Movie Won't Play Reliably in PowerPoint 2007   

I have a colleague who made a movie of using a computer app with Windows 
Moviemaker and inserted it (as .avi) into a PowerPoint 2007 presentation. 
When he plays it back, sometimes it plays beautifully, but sometimes it 
freezes up, the screen goes green, and he can't close, escape, or anything. 
He is not doing anything differently each time he tries to play it. Does 
anyone know any tricks to make it play beautifully every time?

date: Tue, 22 Jul 2008 13:11:28 -0700   author:   ge119

Re: Movie Won't Play Reliably in PowerPoint 2007   

Since .avi files could be using any codec under the sun, when I import any 
movie into PowerPoint, I always us .WMV video files that I have created from 
the original files.  They have always worked perfectly for me when 
transferring from one computer to another.  Worth a try.


"ge119"  wrote in message 
news:BC406F9A-CE6F-4270-8703-3DC39707B834@microsoft.com...
>I have a colleague who made a movie of using a computer app with Windows
> Moviemaker and inserted it (as .avi) into a PowerPoint 2007 presentation.
> When he plays it back, sometimes it plays beautifully, but sometimes it
> freezes up, the screen goes green, and he can't close, escape, or 
> anything.
> He is not doing anything differently each time he tries to play it. Does
> anyone know any tricks to make it play beautifully every time?

date: Tue, 22 Jul 2008 16:46:54 -0400   author:   LVTravel

Re: Movie Won't Play Reliably in PowerPoint 2007   

Thanks, I'll tell him to give that a try.

"LVTravel" wrote:

> Since .avi files could be using any codec under the sun, when I import any 
> movie into PowerPoint, I always us .WMV video files that I have created from 
> the original files.  They have always worked perfectly for me when 
> transferring from one computer to another.  Worth a try.
> 
> 
> "ge119"  wrote in message 
> news:BC406F9A-CE6F-4270-8703-3DC39707B834@microsoft.com...
> >I have a colleague who made a movie of using a computer app with Windows
> > Moviemaker and inserted it (as .avi) into a PowerPoint 2007 presentation.
> > When he plays it back, sometimes it plays beautifully, but sometimes it
> > freezes up, the screen goes green, and he can't close, escape, or 
> > anything.
> > He is not doing anything differently each time he tries to play it. Does
> > anyone know any tricks to make it play beautifully every time? 
> 
> 
>

date: Wed, 23 Jul 2008 06:19:01 -0700   author:   ge119

RE: Movie Won't Play Reliably in PowerPoint 2007   

I am having the same problem, even when I create a .wmv file with Movie 
Maker. Sometimes PowerPoint 2007 plays the file, and sometimes it freezes 
with a green screen. Any further advice?

"ge119" wrote:

> I have a colleague who made a movie of using a computer app with Windows 
> Moviemaker and inserted it (as .avi) into a PowerPoint 2007 presentation. 
> When he plays it back, sometimes it plays beautifully, but sometimes it 
> freezes up, the screen goes green, and he can't close, escape, or anything. 
> He is not doing anything differently each time he tries to play it. Does 
> anyone know any tricks to make it play beautifully every time?

date: Wed, 1 Oct 2008 13:05:01 -0700   author:   Markie