Inserting video from C Drive into presentation

[stacy]

Ok. I have a DVD-R which contains several videos from different VHS tapes.
I bought the Dazzle Video Creator Platinum and transferred some of the video
clips to my hard drive C. I believe it transferred them as an mpg. I have
been trying to insert them into my Power Point presentation with no avail.
When I do I only see a black screen in my slide and it does not play. Now if
I go past the slide containing the video then back to the slide containing
the video clip and double click on the movie slide it will sometimes play.
This is while I am viewing the slide show. Then sometimes my power point
locks up and I have to go to task manager. How do I get the video clips to
play?

 

[Echo S]

I believe that the Dazzle (Pinnacle) stuff either conflicts with PPT or
encodes the MPEGs with a codec PPT doesn't like. You can see a little info
here: http://www.echosvoice.com/tshoot_video2.htm, but I'd recommend getting
PFCMedia, letting it convert your videos, and being done with it.
http://www.pfcmedia.com

Alternatively, dump the MPEGs into Windows Movie Maker and export them as
WMV, then insert those into PPT.

 

[stacy]

Thanks alot Echo S. I installed the PFC Media and it worked. I appreciate
your help.
--
stacy

I believe that the Dazzle (Pinnacle) stuff either conflicts with PPT or
encodes the MPEGs with a codec PPT doesn't like. You can see a little info
here: http://www.echosvoice.com/tshoot_video2.htm, but I'd recommend getting
PFCMedia, letting it convert your videos, and being done with it.
http://www.pfcmedia.com

Alternatively, dump the MPEGs into Windows Movie Maker and export them as
WMV, then insert those into PPT.

--
Echo [MS PPT MVP] http://www.echosvoice.com
What's new in PPT 2007? http://www.echosvoice.com/2007.htm
Fixing PowerPoint Annoyances http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/powerpointannoy/

Ok. I have a DVD-R which contains several videos from different VHS
tapes.
I bought the Dazzle Video Creator Platinum and transferred some of the
video
clips to my hard drive C. I believe it transferred them as an mpg. I
have
been trying to insert them into my Power Point presentation with no avail.
When I do I only see a black screen in my slide and it does not play. Now
if
I go past the slide containing the video then back to the slide containing
the video clip and double click on the movie slide it will sometimes play.
This is while I am viewing the slide show. Then sometimes my power point
locks up and I have to go to task manager. How do I get the video clips
to
play?

 

[Echo S]

Yay!

--
Echo [MS PPT MVP] http://www.echosvoice.com
What's new in PPT 2007? http://www.echosvoice.com/2007.htm
Fixing PowerPoint Annoyances http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/powerpointannoy/

Thanks alot Echo S. I installed the PFC Media and it worked. I
appreciate
your help.
--
stacy

I believe that the Dazzle (Pinnacle) stuff either conflicts with PPT or
encodes the MPEGs with a codec PPT doesn't like. You can see a little
info
here: http://www.echosvoice.com/tshoot_video2.htm, but I'd recommend
getting
PFCMedia, letting it convert your videos, and being done with it.
http://www.pfcmedia.com

Alternatively, dump the MPEGs into Windows Movie Maker and export them as
WMV, then insert those into PPT.

--
Echo [MS PPT MVP] http://www.echosvoice.com
What's new in PPT 2007? http://www.echosvoice.com/2007.htm
Fixing PowerPoint Annoyances
http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/powerpointannoy/

Ok. I have a DVD-R which contains several videos from different VHS
tapes.
I bought the Dazzle Video Creator Platinum and transferred some of the
video
clips to my hard drive C. I believe it transferred them as an mpg. I
have
been trying to insert them into my Power Point presentation with no
avail.
When I do I only see a black screen in my slide and it does not play.
Now
if
I go past the slide containing the video then back to the slide
containing
the video clip and double click on the movie slide it will sometimes
play.
This is while I am viewing the slide show. Then sometimes my power
point
locks up and I have to go to task manager. How do I get the video
clips
to
play?