Video in Power Point 2007 Issue
by Kathie Brown
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Oct 18, 2009 at 3:31:26 pm
I am working with a Power Point producer and have provided 9 video clips for a Power Point 2007 presentation. The videos have been encoded as .wmv files. Here are the playback issues we're having. The first 7 videos play back-to-back--but are separate videos to allow the presentor time to talk about them. They are short--20 seconds to max 5 minutes. When the slide containing the video comes on, there is a still frame of the image. When you advance the Power Point to play the video, it is noticeably darker. I could live with this. The big issue is when you advance to the next video and play it, there is a brief still frame of the previous video before the current video plays. I'm wondering if you need to have blank slides in between? Has anyone expereinced this issue? Thanks in advance for any tips. The project is due Wednesday!
Re: Video in Power Point 2007 Issue by Mark Suszko on Oct 19, 2009 at 3:48:30 am
The blank slides sound like a good idea, and perhaps you can set them with a fast duration and nobody will notice. I have never seen anyone have really good luck putting video in powerpoint personally, though I'm sure it has happened, and so often I will ask if it isn't easier to flip things around and make a DVD with chapters and put the slides in the DVD as video.
Re: Video in Power Point 2007 Issue by Jason Jenkins on Oct 28, 2009 at 3:13:53 am
Hi Kathie,
I have produced quite a few video segments for PowerPoint. You can get rid of the video still frame issue by encoding the videos with a second of black before and after the content. The only downside is that you can't see what is on a slide just by glancing at it, because it displays only black.
