Another video question

[Joey]

I have read countless tutorials and information pages on video for
PowerPoint. I completely understand how to check if the video will
play on a paticular system and I understand all about codecs. I am not
as well read on mpeg encoding, but I have read Sonia's article which I
find to be the most informative so far. I put this in only to
illustrate that I don't need the beginner explanation of using video
in powerpoint.

I have read that people prefer mpeg video because you don't need any
special codecs to run the video.

What software should I be using to encode the mpegs to ensure they
will be usable on any windows machine? Is there a codec that comes
with every windows machine (95 - XP) that I could use to create AVI
files?

I use Premiere 6.5. I have the Adobe Mpeg Encoder and Matrox Media
Exporter which will allow me to export Ligos Mpegs. I have never
successfully encoded a Ligos Mpeg that works in powerpoint on any
machine but mine. I want to use Mpeg2 video so I can get the bigger
frame size. I was thinking of buying Canopus' MPEGCraft, but not sure
that will fix my problem. I work for a large medical practice whos
surgeons travel to every corner of the world and give presentations. I
can not account for every machine. Our presentations usually have to
be put on a DVD due to how much video we use. I have presentations
with 300-400 slides and 100-150 video clips. I need to make sure they
will all run perfectly.

 

[Guest]

I have many projects that require videos and that will be
played on various computers (so unable to assure what is
installed on computer prior to use). Here are my two
suggestions:

MPEG leve1 1 is almost universally able to play (most
problems will occur on Win95 machines).

Or, convert the movies to Flash files (I like to use
Camtasia vs. Flash MX) as these are able to be embedded
into the actual presentation (larger file size, but no
linking issues) and the Flash Plugin is easily on 98% of
all computers that a presentation will be played back on.

Best Regards,
Troy Chollar
TLC Creative Services, inc.
troy at tlccreative dot com

 

[roameri]

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I have many projects that require videos and that will be
played on various computers (so unable to assure what is
installed on computer prior to use). Here are my two
suggestions:

MPEG leve1 1 is almost universally able to play (most
problems will occur on Win95 machines).

Or, convert the movies to Flash files (I like to use
Camtasia vs. Flash MX) as these are able to be embedded
into the actual presentation (larger file size, but no
linking issues) and the Flash Plugin is easily on 98% of
all computers that a presentation will be played back on.

Best Regards,
Troy Chollar
TLC Creative Services, inc.
troy at tlccreative dot com