Powerpoint movie

Trying to automatically start an mpeg file inserted in a Powerpoint
presentation. It will run if I click, but not automatically. Yes, I checked
start automatically, I tried custom animation to start with previous, etc. -
I've tried everything I can think of. The file is ~60Mb. I experimented with
small files of 4-5Mb, and they work. (Using Powerpoint 2003)

Anybody have suggestions?
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greg c

vindys
Thu Mar 13 13:13:02 CDT 2008

I guess there can be common memory problems when we link large files. So its
better if we break files to smaller files and use in powerpoint.

"greg c" wrote:

> Trying to automatically start an mpeg file inserted in a Powerpoint
> presentation. It will run if I click, but not automatically. Yes, I checked
> start automatically, I tried custom animation to start with previous, etc. -
> I've tried everything I can think of. The file is ~60Mb. I experimented with
> small files of 4-5Mb, and they work. (Using Powerpoint 2003)
>
> Anybody have suggestions?
> --
> greg c

Dan
Thu Mar 13 14:23:02 CDT 2008

With bigger video files that I have ripped from DVDs, I usually just do a
hyperlink to the file that launches it in WMP, I can run full screen, then do
alt-tab to get back to PP.

Dan

"greg c" wrote:

> Trying to automatically start an mpeg file inserted in a Powerpoint
> presentation. It will run if I click, but not automatically. Yes, I checked
> start automatically, I tried custom animation to start with previous, etc. -
> I've tried everything I can think of. The file is ~60Mb. I experimented with
> small files of 4-5Mb, and they work. (Using Powerpoint 2003)
>
> Anybody have suggestions?
> --
> greg c

Austin
Thu Mar 13 15:49:23 CDT 2008

Greg,

A video file that large will always take longer to start (in some cases
significantly longer). What happens if you give it plenty of time to run?
Also, what flavor of Mpeg is it? (1, 2, 4?)


Austin Myers
MS PowerPoint MVP Team

Provider of PFCPro, PFCMedia and PFCExpress
www.playsforcertain.com

"greg c" <gregc@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:682A5E52-933C-41F6-BBBE-F3A0A0BCBB4E@microsoft.com...
> Trying to automatically start an mpeg file inserted in a Powerpoint
> presentation. It will run if I click, but not automatically. Yes, I
> checked
> start automatically, I tried custom animation to start with previous,
> etc. -
> I've tried everything I can think of. The file is ~60Mb. I experimented
> with
> small files of 4-5Mb, and they work. (Using Powerpoint 2003)
>
> Anybody have suggestions?
> --
> greg c