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dmarcus - 25 Jan 2007 21:40 GMT

Hi,
I want to play a movie in powerpoint but I get a black flash before it
plays. I guess its loading the movie into memory or sometheing because if I
step back in the same slide and play again it plays without the flash. I
can't find anything on this anywhere except an effect like it playing
powerpoint files in exporer.
BTW If it makes any difference I am wanting to use the animations as slide
transitions so I get them to play automaticaly. Same problem if I click on
them though :-(

Any help will be much appreachated.

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Shyam Pillai - 26 Jan 2007 00:11 GMT

Cover the movie shape with an autoshape set to backgroung fill. The shape
will appear in design mode over the movie but in slide show mode it will
eliminate the black flash and you will not see the autoshape.

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> Hi,
> I want to play a movie in powerpoint but I get a black flash before it
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> Any help will be much appreachated.

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dmarcus - 26 Jan 2007 10:58 GMT

Hi,

Thanks so much for replying. Unfortunatly the aimation still plays ontop of
everything and I see the black flash. I'm sure I must be doing someting wrong
as this is someting everyone must do all the time. I've tried different file
formats but all seem to do it.

Many thanks

Marcus

> Cover the movie shape with an autoshape set to backgroung fill. The shape
> will appear in design mode over the movie but in slide show mode it will
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> > Any help will be much appreachated.

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Ute Simon - 26 Jan 2007 06:43 GMT

> I want to play a movie in powerpoint but I get a black flash before it
> plays. I guess its loading the movie into memory or sometheing because if
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> transitions so I get them to play automaticaly. Same problem if I click on
> them though :-(

Apply a fade-in animation to the movie and set it to a very short duration,
maybe 0.5 sec.

Best regards,
Ute

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dmarcus - 26 Jan 2007 10:56 GMT

> > I want to play a movie in powerpoint but I get a black flash before it
> > plays. I guess its loading the movie into memory or sometheing because if
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> Best regards,
> Ute

Hi,

Thanks for the help. For some reason I still get a flash. I don't think any
fade is actually happening. I just added a fade entrance and made it play
with the animation...Any thoughts. I am using a lap top (Compaq nx6325) so
maybe my machine isnt up to it?

Many thanks

Marcus

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