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post #1 of 7
2/11/06 at 11:58pm
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So I have a DiVx video which I need to run on powerpoint. Does anyone know how I could play the video on powerpoint. I've got it to play sound, but for some reason the actual movie doesn't play. At first the video didn't work in windows media player but then I downloaded a codec to fix that. Is there some codec I need for powerpoint? If so where can I get it?
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post #2 of 7
2/12/06 at 1:56am
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Originally Posted by Tourney2112
Is there some codec I need for powerpoint? If so where can I get it?
Whenever you insert a movie (or a movie as an object) within PowerPoint, it is invariably linked to the presentation. In fact PowerPoint cannot embed any movies within the presentation - that's probably sound reasoning in the first place because embedded movies would balloon up PowerPoint file sizes like nothing else!

Now for the bad part - PowerPoint is not too good at remembering link locations. As far as the presentation and the video files are on the same system, you will not face any problems. However, if you decide to move or copy the presentation to another system you'll discover that PowerPoint cannot locate the video files - it won't even offer to find the links for you. The solution is quite simple - assemble all your video files in the same folder as your presentation even before you insert them into PowerPoint. And yes, only insert the videos into a presentation that has been saved at least once.
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post #3 of 7
2/12/06 at 3:42pm
Transcode it to MPEG1 (VCD). It is a lot more supported than diVx. Almost all the CD writing software has the encoder.
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post #4 of 7
2/12/06 at 4:12pm
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Originally Posted by Mobile_Hackbox
Whenever you insert a movie (or a movie as an object) within PowerPoint, it is invariably linked to the presentation. In fact PowerPoint cannot embed any movies within the presentation - that's probably sound reasoning in the first place because embedded movies would balloon up PowerPoint file sizes like nothing else!

Now for the bad part - PowerPoint is not too good at remembering link locations. As far as the presentation and the video files are on the same system, you will not face any problems. However, if you decide to move or copy the presentation to another system you'll discover that PowerPoint cannot locate the video files - it won't even offer to find the links for you. The solution is quite simple - assemble all your video files in the same folder as your presentation even before you insert them into PowerPoint. And yes, only insert the videos into a presentation that has been saved at least once.
hats one of the things i hate about powerpoint. i want embeded video!
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post #5 of 7
2/12/06 at 4:16pm
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Originally Posted by Mobile_Hackbox
The solution is quite simple - assemble all your video files in the same folder as your presentation even before you insert them into PowerPoint. And yes, only insert the videos into a presentation that has been saved at least once.
How would I got about doing that?
thanks
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post #6 of 7
2/12/06 at 5:03pm
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Originally Posted by Tourney2112
How would I got about doing that?
thanks

This might help. http://www.presentations.com/present...ent_id=1964801
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post #7 of 7
2/12/06 at 6:52pm
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thanks guys. I fixed the problem.
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