inherent problem. The suggestion as prescribed in the link doesn't work either. support.microsoft.com It just display as a black rectangle. By moving the slides forward and backwards, may get the video click to work at times. I am using XP Pro. Does anyone has any solution to this issue? |
Taurus (9579) | ||
| 746472 | 2009-02-10 03:43:00 | So have you turned off hardware acceleration like the website suggests? | Blam (54) | ||
| 746473 | 2009-02-10 07:21:00 | So have you turned off hardware acceleration like the website suggests? Yes, no effect at all. |
Taurus (9579) | ||
| 746474 | 2009-02-10 07:45:00 | Tried this? Go into powerpoint 07. Click office button>Powerpoint options>Resources>Diagnostics tool |
Blam (54) | ||
| 746475 | 2009-02-10 07:46:00 | You may possibly be missing the AC3 codec - try downloading it and installing, see if it makes any difference. Download Location (www.free-codecs.com) | wainuitech (129) | ||
| 746476 | 2009-02-10 08:48:00 | :2cents:If you made it your self then it should play on your com but if it has been sent to you then you must also be sent the .mpg file as when you insert the movie it will put in just one frame hence the small size of the show. instering a .swf file will play straight off but not a .mpg or other format movie for that matter. I messed round for ever one day trying to work it out and there is no way round it unless you have the movie file on your comp or the comp you are using it to view it on you are up the creek so to speak. | jontee (11618) | ||
| 746477 | 2009-02-10 09:20:00 | just to add to what jontee Pointed out - if it was sent to you then the person sending it didn't package/ Publish it correctly - if its done correctly the Movie comes with it already to go. | wainuitech (129) | ||
| 746478 | 2009-02-11 07:33:00 | just to add to what jontee Pointed out - if it was sent to you then the person sending it didn't package/ Publish it correctly - if its done correctly the Movie comes with it already to go. The mpg file was given by the web developer. It plays using win media player. But when inserted in PowerPoint 2007, it doesn't play. This happens to all the computer in the office. By moving the slides forward and backwards a few times, occasionally it works. But this is not ideal during a presentation. So I used a hyperlink instead. Of course, this opens the media player separately, plays the mpg file, close the player and back to powerpoint again. I was reading the ms support website to day and they mentioned the problem lies with the graphics card. I went to the properties of the graphics card to have a look at what are the unnecessary things to I can unchecked. I unchecked the screen rotation which I will unlikely use. And now, the mpg file plays in powerpoint directly. A strange thing is that my colleague's PC with the screen rotation checked, can play the file directly as well when it can't earlier on and it can now play any mpg files inserted even without unchecking the screen rotation in the graphics card properties. Can any one explain in layman terms what went wrong or right? What I am afraid is that if I were to place the powerpoint file on a memory stick and do a presentation using a client's PC, it may not work. |
Taurus (9579) | ||
| 746479 | 2009-02-11 08:23:00 | Can any one explain in layman terms what went wrong or right? Two words ----- Its Windows :p :lol: Ok seriously - could have been the graphic's cards being different, different spec's on the PC's - one way to test this is you need to have two PC's that are identical in every way to see if they both mis-behave. |
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