Why does my video in power point just play a blank screen?

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I'm trying to play video files in my power point presentation. The files
play fine in windows media player. When I insert a move file into my power
point presentation, it shows the still picture but when I ask it to play the
movie I just get a blank screen. I can't figure out the problem.

I'm using power point 2003
 
hansenfam said:
I'm trying to play video files in my power point presentation. The files
play fine in windows media player. When I insert a move file into my
power
point presentation, it shows the still picture but when I ask it to play
the
movie I just get a blank screen. I can't figure out the problem.

I'm using power point 2003
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As Austin points out you probably have a codec issue but I have run into an
issue with various MPG files on one of my computers and also on a few
business computers. They just would not run in a PPT presentation but would
run just fine as you found in WMPlayer. I found that if I converted them
into a WMV file they play perfectly in a PPT presentation on any computer I
put them on. Google for a free video converter from your file type to WMV.
 
I'm trying to play video files in my power point presentation. The files
play fine in windows media player. When I insert a move file into my
power
point presentation, it shows the still picture but when I ask it to play
the
movie I just get a blank screen. I can't figure out the problem.

I'm using power point 2003
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A blank screen is in many cases a path length issue. Are your presentation
and video in the same folder? If so, move them both to C:\test. If they play
there, keep them in a folder with a very short path name (less than 128
characters).

Best regards,
Ute
 
I'm trying to play video files in my power point presentation.  The files
play fine in windows media player.  When I insert a move file into my power
point presentation, it shows the still picture but when I ask it to play the
movie I just get a blank screen.  I can't figure out the problem.

I'm using power point 2003
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Check your machine. You may have to use a F key to divert power from
screen to your projector if your using one.

Mark
 
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