Re: Movie blacks out when playing

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CL,

r u using a laptop by any chance?
projecting the display?

see this
Videos play correctly on computer but not on projector (black box)
http://www.rdpslides.com/pptfaq/FAQ00467.htm


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TAJ Simmons
microsoft powerpoint mvp

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"Charles Lavin" <x@xxx> wrote in message
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> Hi --
>
> I inserted an AVI file into a PowerPoint 2003 slide using Insert | | Movie
> From File.
>
> When I play the presentation, the slide displays and displays the first
> frame of the movie. However, when the movie begins to play, the image is
> blacked out. I know the movie is playing because I can hear the
> soundtrack. But all I get on screen is a black rectangle.
>
> How do I fix this?
>
> Thanks,
> CL
>


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