MP42 video into powerpoint

Jack Nichols

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Sep 11, 2000, 7:06:54 PM9/11/00

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I have several mp42 video clips that I cannot get into PowerPoint 2K. When I
insert them Insert>movies>from file - nothing happens. I can hyperlink to them
and Media player will run them but this is pretty ugly (closing windows etc.) Is
there a way to get these into Powerpoint? The message boards talk about mp42
compression drivers but the links to Microsoft's site are dead ends.
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/en/download/default.asp

Thanks for any help you can give.

echos

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Sep 11, 2000, 9:56:51 PM9/11/00

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Jack, I'm not familiar with mp42, but I suspect the compression codec used isn't
supported by PPT. You might try the multimedia troubleshooter at
http://support.microsoft.com/support/PowerPoint/ppt2000/MMedia/Default.asp

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Jack Nichols

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Sep 12, 2000, 11:32:51 AM9/12/00

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Thanks for the lead. The site suggests trying to run the video in the
mplay32.exe when I try to do this I get a "Video not available, cannot
find 'vids:mp42' decompressor". Is this something I can download?

--Jack

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echos

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Sep 12, 2000, 5:57:37 PM9/12/00

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Wow, notta clue on that, Jack. I think I'd have whoever made the video for you open
it up and recompress it using MPG 1 or 2. (3 and 4 don't work in PPT.)

Echo

Sonia

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Sep 12, 2000, 7:09:24 PM9/12/00

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Jack, I did a search in google.com using search string "mp42 video" and the first hit I
got was http://www.microsoft.com/hwdev/devdes/fourcc.htm . I didn't spend any time
reading it in detail, but it addresses codecs, etc. and third party products, so maybe it
will help, or lead you to other leads.

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echos

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Sep 12, 2000, 8:16:30 PM9/12/00

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hehehe. I *do* have you hooked on google, don't I? LOL!
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Sonia

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Sep 12, 2000, 8:29:34 PM9/12/00

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Yep! I'm a real "goner", and I'm so glad you posted your praises of Google, which, of
course, made me run right there and play. It's the best!!

Then I discovered, by analyzing my website stats, that Google is the number one referrer
for visitors to my website, by a big factor. That just confirmed that "Echo is right!"
and Google deserves my business too. <VBG> See you there.

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Jack Nichols

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Sep 18, 2000, 3:00:00 AM9/18/00

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Thanks for the help everyone. If you need the codec drivers for MP42 you can
find them at http://pages.prodigy.net/jagfire3/codecs.html. It's working great
now.

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echos

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Sep 18, 2000, 3:00:00 AM9/18/00

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Great, Jack! Thanks for the follow-up.

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Jack Nichols wrote:

> Thanks for the help everyone. If you need the codec drivers for MP42 you can
> find them at http://pages.prodigy.net/jagfire3/codecs.html. It's working great
> now.
>

> .

Sonia

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Sep 18, 2000, 3:00:00 AM9/18/00

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I've saved this link in my Favorites for the future. Thanks for posting it, Jack, and I'm
glad it's all working great for you now!

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Thanks for the help everyone. If you need the codec drivers for MP42 you can
find them at http://pages.prodigy.net/jagfire3/codecs.html. It's working great
now.

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