How do I play Video(WMV) embedded in Power Point from Web server?

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I've embeded(linked) a Video(WMV) in a Power Point Slide and saved it as web
page .Video plays well on any machine but when I try to play it through some
webserver(Http) or through localhost on my machine Video didn't play.

What can be possible reason and workaround?
 
Yes I uploaded video and played it through Slide on server where it worked
fine,but when I accesed same through web url ...Video didn't appaer on slide.

Same is the case when I play it on machine where i've linked it.It plays
well when I directly play Slide.html.But when I play same file using IIS it
didn't.

Dinesh
 
Yes I uploaded video and played it through Slide on server where it worked
fine,but when I accesed same through web url ...Video didn't appaer on slide.

Same is the case when I play it on machine where i've linked it.It plays
well when I directly play Slide.html.But when I play same file using IIS it
didn't.
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When you access the PPT through a web url, the PPT is downloaded first to a temp
folder, then played from there. The video file is on the web server, but the link
doesn't point to it there, it points to a file on the hard drive of the computer
that created the PPT or to the same folder as the PPT file itself is in (the temp
folder). In other words, the link says to play a video that isn't there.

You might try saving the presentation as an MHT (single-file HTML page)
 
You might want to consider using the "Media From URL" feature in PFCMedia.
It will allow you to link to any media file located on any internet or
intranet server. Go to www.pfcmedia.com for the free trial download.



Austin Myers
MS PowerPoint MVP Team

Provider of PFCMedia http://www.pfcmedia.com
 
You might want to consider using the "Media From URL" feature in PFCMedia.
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And you might want to consider thumping me upside the head until I *remember*
that feature in PFCMedia. Thanks ...
 
Thanks Steve.
Can u tell me what html code should I add so that video also get downloaded
in temp folder?

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Thanks Steve.
Can u tell me what html code should I add so that video also get downloaded
in temp folder?
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I don't think you can force this.

But you might be able to upload the file to your site and then hyperlink to it there.
Users could then play the video by clicking on the link (but it wouldn't appear to be
playing *within* the PPT show).

On the whole, I think Austin's idea is best ... use PFCMedia's play from URL feature.
 
Good yes you can embed a video and save it as an MHT file that can be
distributed. The video is encoded and saved with the presentation all in one
file - no link necessary.

Bad it doesn't actually work.

Why would someone add a feature that doesn't actually work? I can't wait
for the next version of Office with news features that don't work.
 
Good yes you can embed a video and save it as an MHT file that can be
distributed. The video is encoded and saved with the presentation all in one
file - no link necessary.

Bad news: it doesn't actually work.
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In what way? I'd certainly expect that it won't work on all computers (any more than
any video would) or even in all browsers (MHT isn't all that widely supported - not sure
what browsers can digest it other than MSIE)
 
Good yes you can embed a video and save it as an MHT file that can
be
In what way? I'd certainly expect that it won't work on all computers (any more than
any video would) or even in all browsers (MHT isn't all that widely supported - not sure
what browsers can digest it other than MSIE)
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It doesn't work using 100% Microsoft technology: Windows XP, PowerPoint,
Internet Explorer and Windows Media Player - all the latest versions. Try it
for yourself, it only takes a minute to verify. Even using WMV video file.
Absolutely all Microsoft stuff... and it doesn't work.
 
It doesn't work using 100% Microsoft technology: Windows XP, PowerPoint,
Internet Explorer and Windows Media Player - all the latest versions. Try it
for yourself, it only takes a minute to verify. Even using WMV video file.
Absolutely all Microsoft stuff... and it doesn't work.
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I was just asking for a more specific description of the problems than "doesn't
work". ... not suggesting that you're wrong.

Especially because you're not. Wrong, that is.

Just did some poking at this and found that indeed, the path to the movie file in
the MHT file is the same as it'd be in PPT. In other words, either pathed to the
file on the drive where you created the presentation or pathless. Either way,
it's not going to be where the browser can find it when the MHT's been downloaded
to the user's internet temporary folder.

Thanks for pointing that out.
 
Just did some poking at this and found that indeed, the path to the movie
file in
the MHT file is the same as it'd be in PPT. In other words, either pathed to the
file on the drive where you created the presentation or pathless. Either way,
it's not going to be where the browser can find it when the MHT's been downloaded
to the user's internet temporary folder.
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I'm not sure what why you are talking about paths. The file is *embedded*
in the mht, not linked. Check out the <object> tag where it specifies where
the video is loaded from. It's a bug.
 
I'm not sure what why you are talking about paths. The file is *embedded*
in the mht, not linked.
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Not the video I just tried it with. No matter how hard you push, you can't shove a
24mb video into an 81kb MHT.
Check out the <object> tag where it specifies where
the video is loaded from.
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That's what I'm talking about; it points to a specific path on my hard drive.
 
I'm inserting the video with Insert->Movies and Sound->Movie from File

My original WMV is 2.54 meg and the resulting MHT is 3.54 meg.
 
McMurrin said:
I'm inserting the video with Insert->Movies and Sound->Movie from File

My original WMV is 2.54 meg and the resulting MHT is 3.54 meg.
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Gets weirder by the minute.

Now I'm getting the same thing as you, more or less.

I tried inserting both AVI and WMV files from both the same folder as the
PPT itself and from a different folder; in all cases, the file size
indicates that the movie's embedded, not linked.

The earlier results I got (movie linked, not embedded) may have been
because the PPT/MHT was on a network drive, or because I was inserting from
a network drive. To be honest, I don't remember.

In any case, when I play the MHTs, I see the preview/still frame but it
goes black (or on a different system, shows me a "Windows Media" logo but
no more) when I click it.

No movie.


 
Hi! I'm having trouble following this thread (a little too technical for me)
but this seems to be where it left off. I want to create a web version of a
PowerPoint that has video files on some slides. I can save them as AVI files,
but I just want to know what I need to do to ensure that they end up being
"playable" in the html version.

What do I need to do?

P.S. I'm also open to purchasing Austin's PFC Media - I just don't want to
have to re-create the whole presentation just to get the 10 video clips to
work in the web-based version and I can't tell from the PFC Media site
whether I could just use it on those few files. Any enlightenment would be
greatly appreciated!

Thanks in advance for your help.

Margaret

Steve Rindsberg said:
McMurrin said:
I'm inserting the video with Insert->Movies and Sound->Movie from File

My original WMV is 2.54 meg and the resulting MHT is 3.54 meg.
Click to expand...

Gets weirder by the minute.

Now I'm getting the same thing as you, more or less.

I tried inserting both AVI and WMV files from both the same folder as the
PPT itself and from a different folder; in all cases, the file size
indicates that the movie's embedded, not linked.

The earlier results I got (movie linked, not embedded) may have been
because the PPT/MHT was on a network drive, or because I was inserting from
a network drive. To be honest, I don't remember.

In any case, when I play the MHTs, I see the preview/still frame but it
goes black (or on a different system, shows me a "Windows Media" logo but
no more) when I click it.

No movie.
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You can use the Media From URL to do this. Simply place the video files on
your server and supply the correct URL to them.


Austin Myers
MS PowerPoint MVP Team

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


MaggieS said:
Hi! I'm having trouble following this thread (a little too technical for
me)
but this seems to be where it left off. I want to create a web version of
a
PowerPoint that has video files on some slides. I can save them as AVI
files,
but I just want to know what I need to do to ensure that they end up being
"playable" in the html version.

What do I need to do?

P.S. I'm also open to purchasing Austin's PFC Media - I just don't want to
have to re-create the whole presentation just to get the 10 video clips to
work in the web-based version and I can't tell from the PFC Media site
whether I could just use it on those few files. Any enlightenment would be
greatly appreciated!

Thanks in advance for your help.

Margaret
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