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MS Office Forum / General PowerPoint Questions / June 2006How do I play Video(WMV) embedded in Power Point from Web server?
I've embeded(linked) a Video(WMV) in a Power Point Slide and saved it as web page .Video plays well on any machine but when I try to play it through some webserver(Http) or through localhost on my machine Video didn't play. What can be possible reason and workaround? video cannot be embedded in ppt. It is always linked - did you upload the video file? Try a read here http://www.rdpslides.com/pptfaq/FAQ00241.htm  SignatureHope that helps > I've embeded(linked) a Video(WMV) in a Power Point Slide and saved it as web > page .Video plays well on any machine but when I try to play it through some > webserver(Http) or through localhost on my machine Video didn't play. > > What can be possible reason and workaround? Yes I uploaded video and played it through Slide on server where it worked fine,but when I accesed same through web url ...Video didn't appaer on slide. Same is the case when I play it on machine where i've linked it.It plays well when I directly play Slide.html.But when I play same file using IIS it didn't. Dinesh > video cannot be embedded in ppt. It is always linked - did you upload the > video file? [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > > > > What can be possible reason and workaround? > Yes I uploaded video and played it through Slide on server where it worked > fine,but when I accesed same through web url ...Video didn't appaer on slide. > > Same is the case when I play it on machine where i've linked it.It plays > well when I directly play Slide.html.But when I play same file using IIS it > didn't. When you access the PPT through a web url, the PPT is downloaded first to a temp folder, then played from there. The video file is on the web server, but the link doesn't point to it there, it points to a file on the hard drive of the computer that created the PPT or to the same folder as the PPT file itself is in (the temp folder). In other words, the link says to play a video that isn't there. You might try saving the presentation as an MHT (single-file HTML page) > Dinesh > [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > > > > > > What can be possible reason and workaround? ----------------------------------------- Steve Rindsberg, PPT MVP PPT FAQ: www.pptfaq.com PPTools: www.pptools.com ================================================ Thanks Steve. Can u tell me what html code should I add so that video also get downloaded in temp folder? __________________________________- > > Yes I uploaded video and played it through Slide on server where it worked > > fine,but when I accesed same through web url ...Video didn't appaer on slide. [quoted text clipped - 31 lines] > PPTools: www.pptools.com > ================================================ > Thanks Steve. > Can u tell me what html code should I add so that video also get downloaded > in temp folder? I don't think you can force this. But you might be able to upload the file to your site and then hyperlink to it there. Users could then play the video by clicking on the link (but it wouldn't appear to be playing *within* the PPT show). On the whole, I think Austin's idea is best ... use PFCMedia's play from URL feature. > __________________________________- > [quoted text clipped - 33 lines] > > PPTools: www.pptools.com > > ================================================ ----------------------------------------- Steve Rindsberg, PPT MVP PPT FAQ: www.pptfaq.com PPTools: www.pptools.com ================================================ Good news: yes you can embed a video and save it as an MHT file that can be distributed. The video is encoded and saved with the presentation all in one file - no link necessary. Bad news: it doesn't actually work. Why would someone add a feature that doesn't actually work? I can't wait for the next version of Office with news features that don't work. > > Yes I uploaded video and played it through Slide on server where it worked > > fine,but when I accesed same through web url ...Video didn't appaer on slide. [quoted text clipped - 31 lines] > PPTools: www.pptools.com > ================================================ > Good news: yes you can embed a video and save it as an MHT file that can be > distributed. The video is encoded and saved with the presentation all in one > file - no link necessary. > > Bad news: it doesn't actually work. In what way? I'd certainly expect that it won't work on all computers (any more than any video would) or even in all browsers (MHT isn't all that widely supported - not sure what browsers can digest it other than MSIE) > Why would someone add a feature that doesn't actually work? I can't wait > for the next version of Office with news features that don't work. [quoted text clipped - 34 lines] > > PPTools: www.pptools.com > > ================================================ ----------------------------------------- Steve Rindsberg, PPT MVP PPT FAQ: www.pptfaq.com PPTools: www.pptools.com ================================================ > > Good news: yes you can embed a video and save it as an MHT file that can be > > distributed. The video is encoded and saved with the presentation all in one [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > any video would) or even in all browsers (MHT isn't all that widely supported - not sure > what browsers can digest it other than MSIE) It doesn't work using 100% Microsoft technology: Windows XP, PowerPoint, Internet Explorer and Windows Media Player - all the latest versions. Try it for yourself, it only takes a minute to verify. Even using WMV video file. Absolutely all Microsoft stuff... and it doesn't work. > > > Good news: yes you can embed a video and save it as an MHT file that can > be [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > for yourself, it only takes a minute to verify. Even using WMV video file. > Absolutely all Microsoft stuff... and it doesn't work. I was just asking for a more specific description of the problems than "doesn't work". ... not suggesting that you're wrong. Especially because you're not. Wrong, that is. Just did some poking at this and found that indeed, the path to the movie file in the MHT file is the same as it'd be in PPT. In other words, either pathed to the file on the drive where you created the presentation or pathless. Either way, it's not going to be where the browser can find it when the MHT's been downloaded to the user's internet temporary folder. Thanks for pointing that out. ----------------------------------------- Steve Rindsberg, PPT MVP PPT FAQ: www.pptfaq.com PPTools: www.pptools.com ================================================ > Just did some poking at this and found that indeed, the path to the movie file in > the MHT file is the same as it'd be in PPT. In other words, either pathed to the > file on the drive where you created the presentation or pathless. Either way, > it's not going to be where the browser can find it when the MHT's been downloaded > to the user's internet temporary folder. I'm not sure what why you are talking about paths. The file is *embedded* in the mht, not linked. Check out the <object> tag where it specifies where the video is loaded from. It's a bug. > > Just did some poking at this and found that indeed, the path to the movie > file in [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > I'm not sure what why you are talking about paths. The file is *embedded* > in the mht, not linked. Not the video I just tried it with. No matter how hard you push, you can't shove a 24mb video into an 81kb MHT. >Check out the <object> tag where it specifies where > the video is loaded from. That's what I'm talking about; it points to a specific path on my hard drive. ----------------------------------------- Steve Rindsberg, PPT MVP PPT FAQ: www.pptfaq.com PPTools: www.pptools.com ================================================ I'm inserting the video with Insert->Movies and Sound->Movie from File My original WMV is 2.54 meg and the resulting MHT is 3.54 meg. > > > Just did some poking at this and found that indeed, the path to the movie > > file in [quoted text clipped - 19 lines] > PPTools: www.pptools.com > ================================================ > I'm inserting the video with Insert->Movies and Sound->Movie from File > > My original WMV is 2.54 meg and the resulting MHT is 3.54 meg. Gets weirder by the minute. Now I'm getting the same thing as you, more or less. I tried inserting both AVI and WMV files from both the same folder as the PPT itself and from a different folder; in all cases, the file size indicates that the movie's embedded, not linked. The earlier results I got (movie linked, not embedded) may have been because the PPT/MHT was on a network drive, or because I was inserting from a network drive. To be honest, I don't remember. In any case, when I play the MHTs, I see the preview/still frame but it goes black (or on a different system, shows me a "Windows Media" logo but no more) when I click it. No movie. > > > > Just did some poking at this and found that indeed, the path to the movie > > > file in [quoted text clipped - 19 lines] > > PPTools: www.pptools.com > > ================================================ ----------------------------------------- Steve Rindsberg, PPT MVP PPT FAQ: www.pptfaq.com PPTools: www.pptools.com ================================================ Hi! I'm having trouble following this thread (a little too technical for me) but this seems to be where it left off. I want to create a web version of a PowerPoint that has video files on some slides. I can save them as AVI files, but I just want to know what I need to do to ensure that they end up being "playable" in the html version. What do I need to do? P.S. I'm also open to purchasing Austin's PFC Media - I just don't want to have to re-create the whole presentation just to get the 10 video clips to work in the web-based version and I can't tell from the PFC Media site whether I could just use it on those few files. Any enlightenment would be greatly appreciated! Thanks in advance for your help. Margaret > > I'm inserting the video with Insert->Movies and Sound->Movie from File > > [quoted text clipped - 55 lines] > PPTools: www.pptools.com > ================================================ You can use the Media From URL to do this. Simply place the video files on your server and supply the correct URL to them. Austin Myers MS PowerPoint MVP Team Provider of PFCMedia http://www.pfcmedia.com > Hi! I'm having trouble following this thread (a little too technical for > me) [quoted text clipped - 80 lines] >> PPTools: www.pptools.com >> ================================================ Thanks, Austin. Is "Media From URL" part of the PFCMedia application? I appreciate your help! Margaret > You can use the Media From URL to do this. Simply place the video files on > your server and supply the correct URL to them. [quoted text clipped - 88 lines] > >> PPTools: www.pptools.com > >> ================================================ > Thanks, Austin. Is "Media From URL" part of the PFCMedia application? Yes it is. Drop me an email if you need help with it. Austin Myers MS PowerPoint MVP Team Provider of PFCMedia http://www.pfcmedia.com What is the full URL to the video? Austin Myers MS PowerPoint MVP Team Provider of PFCMedia http://www.pfcmedia.com >> Just did some poking at this and found that indeed, the path to the movie > file in [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > where > the video is loaded from. It's a bug. The full URL in the <object> tag is "file0001.wmv", which is embedded later in the MHT file. > What is the full URL to the video? > [quoted text clipped - 17 lines] > > where > > the video is loaded from. It's a bug. You might want to consider using the "Media From URL" feature in PFCMedia. It will allow you to link to any media file located on any internet or intranet server. Go to www.pfcmedia.com for the free trial download. Austin Myers MS PowerPoint MVP Team Provider of PFCMedia http://www.pfcmedia.com > I've embeded(linked) a Video(WMV) in a Power Point Slide and saved it as > web [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > > What can be possible reason and workaround? > You might want to consider using the "Media From URL" feature in PFCMedia. And you might want to consider thumping me upside the head until I *remember* that feature in PFCMedia. Thanks ... > It will allow you to link to any media file located on any internet or > intranet server. Go to www.pfcmedia.com for the free trial download. [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > > > > What can be possible reason and workaround? ----------------------------------------- Steve Rindsberg, PPT MVP PPT FAQ: www.pptfaq.com PPTools: www.pptools.com ================================================ |
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