Re: Problems with playing .avi files

From: Kathy J (jacobskl_at_knotjacobs.coxatwork.com)
Date: 06/15/04 

Date: Tue, 15 Jun 2004 08:34:33 -0700

Glad to hear he was able to get the movies working. Drop by again - we are
always here! 

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"Nima" <nima@ehp.dk> wrote in message
news:Oo$jGftUEHA.3988@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
> Hi Kathy and Echo..
>
> I told my friend to uninstall/reinstall Windows XP and reinstall (only)
> Office 2003 without doing anything else. Then he tried to run the show and
> it worked!! (it didn't run smootly but it worked) The boxes were playing
> instead of showing "black".
>
> Then he went to windows update for updating his XP. And right after the
> update, the same problem occured! The powerpoint show didn't work!
>
> So then somebody told him to set the "screen acceleration" in Windows
Media
> Player a bit down (Windows Media Player settings)
>
> So he did that and now it WORKS on both his computers   :)
>
> Echo -> http://www.rdpslides.com/pptfaq/FAQ00129.htm
>
> I don't know if setting the hardware acceleration back in windows will
have
> the same effect as the acceleration in media player.
>
> But I will thank you both many times, and I  really appreciate your help.
I
> have really learned a bunch of your good answers..
>
> Take care,
> Nima (from Denmark)
>
>
>
>
>
> "Kathy J" <jacobskl@knotjacobs.coxatwork.com> skrev i en meddelelse
> news:uKZDQzJUEHA.1152@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
> > Bingo! Nima, does your friend have either My DVD or Video Explosion
> > installed? Both of these are known to cause problems with video and
> > PowerPoint. Here is some information I put together for someone else on
> both
> > of these:
> >
> > {Begin quote}
> > One or the other of these has probably changed something within your
> system
> > setup and that is affecting how things are running. Changes could
include:
> > Kidnapping your file extensions
> >
> > Changing your video playback settings
> >
> > Changing the video settings in the registry
> >
> > Adding, changing or removing codecs from your system which would then
> > inhibit how videos played
> >
> > Changing you system.ini and win.ini settings
> >
> > And on and on and on.
> >
> > What's more, a little research found that if you are running My DVD 5.0,
> it
> > has some major bugs that affect how it works with PowerPoint. A fix is
> > available from Sonic. If you haven't updated the product lately, I
suggest
> > doing so. A little more research found this Google link to a Groups
entry
> > that says that Video Explosion wrote over some of the users codecs and
> > removing the software didn't put it back the way it should have. Link
is:
> >
> >
>
http://groups.google.com/groups?q=%22video+explosion%22+powerpoint&hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&selm=VgNda.16986%24UE.7452718%40twister.socal.rr.com&rnum=3
> >
> > Try that again. TinyURL version of the link is:
> >
> > http://tinyurl.com/ysddr
> >
> > And finally, research of Video Explosion's site shows this on their FAQ
> > page:
> >
> > I have installed Video Explosion and now PowerPoint will not play MPEG
> > movies, what is the solution?
> > The problem occurs when the MPEG plug-in for Video Explosion is
installed.
> > During installation, modifications are made to [mci extensions] portion
of
> > the Win.ini file. The [mci extensions] section determines the driver
that
> > the movie file format uses. The native media player in PowerPoint must
use
> > the MPEG Video driver, which makes a call to the mciqtz.drv.
> > If this setting has changed, the problem occurs. A solution is posted on
> the
> > Microsoft Web site:
> > http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/Q212/4/09.ASP
> > (URL for that quote is:
> > http://www.novadevelopment.com/Support/Faq/vew.aspx#q7 )
> >
> > Back to square one. Remember those links I sent you to Sonia's site and
> the
> > FAQ? It's time to go back to those tutorials and check to see if your
> > settings were hijacked. To make it easier on you, here is the link to
the
> > tutorial on Sonia's site. Check about half way down the page and you
will
> > see the correct settings for system.ini and win.ini - start by comparing
> > these to your laptop's settings. Then, scroll down a little and check
out
> > the part about making sure your registry is set up to let the MCI player
> > handle your videos. (This information is similar to the Microsoft link
> > above, in case you are curious.)
> >
> > http://www.soniacoleman.com/Tutorials/PowerPoint/multimedia.htm
> >
> > (By the way, uninstalling those programs won't fix the problem. Video
> > software is well known for leaving pieces of itself behind. Most of the
> > developers assume that you have created files with their tools, so in
> their
> > minds you will need to still have the computer set up the way they
needed
> > it.)
> >
> > I would say to update My DVD and make the changes in Austin's article
and
> > the Microsoft article, then try the mpeg again.
> >
> > {end quote}
> >
> > Does any of that help?
> > -- 
> > Kathryn Jacobs,  Microsoft MVP PowerPoint and OneNote
> > Get PowerPoint answers at http://www.powerpointanswers.com
> > Cook anything outdoors with http://www.outdoorcook.com
> > Get OneNote answers at http://www.onenoteanswers.com
> >
> > I believe life is meant to be lived. But:
> > if we live without making a difference, it makes no difference that we
> lived
> >
> >
> > "Echo S" <echos@indyUGHSPAM.net> wrote in message
> > news:A8FDF5A3-29C4-438E-A125-403DD6720167@microsoft.com...
> > > Real and QuickTime are often culprits. But resetting the MCI registry
> > settings usually helps with those.
> > >
> > > Isn't there some DVD software that has caused problems in the past?
> > > -- 
> > > Echo [MS PPT MVP]
> > > http://www.echosvoice.com
> > > presenter, PPT Live '04
> > > Oct 10-13, San Diego http://www.powerpointlive.com
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > "Kathy J" wrote:
> > >
> > > > Hi Nima,
> > > > Let's start with some simple ones: Does he have RealPlayer
installed?
> It
> > is
> > > > known to mess with the multimedia settings.  Does he have some other
> > > > multimedia program installed? If so, is it messing with the
settings?
> > What
> > > > else has he done to his computers that daughter hasn't done to hers?
> > > >
> > > > I know there is one other thing we usually check, but it isn't
coming
> to
> > me
> > > > at the moment. I'll post back if I think of it - or maybe someone
else
> > will
> > > > come up with it.
> > > >
> > > > Let us know what you find out....
> > > >
> > > > -- 
> > > > Kathryn Jacobs,  Microsoft MVP PowerPoint and OneNote
> > > > Get PowerPoint answers at http://www.powerpointanswers.com
> > > > Cook anything outdoors with http://www.outdoorcook.com
> > > > Get OneNote answers at http://www.onenoteanswers.com
> > > >
> > > > I believe life is meant to be lived. But:
> > > > if we live without making a difference, it makes no difference that
we
> > lived
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > "Nima" <nima@ehp.dk> wrote in message
> > > > news:OqaNeTGUEHA.1164@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
> > > > > Hi..
> > > > >
> > > > > I have just found out that my friend's other computer (besides the
> > laptop)
> > > > > also has the same problem. And my theory is that he has installed
> some
> > > > > programs on both the computers which cause the problem. I made him
> > test
> > > > the
> > > > > show on his daughters computer (an old IBM laptop) and it worked
> > > > perfectly.
> > > > >
> > > > > Now the question is, which programs it is? How can we figure out
> which
> > > > > program causes the conflict?
> > >
> >
> >
>
>

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