Why can I get sound but no video on inserted movie in powerpoint?

I am trying to insert a 2-minute video into a power oint presentation and
have it play automatically. The sound plays from the video plays, but no
picture. The video plays on WIndows Media Player. If I insert the video
using action buttons or insert the windows media player and play it through
that, it plays fine, but then it will not play automatically, only on a click.

Any suggestions?

Hi

Sounds like the file path is too long. Try this:
1. Create a folder on your C drive (e.g. C:\mypres)
2. Move presentation & video file to this folder
3. Re-insert movie into powerpoint file

Does that fix it?

Lucy

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Lucy Thomson
PowerPoint MVP
MOS Master Instructor
www.aneasiertomorrow.com.au


"wags21" wrote in message
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I am trying to insert a 2-minute video into a power oint presentation and
have it play automatically. The sound plays from the video plays, but no
picture. The video plays on WIndows Media Player. If I insert the video
using action buttons or insert the windows media player and play it
through
that, it plays fine, but then it will not play automatically, only on a
click.

Any suggestions?

If it is an avi file, try to convert it to a wmv file
"wags21" a écrit dans le message de news:
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I am trying to insert a 2-minute video into a power oint presentation and
have it play automatically. The sound plays from the video plays, but no
picture. The video plays on WIndows Media Player. If I insert the video
using action buttons or insert the windows media player and play it
through
that, it plays fine, but then it will not play automatically, only on a
click.

Any suggestions?

On Apr 6, 3:04*pm, "Lucy Thomson"
wrote:
Hi

Sounds like the file path is too long. Try this:
1. Create a folder on your C drive (e.g. C:\mypres)
2. Move presentation & video file to this folder
3. Re-insert movie into powerpoint file

Does that fix it?

Lucy

--
Lucy Thomson
PowerPoint MVP
MOS Master Instructorwww.aneasiertomorrow.com.au

"wags21" wrote in message

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I have prepared a presentation using an embedded video; the file is saved on my network drive. The picture and sound are fine on my monitor but only a black screen shows up when using the projector? Any ideas?

Thanks!
Elizabeth

I am trying to insert a 2-minute video into a power oint presentation and
have it play automatically. *The sound plays from the video plays, but no
picture. *The video plays on WIndows Media Player. *If I insert the video
using action buttons or insert the windows media player and play it
through
that, it plays fine, but then it will not play automatically, only on a
click.

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I have prepared a presentation using an embedded video; the file is saved
on my network drive. The picture and sound are fine on my monitor but
only a black screen shows up when using the projector? Any ideas?

Thanks!
Elizabeth

Hi Elizabeth

Have a read of this:
Videos play correctly on computer but not on projector (black box)
http://www.pptfaq.com/FAQ00467.htm

Lucy

--
Lucy Thomson
PowerPoint MVP
MOS Master Instructor
www.aneasiertomorrow.com.au



--
Lucy Thomson
PowerPoint MVP
MOS Master Instructor
www.aneasiertomorrow.com.au