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MS Office Forum / General PowerPoint Questions / July 2005MPEG movies will not play to the end
I have made some mpeg videos that I use in PowerPoint presentations. I succcessfully used these videos before with PowerPoint XP. Now with PowerPoint 03, the same videos will not play completely to the end, stopping about 1 second before the end. The videos will play correctly ito the end in Windows Media Viewer or if I go START-->RUN-->mplay.exe and open the file. It is my understanding that PowerPoint uses mplay.exe to play movies. Other videos that I created continue to play OK in the PPT presentation. I tried deleting and re-inserting the videos. I have this problem on 2 computers, so the issue is not computer-specific. > I have made some mpeg videos that I use in PowerPoint presentations. Can you describe what tools you used to do this and the source of the video? Austin Myers MS PowerPoint MVP Team PowerPoint Video and PowerPoint Sound Solutions www.pfcmedia.com Also the CODEC used, as some variants of DivX do not play nice with mplay.exe.  SignatureBest Regards, Troy Chollar TLC Creative Services, Inc. www.tlccreative.com troy at tlccreative dot com ============================== A Microsoft PowerPoint MVP ============================== >> I have made some mpeg videos that I use in PowerPoint presentations. > [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > > PowerPoint Video and PowerPoint Sound Solutions www.pfcmedia.com Thanks for your replies. An example of the video I have trouble with is MPEG2 640_480 without sound, which I created from DV captures using Pinnacle Studio 8. It lasts 12 seconds , 3.71 MBytes. I no longer have Pinnacle on my computer, so I don't have any more informtion on the codec. Under "Properties" for this clip, it says that the Video codec is InterVideo Video Decoder when played in Windows Media Player. It plays fine using mplay.exe when I play it outside of PowerPoint. > Also the CODEC used, as some variants of DivX do not play nice with > mplay.exe. [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > > > > PowerPoint Video and PowerPoint Sound Solutions www.pfcmedia.com Jack, do me a small favor. Download and try using PFCMedia (www.pfcmedia.com) I know it sounds like I am harking my wares but I really do believe it would resolve your problem. If not I sure want to know! Austin Myers MS PowerPoint MVP Team PowerPoint Video and PowerPoint Sound Solutions www.pfcmedia.com > Thanks for your replies. An example of the video I have trouble with is > MPEG2 640_480 without sound, which I created from DV captures using Pinnacle [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] > > > > > > PowerPoint Video and PowerPoint Sound Solutions www.pfcmedia.com I installed your product. It does work, although the image quality is noticeably reduced. Unfortunately, some other movies in the presentation no longer play at all. I suppose they could be converted, but I don't want to lose the quality. I don't see an uninstall option. PFCMedia does not appear in the "add or remove programs". How do I undo this installation? > Jack, do me a small favor. Download and try using PFCMedia > (www.pfcmedia.com) I know it sounds like I am harking my wares but I really [quoted text clipped - 29 lines] > > > > > > > > PowerPoint Video and PowerPoint Sound Solutions www.pfcmedia.com > I installed your product. It does work, although the image quality is > noticeably reduced. Really? I ask as that is not the case I've seen or that others have reported. Unfortunately, some other movies in the presentation no longer play at all. Then there is something "wrong" with your Windows or Office install as PFCMedia has nothing to do with playing the video files. I suppose they could be converted, but I don't want to > lose the quality. I don't see an uninstall option. PFCMedia does not appear > in the "add or remove programs". How do I undo this installation? Explained fully in the Help. Austin Myers MS PowerPoint MVP Team PowerPoint Video and PowerPoint Sound Solutions www.pfcmedia.com I found the uninstall in the PFCMedia folder. When PFCmedia was installed, I was also having problems with the slide master backgrounds not appearing correctly in the editing window. The slideshow displayed OK. After uninstalling, there was a "serious error the last time the addin PFCMedia was opened", and I had to diaable it from within PowerPoint. Everything is back to the way it was now. I find that the newer Office versions don't work well with some add ins. I had trouble with the Adobe Acrobat Professional and Google Desktop add-ins interfering with Word. It might be best if there was a way to do the movie conversions outside of PowerPoint, and then insert them in the usual way. > Jack, do me a small favor. Download and try using PFCMedia > (www.pfcmedia.com) I know it sounds like I am harking my wares but I really [quoted text clipped - 29 lines] > > > > > > > > PowerPoint Video and PowerPoint Sound Solutions www.pfcmedia.com Jack, I am at a loss as we have never seen problems like you are describing. Is it possible for you to share one of your videos with me for testing? Austin Myers MS PowerPoint MVP Team PowerPoint Video and PowerPoint Sound Solutions www.pfcmedia.com Video sent. Thanks. > Jack, I am at a loss as we have never seen problems like you are describing. > Is it possible for you to share one of your videos with me for testing? [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > > PowerPoint Video and PowerPoint Sound Solutions www.pfcmedia.com Didn't show up Jack. If it's more then 5 meg my ISP will bounce it. Austin Myers MS PowerPoint MVP Team PowerPoint Video and PowerPoint Sound Solutions www.pfcmedia.com > Video sent. Thanks. > [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > > > > PowerPoint Video and PowerPoint Sound Solutions www.pfcmedia.com Contact me at this email address. austinm@grm.net > Video sent. Thanks. > [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > > > > PowerPoint Video and PowerPoint Sound Solutions www.pfcmedia.com Austin helped me one-on-one via chat, and we got the PFCMedia to work. It converts the problem MPEG2 files to a WMV file, which play without a problem. The files are a lot smaller, which is a benefit. Thanks! > Contact me at this email address. austinm@grm.net > [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > > > > > > PowerPoint Video and PowerPoint Sound Solutions www.pfcmedia.com > I find that the newer Office versions don't work well with some add ins. I > had trouble with the Adobe Acrobat Professional and Google Desktop add-ins > interfering with Word. It might be best if there was a way to do the movie > conversions outside of PowerPoint, and then insert them in the usual way. It's always a good idea to pound the perps as well. Let Adobe know that their add-ins are causing you trouble. Maybe if Adobe got enough complaints about the way their addins want to take over the world, they'd fix them. Or maybe they'd just keep ignoring us like they've done for several versions already. Sigh. If every add-in writer who follows the published standards had to also program around the quirks and offenses of the addins that are ill-behaved, there'd be nothing but ill-behaved add-ins available. ----------------------------------------- Steve Rindsberg, PPT MVP PPT FAQ: www.pptfaq.com PPTools: www.pptools.com ================================================ I tend to agree with the Adobe PDF add in. It seems to nix every additional add in I have tested. sigh... Austin Myers MS PowerPoint MVP Team PowerPoint Video and PowerPoint Sound Solutions www.pfcmedia.com > > I find that the newer Office versions don't work well with some add ins. I > > had trouble with the Adobe Acrobat Professional and Google Desktop add-ins [quoted text clipped - 17 lines] > PPTools: www.pptools.com > ================================================ > I tend to agree with the Adobe PDF add in. It seems to nix every additional > add in I have tested. sigh... ScanSoft seems rude too, as I recall. Reports of problems fall on deaf ears. > Austin Myers > MS PowerPoint MVP Team [quoted text clipped - 30 lines] > > PPTools: www.pptools.com > > ================================================ ----------------------------------------- Steve Rindsberg, PPT MVP PPT FAQ: www.pptfaq.com PPTools: www.pptools.com ================================================ |
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