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From: "Alexander Lindsay MBE" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Wednesday, December 29, 2004 6:24 AM
Subject: [PCSOFT] Use of Video clips in Power Point


> I'm not an expert and need some help.
>
> I've been trying to compile a half decent presentation on Power Point with
> the inclusion of video clips Things will not work for me. The clips came
> from a friend's camera and were processed on his laptop.
>
> The clips are AVIs, with sound, and though they do open on my machine
> using Media Player, they will not open in Power Point. A message is
> displayed: "cannot find 'vids:dsvd' decompressor".
>

From what I read here, PowerPoint appears to be looking for a codec
(COmpressor-DECompressor).
However, you say the clips open in Media Player, which would seem to
indicate that the codecs are
available in your OS. Have you tried saving the clips as Media Player
objects, then inserting those
objects in the presentation, to be played by Media Player? That is the
technique I would try, to start
with. If this doesn't work, I would do a Google search for "vids:dsvd
decompressor" (with the quotes),
and download/install it, if found.

HTH,

Paul A. Shippert
Utilitarian
Margaret Brent Middle School
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