sasha gottfried said:
Apparently PP is playing these files with MCI Player. I opened them up in
that player and I get the audio but no video. Is there a way around this?
MT,
Powerpoint always uses the MCI player for movies inserted with the "normal"
process.
However you can insert a movie using an activeX control (for whatever
version of Windows Media Player you have installed).
I'm sure this procedure is detailed somewhere, but in short:
Right-click next to your menu buttons and select the control toolbox toolbar
(if it is not already).
On the right hand end of this toolbar there is a button for "more controls".
One of the options liasted should be "windows media player". Once you have
clicked this, draw a box on the slide the desired size of your movie. You
should get an object that looks like a media player window. With the object
selected, click the "properties" button on the control toolbox toolbar. In
the resulting window, there is a slot for "URL" where you can type the name
(and path if necessary) of your movie. The movie *should* then play using
the version of media player installed instead of the MCI player.
The drawback to this process is that if you transfer to another computer, it
MUST have the same version of media player as the one that you made the show
on.
cheers
Bill