@Boris: "Hi
I have a PowerPoint presentation to which I have linked several videos (avi 
files). The PowerPoint was originally created in Office 2002 version and all 
video played (and continue to play) fine (well, perhaps a little dimmer than 
I would ideally like but...). However, as I have switched to Office 2007 on 
my main machine, I find that one of the videos no longer plays correctly (I 
get the audio but just a black, blank frame for the video). The behaviour is 
the same whether I try to play the PowerPoint show or just preview the clip 
in PowerPoint. The clip in question plays perfectly well in Windows Media 
Player (wmplayer) or mplayer2. The clip is in "DX50" format (using the "Nero 
Video Decoder", according  to wmplayer)...
Any help would, would, as always, be gratefully received.
Best wishes, Boris.
PS 
I have a related question that I would like to ask at the same time: how can 
you get the full link information (file name and path) from an object once 
you have inserted or linked it to PowerPoint? Frequently that would be useful 
information to have but the best I can do is to apply some animation to the 
object to get its name in the custom animation panel..."
    @john: "Maybe you  don't have the Div X codec.?
To get the link path
Office Button > Prepare
Just out of sight !!!(probably) at the bottom is Edit Links (clever design 
work)
Amazing PPT Hints, Tips and Tutorials
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email mooredebbie@example.org
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    @Boris: "Hi John,
Many thanks for the very helpful info about the links...  I would never have 
found it!
About the clip - I do have Nehro installed (the same version as I had on my 
previous computer) and so assume I have the Nehro codec - and as far as I am 
aware I have the full complement of Div-X codecs. In any case, the clip plays 
correctly outside of PowerPoint so I do not think that that can be the cause 
(or can it?)... Any other suggestions?
Many thanks for all your help.
Best wishes, Boris.
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    @austinm: "Boris,
You might want to give this tutorial a quick read.
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Also, try moving the presentation and all the linked videos to a folder with 
a shorter path.  Example C:\test.
Austin Myers
MS PowerPoint MVP Team
Provider of PFCPro, PFCMedia and PFCExpress
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    @Boris: "Thanks Steve for the tips and thank you too Austin. GSpot is a great little 
tool so I particularly like that.
Now, GSpot suggested that I did not hqave a DivX decoder (though I obviously 
did as I could play my clip both in Windows Media Player and in the MCI 
palyer). So, I have installed the DivX 6.7 codec, downloaded via MSN (passed 
on to DivX) and now have the DIVx codec fully registered in the registry and 
GSpot gives the all clear for my video clip. However, it still will not play 
when linked in to PowerPoint (now I do not get a black image but an image 
frozen on the first frame - in both preview and slide show modes). I have 
tried crating a new pptx file with just one slide (the movie clip), with the 
movie and the pptx file in my root directory (not the system root but a 
different partition root)... I have also tried rebooting several times but 
this does not make any differnence either. In fact, the only discernable 
difference would apper to be that Windows Media Player no longer suggests it 
is using a Nero Video codec but is now refering to DivX... I also tried 
installing one of the small XVid codecs but that too didn't work...
Does anyone have any further suggestions - as I say, the clip plays fine in 
the MCI player and used to play fine on my old system in PowerPoint XP (on 
that system I had the DivX 5. something pro bundle installed but... ...)
Many thanks for all your helpful suggestions.
Best wishes, Boris.
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    @Boris: "PARTIAL SOLUTION
That is, this works but I do not understand why...
Foirts, the MCI player is of course, mplay32 not mplayer2. Mplay32 would not 
play the avi clip either, even though I have (re)installed the latest DivX 
cnd XviD codecs. Now, here is the strange bit... renaming the clip to .mpg, 
instead of .avi, and then relinking in to PowerPoint (or playing in Mplay32) 
and hey presto everything works... I guess this must have something to do 
with the latest DivX and XviD codecs 'cause, as I said right at the start, 
this clip was running fine (as an AVI) in previous versions of PowerPoint 
with the DivX 5.3 (?) pro bundle installed....
Now, if anyone can tell me why it works with an MPG extentsion but not an 
AVI one (when Mplyer2 and wmplayer don't minf either extension - and indeed 
would play the files even before I reinstalled te DivX of XviD), or what I 
need to do to repair this seeming annomoly, I would perhaps sleep a little 
easier...
Many thanks again for all your help.
Best wishes, Boris
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    @austinm: "That is certainly a strange one although to be honest any time DivX is 
involved anything is possible.  The problem is that DivX is an open source 
codec that anyone can alter/change and you never really know exactly what 
its doing.
If you plan on distributing this presentation to other machines I would 
suggest converting it to a more standard (WMV) format.
Austin Myers
MS PowerPoint MVP Team
Provider of PFCPro, PFCMedia and PFCExpress
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