AVI file will not play in PPT. It did before

[Mark]

AVI files that once palyed in ppt no longer do. They play in Windows Media
Player. They are properly linked. The error message indicates I am missing a
driver. This behaivior started after cleaning files from the desktop.

Once before a friend worked around this issue by inserting the file as an
object and not through the insert movie command. Does this make sense?

 

[Austin Myers]

Mark, read this tutorial, I am certain it will help.
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http://www.playsforcertain.com/tutorial.htm#Multimedia_in_Microsoft_PowerPoint




Austin Myers
MS PowerPoint MVP Team

Provider of PFCPro, PFCMedia and PFCExpress
www.playsforcertain.com

 

[Mark]

Thank you Austin,
The tutorial is very imformative. I found the MCI player by searching as you
suggested. It played the offending avi file without a problem. But ppt still
won't play nice. I thought ppt used the MCI app to run its videos. I hoped
the MCI palyer would not play the file so your logic would hold. So I am
still baffled. Any help?

Mark Mazu

 

[Austin Myers]

Mark,

As this is XP, try downloading Windows Media Player 10 and installing it.
This *usually* corrects codec associations.

 

[Mark]

Austin,

I have Windows Media Player 10. Do I need to reinstall? Point of
clarification. The tutorial made a distinction between Windows media player
and the earlier MCI version. It is the MCI version that PPT uses to play
media? yes?