Errors when inserting video

[Andy]

I'm making a moderately large presentation (66 slides, lots of photos)
that includes 5 video clips, (all .mpg). Initially, it ran fine, but
then the video clips stopped working, even when all the files involved
are in their original locations. The first frame of the videos still
show up in the slides, but the video won't play. I'm using PP 2002.

So I have tried to re-do the slides in question, but now when I
attempt to insert the videos either by clicking the video icon in a
content frame, or using the pull-down menu item, "insert video from
file" I get the same error. The error reads, "Power Point couldn't
insert a movie from the selected file. Either the file is
non-standard, or Quick Time is not installed properly."

When I try to drag and drop, the handles of the video frame show on
the slide, but no picture. When I double click the slide, I get the
message, "You are about to activate an inserted object that might
contain viruses or otherwise be harmful to your computer. Make sure
the object is from a trustworthy source. Do you want to continue?"
If I click yes, the video plays in Media Player!

The files all play in Media Player or in other players. I've run
several virus checkers and spyware checkers, and fixed the problems
identified. I've re-loaded Office. I've updated Windows.

I've made a version of the presentation without the videos, but it
would be more effective with them. I need to use this presentation
maybe 30 times in the next 3 months, so you can guess that I'm pulling
my hair out. My only plan now is to copy the files to someone else's
computer, and try to rebuild the presentation there, then burn it to a
CD. Any ideas how to make it work on my machine?

 

[Sonia]

Not all videos will play in PowerPoint on all machines. One of the reasons is
that PowerPoint hands off the file to Windows to play. Windows uses the MCI
player, not Windows Media Player. If the file won't play in the MCI player it
won't play in PowerPoint . Depending on your version of Windows, you can test
the file in the MCI player by going to Start > Run and typing mplay32.exe (Win
XP or 2000) or mplayer.exe (Win 98 or ME). Open the file in the play and see
whether it will run. If it doesn't, then it is likely that the problem is your
MCI settings or the codec used to render the file.

See http://www.soniacoleman.com/Tutorials/PowerPoint/multimedia.htm for detailed
info on the above.

Also see http://www.echosvoice.com/tshoot_video2.htm for further
troubleshooting.

 

[lost]

You might also want to check if you have installed any movie/video editing
software recently
such as muvee autoproducer or some of sony sonic foundary products.
They contain a third party codec called Mainconcept filter which interferes
with Microsofts aging mci player (mplay32)
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