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.