Power Point mpg

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catkall

Movies (mpg) that I have linked in my Power Point won't play in the
presentation. They play fine in Window Media player. I have installed a AC3
Codec, but that didn't work.
They play fine on my other computers. This laptop it won't play on is
running Windows XP, Version 2002, service pack 2; Power Point 2003.
Any other suggestions would be appreciated!
Thanks
 
catkall said:
Movies (mpg) that I have linked in my Power Point won't play in the
presentation. They play fine in Window Media player. I have installed a
AC3
Codec, but that didn't work.
They play fine on my other computers. This laptop it won't play on is
running Windows XP, Version 2002, service pack 2; Power Point 2003.
Any other suggestions would be appreciated!
Thanks
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As posted many times here, PowerPoint doesn't use Windows Media Player to
play mpg files in a presentation. It uses MCI which is different.

See http://www.playsforcertain.com/tutorial.htm for further information on
getting .mpg to work.

Personally, I use a video editing program (not Windows Movie Maker because
it won't work with MPG files either) to convert all my video for PowerPoint
presentations into a .wmv (Windows Media Video) file. Never had an issue
with using that file format. Google for ".mpg to .wmv converter" and try
some of the free converters out there.
 
catkall,you could see this tutorial, follow the steps of it and compare with
your steps,
How to insert a Movie (or video) into PowerPoint 2003
http://www.dvd-ppt-slideshow.com/powerpoint-knowledge/how-to-insert-movie-into-powerpoint.html

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