PROBLEM RUNNING PP PRESENTATION ON ANOTHER COMPUTER

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J. L. Howard

I created a PP presentation on my DELL notebook computer
(Windows XP-Pro & Office 2000 Std). Most of the slides
are X.mov.AVI files that are shown using QuickTime Player
on the notebook. However, when I attempt to show the same
CD slide show on my DELL desktop computer, the very same
X.mov.AVI files appear as Windows Media Player files in
Windows Explorer and only appear briefly as a still image
without running the video. I'm sure that this is just a
file association issue, but I cannot find a solution. I
am running Windows 98 SE w\ PowerPoint '97 SR2 on my
desktop. Help and suggestions would be greatly
appreciated.
 
This is a little more complicated than file associations, but you are on the
right track.

First -- Are you using the same version of PowerPoint on both systems.
Different versions of PowerPoint may handle Multi-media objects differently.
However, your versions 97 & 2000 should both call on the MCI player to run
the movies.

Second -- Do you have the same codecs and viewers loaded on both machines?
The playback machine may not understand your movie's formatting.
**See link on item 5

Third -- Did you bring the movies over with the presentation? Movie files
are always linked to, never embedded.
**See link on item 4

Fourth -- Did you have the movie files in the same directory as the
presentation PRIOR to linking them? Relative links can make a
computer-to-computer transition, while absolute links can not.
**Links break when I move presentation (and at other times)
http://www.rdpslides.com/pptfaq/FAQ00155.htm

Fifth -- Have the MCI settings been corrupted by another program? Some
programs will change these settings and can affect playback.
**The Myers Multimedia FAQ by Austin Myers (PowerPoint MVP)
http://www.rdpslides.com/pptfaq/FAQ00099.htm

Sixth -- Did you package the presentation on a CD and tell it to use the
PowerPoint viewer, or the main program? The new viewer is based on
PowerPoint 2003.
**See item 1


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