Re: Problems with videos

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Does anyone know if there is any deterioration of video quality when playing
an AVI during a PowerPoint presenation versus playing it using a media
player?

Thanks.

"Austin Myers" wrote:

> Try lowering your video hardware acceleration.
>
>
> Austin Myers
> MS PowerPoint MVP Team
>
> PowerPoint Video and PowerPoint Sound Solutions www.pfcmedia.com
>
>
>
> "AJ Cruz" <AJCruz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:4AF0B393-FA0B-42F5-8D2D-749D81479032@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Thank you for the answer. But I intended to solve the problem and not to
> > go
> > round it with an add-on.
> >
> > As much as I noticed in the site, the add-on intends to go round problems
> > related with codecs. But I think that my case #1 is more complex, since I
> > do
> > not see the video when I go forward in the presentation, but I see it when
> > I
> > go backward.
> >
> > I already updated the graphic controllers of the computer where the
> > problems
> > happens, but everything stays the same.
> >
> > Anybody else has some other suggestion?
> >
> > Thanks in advance.
> >
> >
> > "John Fallon" wrote:
> >
> >> Try using this add-on at:
> >> http://www.pfcmedia.com
> >> Hope this helps!!!
> >> --
> >> John Fallon
> >> Instructional Technology Evangelist for PPT4Teachers.com
> >> Where Instruction and Technology meet for Teachers and the Classroom
> >> http://www.ppt4teachers.com
> >>
> >>
> >> "AJ Cruz" wrote:
> >>
> >> > Recently I had problems with 2 videos in PowerPoint 2003 in a computer
> >> > with
> >> > Windows XP Home:
> >> >
> >> > Video 1) the space occupied by the video in the slide remains black.
> >> > However, if I go to next slide and return to the slide with the video,
> >> > the
> >> > video plays normally.
> >> >
> >> > Video 2) the space occupied by the video in the slide remains allways
> >> > black.
> >> > But if I disable DirectDraw and Direct3D acceleration, I see the
> >> > video. With
> >> > the video 1, the problem remains.
> >> >
> >> > I inserted the videos through the menu Insert / Movies and Sounds /
> >> > Movie
> >> > from file.
> >> >
> >> > Those videos play without any problem in Windows Meadia Player.
> >> >
> >> > Also, those presentations do not put any problem in another computer
> >> > with
> >> > PowerPoint XP and Windows 2000 Professional. The path of the files is
> >> > the
> >> > same in the two computers.
> >> >
> >> > I thank any help.
>
>
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