Video and PPT 2000

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Carl

Having read the article by Austin Myers on Sonia Coleman's
site (my thanks to both of you), I want to check the
validity of my conclusions and ask a question. My
conclusion is that if I want to package a presentation on
a CD for distribution, there's no way (besides becoming a
programmer) to pack a video viewer that will play the
video carrying its own CODECs... in other words, a self-
contained apparatus that is independent of the host
computer's OS. Chances are, however, that an MPG video
will work on the majority of computers. Am I correct?

My question: To convert VHS to MPG - what hardware and
software is recommended?

Incidentally, if anyone wants to see the article:
http://www.soniacoleman.com/Tutorials/PowerPoint/multimedia
..htm
 
Carl,

99% of the time (made up stat!)....mpeg1 will just work with powerpoint.

AVIs with a common codec (like) cinepak or indeo video should work most of
the time.


I don't know of anyway of packing a codec (to self install) with
distribution via CD.

Cheers
TAJ Simmons
microsoft powerpoint mvp

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You are correct. You cannot control what codecs are installed on other
systems, and you wouldn't want to. The key is to create video using a
common codec.

There are software products that will allow you to capture video from a
camcorder, scanner, digital camera, and even tape sources, such as VHS. One
product that I have recently worked with is Roxio's Easy CD & DVD Creator.
It has a component called DVD Builder which offers each of those capture
options. From it you can burn directly to DVD, or you can save to a file,
which is what you would want to do.
--

Sonia, MS PowerPoint MVP Team
http://www.soniacoleman.com
(Tutorials and Autorun CD Project Creator)
PowerPoint Live! - Featured Speaker
Tucson, AZ; October 12-15, 2003
 
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