Powerpoint Help

[WebmasterMaryJo]

I'm creating a slideshow and want to insert a media clip that I took with my camera. I've been able to do it before, but now I'm told that the pic is in the wrong format.

I'm having trouble reformatting the video clip -- does anyone have experience & can help me?

Thanks!

 

[Dan Murphy]

Which format is it in now and which format do you want to convert to, MJ?

 

[WebmasterMaryJo]

It's in .avi, and I've tried converting it to .mpg, and it's just not working.

Kind of frustrating because I've been able to do it before, and I opened a powerpoint presentation that I did last year, and the videos I inserted work fine in that one, so I know the format is compatible - just wondering why I can't do it now.

I have a feeling that the default to play has been changed - I have windows media player, quicktime, and real player on my computer, and I bet that one of them is defaulting, and whichever one that is, doesn't play on power point.

When I do import the picture file as .avi - nothing happens. When I convert it to .mpg, then I get an icon for real player, and the audio plays, but not the video.

 

[hyzdufan]

Is this a DIVX .avi file or a regular Windows .avi file?

The program I use to convert all my stuff is TMPEGEnc,

http://www.tmpegenc.net

 

[Loubon]

Go To Tools, Options, File Types in Media Player and make sure avi is checked for default.

 

[Dan Murphy]

Agree with what you are thinking, MJ, and what Lou suggested.

 

[jfulcer]

It sounds like Realplayer has taken the liberty of making itself the default player for everything. It has a tendency to do that.

I agree with Lou andmake sure that you have AVI files set to play with Mediaplayer.

 

[WebmasterMaryJo]

Thanks, guys -- so what Tools do I go to? I tried PPT, and there's no option for media player in tools -- where else can I go?

I appreciate your help so much!

 

[Dan Murphy]

In Windows Explorer or My Computer............

Tools>Folder Options>File Types

 

[WebmasterMaryJo]

I'm getting the following message:

Video not available, cannot find 'vids:mjpg' decompressor.


Any light shed would be most appreciated.

I've changed the avi default to media player and quicktime.... and I'm still not getting it

 

[Dan Murphy]

Anything here, MJ??

http://www.google.com/search?source...TF-8&q="cannot+find+'vids:mjpg'+decompressor"

 

[Loubon]

MJ, you're missing a codec.

Go here and you should be able to download it. It is bullet point #3.



Codecs