Inserting subtitled clip

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peach - 03 Aug 2006 20:16 GMT

I subtitled a clip and inserted the avi file into Powerpoint but have trouble
with the video - the video freezes after the first screen but the audio kept
going. The clip without the subtitles played fine in Powerpoint. Any
suggestions on what could be wrong? I was able to play the subtitled clip in
Powerpoint on someone else's laptop without any problems, so there seems to
be something wrong with my Powerpoint.. Thnx in advance.

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John Wilson - 03 Aug 2006 21:05 GMT

How did you add the subtitle?

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> I subtitled a clip and inserted the avi file into Powerpoint but have trouble
> with the video - the video freezes after the first screen but the audio kept
> going. The clip without the subtitles played fine in Powerpoint. Any
> suggestions on what could be wrong? I was able to play the subtitled clip in
> Powerpoint on someone else's laptop without any problems, so there seems to
> be something wrong with my Powerpoint.. Thnx in advance.

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peach - 03 Aug 2006 21:14 GMT

I used Subtitle Workshop to create the subtitles, then used VirtualDubMod to
hardsub them onto the avi file. Again the subtitled clip in PP worked on
somebody's computer but not mine...

> How did you add the subtitle?
>
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> > Powerpoint on someone else's laptop without any problems, so there seems to
> > be something wrong with my Powerpoint.. Thnx in advance.

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John Wilson - 03 Aug 2006 21:27 GMT

For simple subtitles we usually just use windows movie maker! Might be worth
downloading a fully functioning trial of "playsforcertain media" it takes a
while to run so be patient!
http://www.pfcmedia.com/
http://www.technologytrish.co.uk/ppttipstextin%20vid.html

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> I used Subtitle Workshop to create the subtitles, then used VirtualDubMod to
> hardsub them onto the avi file. Again the subtitled clip in PP worked on
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> > > Powerpoint on someone else's laptop without any problems, so there seems to
> > > be something wrong with my Powerpoint.. Thnx in advance.

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peach - 03 Aug 2006 22:00 GMT

thanks a bunch. pfc's brilliant, it fixed the clip and saved my day!

> For simple subtitles we usually just use windows movie maker! Might be worth
> downloading a fully functioning trial of "playsforcertain media" it takes a
[quoted text clipped - 19 lines]
> > > > Powerpoint on someone else's laptop without any problems, so there seems to
> > > > be something wrong with my Powerpoint.. Thnx in advance.

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