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MS Office Forum / General PowerPoint Questions / October 2006trouble playing multiple movies in a Powerpoint slide
When I try to play the second of two movies inserted into a Powerpoint slide, the second movies plays in the first movie's window. If the first movie is still playing, the two run superimposed in the first window. I have been using PP for years and this just started recently. I have tried making new slides, new Powerpoint presentations and have reinstalled Powerpoint to no avail. I don't know what to do next Which version of PPT are you using? Which version of Windows? How did you insert the video file into PPT? -- Echo [MS PPT MVP] http://www.echosvoice.com > When I try to play the second of two movies inserted into a Powerpoint slide, > the second movies plays in the first movie's window. If the first movie is [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > > I don't know what to do next Powperpoint 2003 (11.6361.6360) SP1 XP Professional 5.1 2600 Service Pack 2 Build 2600 Insert>Movies and Sounds>Movie from File>OK Having the same trouble with .mpg and .avi files > Which version of PPT are you using? > [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] > > > > I don't know what to do next Are they placed on top of each other on the slide or side by side or what? -- Echo [MS PPT MVP] http://www.echosvoice.com > Powperpoint 2003 (11.6361.6360) SP1 > XP Professional 5.1 2600 Service Pack 2 Build 2600 [quoted text clipped - 22 lines] > > > > > > I don't know what to do next the movies are in two separate spots on the slide, not overlapping. I start one & it plays ok, when I start the second, its window goes black and it plays in the first movie's window. If I start them in the opposite order, the movies started second shows up in the other window. It only happens in presentation view. Both movies play ok in the slide view. > Are they placed on top of each other on the slide or side by side or what? > [quoted text clipped - 32 lines] > > > > > > > > I don't know what to do next Hm. I don't know what the problem is. I know I've seen some weird video things, but this isn't one of them! :-) You don't mention a projector, so I assume that this happens just on your regular computer monitor. Since this just started recently, I wonder if some other software has made changes to your system to cause this. You might try the basics to start troubleshooting, though -- update your video driver and also see if changing hardware acceleration has any effect. How to set graphics hardware acceleration back http://www.rdpslides.com/pptfaq/FAQ00129.htm -- Echo [MS PPT MVP] http://www.echosvoice.com > the movies are in two separate spots on the slide, not overlapping. I start > one & it plays ok, when I start the second, its window goes black and it [quoted text clipped - 38 lines] > > > > > > > > > > I don't know what to do next You fixed it! I turned the hardware acceleration down three clicks and the problem disappeared. I wonder what caused this and whether changing the graphics hardware accelertion will affect anything else, but I am VERY HAPPY!! :-> Jack > Hm. I don't know what the problem is. I know I've seen some weird video > things, but this isn't one of them! :-) [quoted text clipped - 62 lines] > > > > > > > > > > > > I don't know what to do next That's great to hear! I wouldn't worry too much about your hardware acceleration having been set to its highest level. It could be that you installed some software or other and when it runs, it sets HA to high. Games will often do this kind of thing. Or it might be that you updated your video driver, and it reset itself. Or maybe it's always been that way, but you had a previous version of PPT on the system and it wasn't quite as picky. Or something. Some programs seem to run better with HA up, some with it down, and others (like PPT), well, those just depend on the phase of the moon and at what angle you hold your head and how far you stick out your tongue... -- Echo [MS PPT MVP] http://www.echosvoice.com > You fixed it! I turned the hardware acceleration down three clicks and the > problem disappeared. I wonder what caused this and whether changing the [quoted text clipped - 68 lines] > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I don't know what to do next Running into a similar problem. New computer, new version of PowerPoint Windows XP version 2002 sp 2, PowerPoint 2002 sp3 the second video blanks out during play operation. Any suggestions? > That's great to hear! > [quoted text clipped - 95 lines] > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I don't know what to do next Video blanking out is quite a bit different than a video playing in a different video's window. So, assuming you have two videos on the slide as the original poster did, does the problem video play if you put it on a slide by itself?  SignatureEcho [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/ > Running into a similar problem. New computer, new version of PowerPoint > [quoted text clipped - 114 lines] >> > > > > > > > >> > > > > > > > I don't know what to do next |
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