[MacDV] Formatting problem: video in PowerPoint

[Ehrhart, Robert]

A good suggestion. I'm concerned that the users (Windows XP users) might
have some problems with not having a Quicktime codec. Quicktime files have,
in the past tests, come up with a dialog box and they won't play or even be
visible. As a Mac user, I don't know, but is the Quicktime codec
installation difficult?


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On 2/19/07 1:45 PM, "Tom Meyer" <tmeyer at lps.org> wrote:

> I agree. I have had little or no problem just dragging and dropping.
> Resizing is possible once inside powerpoint as well.
> 
> Tom Meyer
> 
> CM McDonald wrote:
>> What's wrong with using QuickTime? It works fine with Powerpoint. You
>> can just drag the files in to the slides, or you can import them.
>> 
>> You could always include a link to the QuickTime site for anyone who
>> finds their Windows PC doesn't have the player or plug-in.
>> 
>> Colin McDonald
>> 
>> 
>> On 19 Feb 2007, at 15:50, Ehrhart, Robert wrote:
>> 
>>> I need some help! I¹m trying to come up with the configuration that will
>>> allow me to play some videos in a PowerPoint presentation. I
>>> converted the
>>> file to an avi with CinePak compression in Quicktime, but the image
>>> quality
>>> is horrible. I converted it into a .wmv file from mpeg streamline,
>>> but it
>>> won¹t play in PowerPoint. A test of the .mpeg is posted here:
>>> 
>>> http://www.mindspring.com/~ehrhart/files/
>>> <http://www.mindspring.com/~ehrhart/files/>
>>> 
>>> the file is the only one in the folder, named Test070210.mpeg
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Does anyone have any suggestions about how to format the video file?
>>> It has
>>> to be compatible with PowerPoint‹this is for a cd of video
>>> testimonials that
>>> a sales force will use to customize their presentations.
>>