Re: Video in ppt 2003

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From: Nick (anonymous_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 02/17/04 

Date: Tue, 17 Feb 2004 01:53:29 -0800

That method seems to give the same result as WMV, ie the
animation is visible but it rewinds regardless whether
the auto rewind option is on or off.

I am looking into using animated GIFs instead. Does
anyone know whether there is a way to control when a GIF
starts to animate?

>-----Original Message-----
>Another thing to try would be Insert | Object and then
you can choose the
>Media Player option - does this play your video well?
You'll also get the
>playback controls this way.
>
>
>--
>Geetesh Bajaj, Microsoft PowerPoint MVP
>http://www.indezine.com/
>http://www.powerpointed.com/
>PowerPoint Blog at http://www.indezine.com/blog/
>
>
>
>"Nick" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
message
>news:1017601c3f24c$d3f76cf0$a501280a@phx.gbl...
>> The movie maker WMV plays ok, no black squares.. but
they
>> rewind after playing despite the rewind option being
off.
>>
>> It looks like I'm consigned to permanent powerpoint
2003
>> misery!!
>>
>>
>> >-----Original Message-----
>> >Nick wrote:
>> >>
>> >> It works. No way! But at least I now know that it
CAN
>> >> work!
>> >
>> >Heh, yeah, but I can't figure out why it won't work
for
>> you.
>> >
>> >> Double clicking in edit mode gives the same black
>> square
>> >> as in presentation mode
>> >>
>> >> I'm using:
>> >> Windows XP Pro with service pack 1
>> >> Windows media player 9
>> >> MCI player 5.1 (build 2600)
>> >>
>> >> I've got the latest graphics drivers. All the
machines
>> >> here use ATI graphics cards, so I haven't tried with
>> >> another card. Mines a Radeon 9500 Pro BTW
>> >>
>> >> Any ideas?
>> >
>> >Only thing I can think of right now is to try using
>> Windows Movie Maker
>> >and resaving the AVI as a WMV. It's worth a shot.
Movie
>> Maker is a free
>> >download for WindowsXP. It's available on the MS
>> downloads page.
>> >
>> >Echo
>> >.
>> >
>
>
>.
>

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