Can I play only specified frames of a movie in ppt

[Jeff Wilson]

Hi all,
I have searched the FAQ and Google for answers to this question, but with no
luck. I have several large files (600mb) of hourly imagery from
meteorological satellites. Sometimes we wish to show the whole video but on
other occassions we wish to only show frames 2003 to 2545 etc. Is there a
way I can arrange to have different pages in ppt load and play different
frame ranges. I am happy to do some VB but would like to see some examples.
Ideally I would also like to have controls for speed and step forward
backward frames. The movies are created from single gif images so I have a a
lot of control over which codecs to use. The MS Mpeg4 codec gives me good
quality and size but not sure on the step frame. I note the reference to mci
commands in some of the tutorials, but no examples on how to use them.

many thanks
Jeff Wilson

 

[Michael Koerner]

Are you sure that this is something you want to do in PowerPoint?

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| Hi all,
| I have searched the FAQ and Google for answers to this question, but with
no
| luck. I have several large files (600mb) of hourly imagery from
| meteorological satellites. Sometimes we wish to show the whole video but
on
| other occassions we wish to only show frames 2003 to 2545 etc. Is there a
| way I can arrange to have different pages in ppt load and play different
| frame ranges. I am happy to do some VB but would like to see some
examples.
| Ideally I would also like to have controls for speed and step forward
| backward frames. The movies are created from single gif images so I have a
a
| lot of control over which codecs to use. The MS Mpeg4 codec gives me good
| quality and size but not sure on the step frame. I note the reference to
mci
| commands in some of the tutorials, but no examples on how to use them.
|
| many thanks
| Jeff Wilson
|
|

 

[Austin Myers]

Not really, PPT plays the video "as is". You would be much better off
creating the "clip" you want outside of PPT and then inserting it.

Yes you could do this by taking direct control of the MM player via Visual
Basic (or whatever you like) but it is no easy task. It would require
several class modules that really should be writtien in C+.


Austin Myers
MS PowerPoint MVP Team

PowerPoint Video and PowerPoint Sound Solutions www.pfcmedia.com

 

[Jeff Wilson]

Michael, Austin and others,

You are correct, I don't necessarily wish to do this in PPT. It would be
convenient as it would allow a group of us to use the one file for many
different teaching topics. I have built a small vb application that controls
the video as I wish and has a small text file that contains the frame
numbers and description of what is on those frames. However maintenance then
is an issue. I read Austin's article on multimedia in ppt and wondered if it
would be possible to do this in ppt ( ie have a page on tropical cyclones
and then have buttons or links on this page that showed tropical cyclones
from the one movie of the year). Another page could have all the snow events
etc. But it sounds as though this is somewhat problematic. I had hoped that
there may be an undocumented feater of mplay32 that allowed you to specify a
filename and starting frame end frame in the command line, or alternatively
access the drivers or dll to do the same.

Thanks
Jeff Wilson

 

[Glen Millar]

Hi Jeff,

When we did it with satellite imagery we inserted them as an image per
slide. Then we could do a custom show. Though we didn't have anywhere near
the volumes of data you would be trying to use.

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Regards,

Glen Millar
Microsoft PPT MVP
www.powerpointworkbench.com

Australia

glen at powerpointworkbench dot com

Please tell us your PowerPoint / Windows version,
whether you are using vba, whether
your cows are in the corn paddock, or
anything else relevant.

Michael, Austin and others,

You are correct, I don't necessarily wish to do this in PPT. It would be
convenient as it would allow a group of us to use the one file for many
different teaching topics. I have built a small vb application that
controls the video as I wish and has a small text file that contains the
frame numbers and description of what is on those frames. However
maintenance then is an issue. I read Austin's article on multimedia in ppt
and wondered if it would be possible to do this in ppt ( ie have a page on
tropical cyclones and then have buttons or links on this page that showed
tropical cyclones from the one movie of the year). Another page could have
all the snow events etc. But it sounds as though this is somewhat
problematic. I had hoped that there may be an undocumented feater of
mplay32 that allowed you to specify a filename and starting frame end
frame in the command line, or alternatively access the drivers or dll to
do the same.

Thanks
Jeff Wilson

Are you sure that this is something you want to do in PowerPoint?

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Michael Koerner [MS PPT MVP]


| Hi all,
| I have searched the FAQ and Google for answers to this question, but
with
no
| luck. I have several large files (600mb) of hourly imagery from
| meteorological satellites. Sometimes we wish to show the whole video
but
on
| other occassions we wish to only show frames 2003 to 2545 etc. Is there
a
| way I can arrange to have different pages in ppt load and play
different
| frame ranges. I am happy to do some VB but would like to see some
examples.
| Ideally I would also like to have controls for speed and step forward
| backward frames. The movies are created from single gif images so I
have a
a
| lot of control over which codecs to use. The MS Mpeg4 codec gives me
good
| quality and size but not sure on the step frame. I note the reference
to
mci
| commands in some of the tutorials, but no examples on how to use them.
|
| many thanks
| Jeff Wilson
|
|

 

[Geetesh Bajaj]

Yes, you can do this if you insert your movie as an object - you'll need to
set the Start Selection and End Selection points though in Media Player -
and that's not mentioned in the URL below.

Look here:

http://www.indezine.com/products/powerpoint/ppvideo3.html#objects

I just tried to insert an object but my computer has no objects with the
names Media Object or Video Object any more - however, I checked several
other systems in my office, and it does work with them.

Having said that, it's best if you used a video splitting application and
inserted the trimmed video inside PowerPoint.

Have a nice day.