[MacDV] Formatting problem: video in PowerPoint

CM McDonald cmmcdonald at mac.com
Mon Feb 19 10:34:54 PST 2007


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! I’m 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
> won’t 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.



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