White avi's on playback.

[Guest]

I recently upgraded from Win2000 to XP and only 1/2 of my avi's and divx
files play back properly in PowerPoint. The initial frame shows correctly,
but when the movie plays the avi frame turns white. Any ideas?

 

[TAJ Simmons]

RM

the initial frame is something powerpoint does when you first insert the
video clip. So it's no indication that powerpoint will actually play the
file when it's time to play it.

The "white" box in place of the video clips is normally an indication that
the path / folder length to the video clip is tooooo long.

e.g
c:\my
documents\usernames\this\that\theother\andtherest\thebad\thegood\presentations\videoclips

So move the video clip to
c:\videos\
then in powerpoint
insert > movies > from file

If that don't fix it... start here...
http://www.echosvoice.com/tshoot_video2.htm

Cheers
TAJ Simmons
microsoft powerpoint mvp

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free powerpoint templates, tutorials, hints and tips etc
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[Guest]

TAJ,

That did it! Thanks for your help.

RM

RM

the initial frame is something powerpoint does when you first insert the
video clip. So it's no indication that powerpoint will actually play the
file when it's time to play it.

The "white" box in place of the video clips is normally an indication that
the path / folder length to the video clip is tooooo long.

e.g
c:\my
documents\usernames\this\that\theother\andtherest\thebad\thegood\presentations\videoclips

So move the video clip to
c:\videos\
then in powerpoint
insert > movies > from file

If that don't fix it... start here...
http://www.echosvoice.com/tshoot_video2.htm

Cheers
TAJ Simmons
microsoft powerpoint mvp

awesome - powerpoint backgrounds,
free powerpoint templates, tutorials, hints and tips etc
http://www.powerpointbackgrounds.com

 

[TAJ Simmons]

Thank you for the thanks

TAJ