Why does my video in power point just play a blank screen?

I'm trying to play video files in my power point presentation. The files
play fine in windows media player. When I insert a move file into my power
point presentation, it shows the still picture but when I ask it to play the
movie I just get a blank screen. I can't figure out the problem.

I'm using power point 2003

Austin
Fri Jul 18 17:58:12 CDT 2008

This tutorial and quick topics link should help.

http://www.playsforcertain.com/tutorial.htm



Austin Myers
Microsoft PowerPoint MVP Team

Creator of PFCPro, PFCMedia and PFCExpress
http://www.playsforcertain.com





"hansenfam" <hansenfam@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:B00C76F7-BE22-4572-A156-8A03385BE1D5@microsoft.com...
> I'm trying to play video files in my power point presentation. The files
> play fine in windows media player. When I insert a move file into my
> power
> point presentation, it shows the still picture but when I ask it to play
> the
> movie I just get a blank screen. I can't figure out the problem.
>
> I'm using power point 2003

LVTravel
Fri Jul 18 21:37:41 CDT 2008


"hansenfam" <hansenfam@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:B00C76F7-BE22-4572-A156-8A03385BE1D5@microsoft.com...
> I'm trying to play video files in my power point presentation. The files
> play fine in windows media player. When I insert a move file into my
> power
> point presentation, it shows the still picture but when I ask it to play
> the
> movie I just get a blank screen. I can't figure out the problem.
>
> I'm using power point 2003

As Austin points out you probably have a codec issue but I have run into an
issue with various MPG files on one of my computers and also on a few
business computers. They just would not run in a PPT presentation but would
run just fine as you found in WMPlayer. I found that if I converted them
into a WMV file they play perfectly in a PPT presentation on any computer I
put them on. Google for a free video converter from your file type to WMV.

Mark
Sun Jul 20 05:02:03 CDT 2008

On 18 Jul, 22:35, hansenfam <hansen...@discussions.microsoft.com>
wrote:
> I'm trying to play video files in my power point presentation. =A0The fil=
es
> play fine in windows media player. =A0When I insert a move file into my p=
ower
> point presentation, it shows the still picture but when I ask it to play =
the
> movie I just get a blank screen. =A0I can't figure out the problem.
>
> I'm using power point 2003

Check your machine. You may have to use a F key to divert power from
screen to your projector if your using one.

Mark

Ute
Sat Jul 19 03:13:02 CDT 2008

> I'm trying to play video files in my power point presentation. The files
> play fine in windows media player. When I insert a move file into my
> power
> point presentation, it shows the still picture but when I ask it to play
> the
> movie I just get a blank screen. I can't figure out the problem.
>
> I'm using power point 2003

A blank screen is in many cases a path length issue. Are your presentation
and video in the same folder? If so, move them both to C:\test. If they play
there, keep them in a folder with a very short path name (less than 128
characters).

Best regards,
Ute

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