Play Movies With Command Button

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I have inserted two movie clips on a single Powerpoint slide. I want to start
them at exactly the same time. How can I do this? Can I program a command
button to start them both? If so, what is the command in VBA to make an
inserted movie play?

Thanks.
 
Jim Henderson said:
I have inserted two movie clips on a single Powerpoint slide. I want to start
them at exactly the same time. How can I do this? Can I program a command
button to start them both? If so, what is the command in VBA to make an
inserted movie play?
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In PPT 2002/2003, you can do this without a command line. Simply set the
"play" animation for one movie, then set the other to start "with previous."

In PPT 97/2000, you can also get very close.

Which version of PPT are you using, and do you need a command line for a
reason?
 
I am using Powerpoint 97. I don't really need a command button. A key press
or similar would work just as well. What I need is to have two (or more)
videos on a single Powerpoint slide showing the first frame of the video, but
not playing, when the slide is first seen. The presenter wants to talk a
little bit and then do something to start both videos simultaneously. The
most common example is to show a video taken with a camera together with a
movie file saved from a computer simulation of the same event. Clicking each
video in turn does not start them at "exactly" the same time, which is what
my users want.

Thanks for your help.
 
Can you get them both to start at the same time doing this?
I find the second one starts a few frames late.
If you want both clips to start at exactly the same time is it feasible to
combine them into one 2x wide (or high) clip?
 
No, I cannot get them to start at the same time. That is what I am trying to
figure out how to do. We have tried combining the movies into on wide movie
in Adobe, but it doesn't work well if the movies are different resolutions,
besides, that is an extra step and more software for the users to acquire and
learn.

It seems to me that there would be a VBA command for starting the movies,
but I can't find it. There is an example in the VBA help of starting a movie
when the slide changes, but that is not what I want.
 
Adam Crowley said:
Can you get them both to start at the same time doing this?
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It seems to work in PPT 2002/2003 -- at least as far as I can recall.
I find the second one starts a few frames late.
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Yeah, it does in PPT 2000. That's why I said "close." <g>

I'll have to double-check it in 2003 at the office tomorrow, though. My
video settings are all messed up here at home, grrrr.

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