PowerPoint & wmv files ?

[Steve]

Can someone tell me why you cannot put ( insert ) a wmv file into PP,
yet you can do it in the 'Windows' version?

Is there a way I can convert to wmv file into Quicktime or someother
format that the Mac PP version can use ?

Hope someone can help.

Most annoying

Steve

 

[Mickey Stevens]

It doesn't work because PowerPoint depends on QuickTime to handle multimedia
objects. QuickTime cannot play Windows Media files.

Some third party products such as Flip4Mac <http://www.flip4mac.com/wmv.htm>
offer codecs with the ability to play Windows Media Player files within
QuickTime.

This site has some FAQs for Windows Media Player for Mac:
<http://www.cortig.net/wordpress/?page_id=30>

 

[Corentin Cras-Méneur]

Can someone tell me why you cannot put ( insert ) a wmv file into PP,
yet you can do it in the 'Windows' version?

That's because it's not natvely supported by Quicktime (the opposite
with QuickTime movies on Windows is also true).
You could try using the WM QuickTime codecs Flip4Mac released a while
ago - it might do the trick (I haven't tried).

Is there a way I can convert to wmv file into Quicktime or someother
format that the Mac PP version can use ?

Flip4Mac makes 2 version of their codecs: one that only reads, and one
that reads and converts. If you get the second one, you should be able
to transcode the files the way you want.


Corentin

 

[Steve]

I'm getting a little confused here with all of these 'replys' Let's
start again........
In 'Powerpoint for Windows' you can 'insert' a "WMV" file - IN
Powerpoint for Mac you cannot insert a "WMV" file ???? I have made no
mention of Quicktime, forget Quicktime for the momoent.

IF I cannot 'insert' a "WMV" file into Powerpoint ( for Mac ), what can
I do.

Is there a way to convert the "WMV" file into something else that I can
then 'insert' into PP ( for Mac ),
or are we just stuck ????

Steve

 

[Steve Rindsberg]

In 'Powerpoint for Windows' you can 'insert' a "WMV" file - IN

Powerpoint for Mac you cannot insert a "WMV" file ???? I have made no
mention of Quicktime, forget Quicktime for the momoent.

No. You can't insert a WMV file on Mac.

You can't forget Quicktime because on a Mac, it's what handles movies and
sounds for PowerPoint just like the MCI Media player does under Windows. If it
won't play in QT, it won't play in PowerPoint.

You'll need to follow up the links Mickey and Corentin replied with to learn
how to get WMVs to play in Quicktime (so that they CAN play in PPT Mac)

If size isn't an issue, try AVI instead.

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