AVI Movie File

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I'm using Win XP and PowerPoint 2003. I have noticed that inserting AVI
movie files via "movies & sounds > movie from file", they work well with the
exception that the audio is a constant ~ 1/4 of a second ahead of the video.
Inserting these same files via "insert movie" and the audio-video sync
problem goes away. However a "Windows Media" logo is displayed before the
video rolls. Any hints as to how I can get rid of the sync problem in the
"movie from file" method or the logo in the "insert movie" method. Also what
is the difference between these two insertion methods. Thanks.

Joe Burke
 
Found an answer to my problem, a free program called VirtualDub. A tutorial
to sync the audio-video using VirtualDub can be found at
http://help.pmtek.co.uk/vdub/index.htm for anybody that might be having the
same problem. The second part of my question I still don't have an answer
for, the difference between the two insertion methods.
 
Insert/Movies and Sounds/...From File inserts your movie and lets PowerPoint
direct how its played -- either through the MCI Media Player or through
Windows Media Player (for PPT 2003; for previous versions, playing is always
via the MCI Media Player).

Using Insert/Object forces the movie/sound to be played with whatever the
default media player is for that meda type on your system. So, if you have,
for instance, Quick Time set up as the default player for your MPEGs and you
insert an MPEG into PPT via Insert/Object, PPT should call up the Quick Time
player to play the movie.
 
Thank you very much Echo. That clears it up and is very helpful!


Echo S said:
Insert/Movies and Sounds/...From File inserts your movie and lets PowerPoint
direct how its played -- either through the MCI Media Player or through
Windows Media Player (for PPT 2003; for previous versions, playing is always
via the MCI Media Player).

Using Insert/Object forces the movie/sound to be played with whatever the
default media player is for that meda type on your system. So, if you have,
for instance, Quick Time set up as the default player for your MPEGs and you
insert an MPEG into PPT via Insert/Object, PPT should call up the Quick Time
player to play the movie.

--
Echo [MS PPT MVP]
http://www.echosvoice.com
presenter, PPT Live '04
Oct 10-13, San Diego http://www.powerpointlive.com

Joe Burke said:
Found an answer to my problem, a free program called VirtualDub. A tutorial
to sync the audio-video using VirtualDub can be found at
http://help.pmtek.co.uk/vdub/index.htm for anybody that might be having the
same problem. The second part of my question I still don't have an answer
for, the difference between the two insertion methods.


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