You're absolutely right about the xvid codec...handles things very
strangely...I'd avoid using any of these 'back up your dvds onto a cd'
codecs with PowerPoint.
I think all the options have been covered in other posts so I won't
repeat....much.
Mike M's suggestion may work but (a) having WinDVD on your machine doesn't
mean it will play MPEG2 clips outside of WinDVD and (b) a *.vob file is not
the same as an MPEG2 file. It can contain subtitles, menu data and other
content. Although telling Windows it's an MPEG can work it can also cause
playback problems.
One way to achieve the best possible quality is to do the following, as what
comes out the other end is exactly the MPEG2 file that plays in the DVD
player...no more no less. I 'echo' the cautionary note about copyright of
the content (boom boom):
Rip the clip you want to use with something like Smartripper.
Demultiplex the resulting *.vob file using something like VOBrator. This
separates all the streams contained within the VOB file including unwanted
data.
Remultiplex just the *.m2v and *.mp2 files (the audio file may be *.ac3)
using something like TMPGEnc's MPEG tools, which will result in an MPEG2
file that has not been converted or recompressed.
This sounds like a tedious process but,depending on the size of the clip,
it's quite quick and does give good quality. Assuming you can play MPEG2
clips in PowerPoint on any machines that the clip will be played on. If not
then you can use TMPGEnc to convert the MPEG2 to MPEG1.
All the software for this process is available at
www.digital-digest.com,
along with further advice.
Echo S said:
That's weird. Try MPEG1 instead of AVI and see if it behaves better. It
might be the xvidcodec -- that's not terribly standard for PPT.
--
Echo [MS PPT MVP]
http://www.echosvoice.com
presenter, PPT Live '04
Oct 10-13, San Diego
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we have converted the DVD to AVI using xvidcodec and
inserted but it plays back at 10 times the normal speed.
Do you know how to slow it down and play at the normal
speed.
