Movie blacks out when playing

[Charles Lavin]

Hi --

I inserted an AVI file into a PowerPoint 2003 slide using Insert | | Movie
From File.

When I play the presentation, the slide displays and displays the first
frame of the movie. However, when the movie begins to play, the image is
blacked out. I know the movie is playing because I can hear the soundtrack.
But all I get on screen is a black rectangle.

How do I fix this?

Thanks,
CL

 

[Austin Myers]

Charles,

Can you tell us where the video clip came from and how it was created?


Austin Myers
MS PowerPoint MVP Team

Solutions to Multimedia in Powerpoint www.pfcmedia.com

 

[Charles Lavin]

Sorry, I can't..

I downloaded the file from the Internet. It plays fine in Media Player.

I see someone else posted a question with the same problem

CL

 

[TAJ Simmons]

CL,

r u using a laptop by any chance?
projecting the display?

see this
Videos play correctly on computer but not on projector (black box)
http://www.rdpslides.com/pptfaq/FAQ00467.htm


Cheers
TAJ Simmons
microsoft powerpoint mvp

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[Austin Myers]

As it's an unknown source I would suspect it is not in a file format
recognized by PowerPoint or you don't have the required codecs installed for
it to work in PowerPoint (The MCI player) Playing it in Widows Media Player
has nothing to do with it. Try clicking Start > Run and entering
wmplay32.exe to bring up the MCI player and see if it plays properly.

Austin Myers
MS PowerPoint MVP Team

Solutions to Multimedia in PowerPoint www.pfcmedia.com

 

[Charles Lavin]

No. At least not yet ...

This is a desktop PC with an NVIDIA GEForce FX 5600 Ultra card and a CRT
display.

Eventually, I would imagine that this presentation will be projected,
probably using a laptop.

Tnx
CL

 

[Charles Lavin]

There is no file on this PC's system drive named wmplay32.exe. The only file
I find is wmplayer.exe. And that program runs the video.

Windows Media Players reports the following Properties for the file:

Length: 01:31
Bit rate: -
Media type: Video
Video size: 640x480
Audio codec: -
Video codec: -


Tnx
CL

 

[Austin Myers]

Charles,

Drop me an emai with a good email address and I'll see if I can help.

Austin Myers
MS PowerPoint MVP Team

Solutions to Multimedia in PowerPoint www.pfcmedia.com

 

[Austin Myers]

Austin types funny sometimes.

Try:

Start, Run
type MPLAY32.EXE
press ENTER

Duh! And DUH again. Sorry Charles....

 

[Glen Millar]

Hi,

Had one like yesterday. Try renaming the avi extension to mpg. That will
make it play via a different method.

--
Regards,

Glen Millar
Microsoft PPT MVP
www.powerpointworkbench.com

Australia

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anything else relevant.

 

[TAJ Simmons]

Had one like yesterday. Try renaming the avi extension to mpg. That will

make it play via a different method.

interesting....

TAJ