Most inserted videos go black during slide show, but audio works. I have
windows vista.
Try putting the video in the same folder as the pres BEFORE you insert it.
This folder should have a short path ideally something like c:\ppts but the
desktop is usually OK. If his still fails you migh want to look
here:http://www.pptalchemy.co.uk/mediaenc1.html

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> Most inserted videos go black during slide show, but audio works. I have
> windows vista.
steve - 31 Oct 2007 04:59 GMT
Thanks for your suggestion. I decided to download playsforcertain, and this
did the trick.

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> Try putting the video in the same folder as the pres BEFORE you insert it.
> This folder should have a short path ideally something like c:\ppts but the
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> > Most inserted videos go black during slide show, but audio works. I have
> > windows vista.
> Most inserted videos go black during slide show, but audio works. I have
> windows vista.
Powerpoint will only correctly play certain formats. If this is mpeg2, at
least here it does what you report.
Mpeg 1 and wmv with appropriate parameters works. You can also embed
Windows Media Player through the Developer/Tools menus...this works with
more formats and gives you more control.
steve - 31 Oct 2007 05:00 GMT
Thanks for your input. I downloaded playsforcertain and this worked.

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> > Most inserted videos go black during slide show, but audio works. I have
> > windows vista.
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> Windows Media Player through the Developer/Tools menus...this works with
> more formats and gives you more control.