Re: does powerpoint support avi files
- From: "Austin Myers" <austinm@xxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 5 Nov 2005 14:59:36 -0600
The issue is that an AVI can be just about anything. AVI simply means the Audio and Video are Interleaved in the same file. (As opposed to having separate files for Audio and Video.) So by definition almost any of today's video files are an AVI. You can easily have an Mpeg labeled as an AVI.
To add to it, there are lots of codecs that may have been used to create the AVI. You may or may not have the right one installed and even if it is, it may or may not be compatible with the Windows MCI Media Player. (PowerPoint uses the MCI player, NOT the Windows Media Player.)
What to do? There are two ways to approach this.
1. Use a utility like GSpot to determine the actual type of file and which codecs are being used. (There will be two codecs, one for video and one for sound.) After determining the correct codecs locate them on the internet, download them, and install them on your machine. This will work *most* of the time but be aware there are codecs out there that are NOT compatible with the MCI Player. In such a situation you will not be able to use the media in a PPT presentation. Also keep in mind that if you move the presentation to another machine, it too MUST have the correct codecs installed and working.
2. Convert the media into a more standard format that is compatible with the Windows MCI Player and thereby compatible with PowerPoint. There are a number of video editing packages on the market that do this, just be certain to use a common codec that is likely to be on other PCs.
With all that said, I have written an add in to PowerPoint called PFCMedia. It will do all the above work for you automatically and the resulting presentation will "Play For Certain" on your PC and just about every Windows PC you might run into. You may download a fully functioning trial version from www.pfcmedia.com and use it with out any cost for two weeks. Should do the trick and resolve this problem for you.
Austin Myers MS PowerPoint MVP Team
PowerPoint Video and PowerPoint Sound Solutions www.pfcmedia.com
"floejoe" <floejoe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:3CB187D4-83BC-4847-98E7-3731EDED7139@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
I am having problems with inserting AVI files in my presentation. MPEGs work
fine but for some reason the powerpoint will not recognize AVI files. The
error message says that cannot display this type of sound or movie. Why does
it keep doing that?
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