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Q112422: PPT: Not All .AVI Files Play Under Windows NT

Article: Q112422
Product(s): Microsoft PowerPoint for Windows
Version(s): WINDOWS:1.0,1.1,4.0,4.0a,4.0c,7.0
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): kbole
Last Modified: 21-MAR-2001

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft PowerPoint for Windows 95, version 7.0 
- Microsoft PowerPoint for Windows, versions 4.0, 4.0a, 4.0c 
- Microsoft Video for Windows, versions 1.0, 1.1 
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SUMMARY
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To provide the ability to incorporate various multimedia data types into
PowerPoint, the run-time files for Microsoft Video version 1.1 for Windows
(including an OLE [object-linking-and-embedding] version of Media Player) are
included with PowerPoint 4.0.

Several video compressor/decompressor (codec) files are provided with these
run-time files, but not all of them work with Microsoft Windows NT because Video
1.1 for Windows is written for Microsoft Windows 3.1.

As a result, .AVI files that are inserted into a PowerPoint 4.0 presentation may
play correctly with Windows 3.1, but may not play with Windows NT or Windows
95.

If you try to play or edit an .AVI file that doesn't use one of the supported
codec files, the following error message appears:

  There is no driver installed on your system.

MORE INFORMATION
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To determine which codec file has been used to compress an .AVI file, do the
following under Windows 3.1:

1. Open the .AVI file in Media Player. If you performed a complete setup of
  PowerPoint under Windows 3.1, the Media Player is in the same Program Manager
  group window as the Microsoft PowerPoint icon.

  -or-

  If the .AVI file has already been inserted into a presentation using Media
  Player, select the object in your presentation and choose Edit from the list
  that appears when you choose Media Clip Object from the Edit menu.

2. From the Device menu in Media Player, choose Configure.

3. In the Configure dialog box that appears, there is a list that contains
  information about the .AVI file that you have open.

  An abbreviation for the codec file being used is contained in the first part
  of the Video entry in this information list. For example, in the following
  entry

  Video: RLE 160x120x8 (RLE) 15.000 fps

  the letters RLE indicate that the .AVI file was compressed using Microsoft RLE
  compression.

  NOTE: This procedure does not work under Windows NT because the Video for
  Windows drivers provided with Windows NT are different than the drivers
  provided with Video for Windows version 1.1. As a result, the same
  information is not provided in the Configure dialog box when an .AVI file is
  open.

To insure that your .AVI files will play back under Windows NT, Windows 3.11, and
Windows 95, make sure that .AVI files were compressed using one of the following
methods:

  Abbreviation   Compression Name
  ------------   ----------------------------

  DIB            No Compression (full frames)
  RLE            Microsoft RLE compression
  MSVC           Microsoft Video 1
  RT21           Intel Indeo (TM) Video
  IV31           Intel Indeo (TM) Video R3.1
  IV32           Intel Indeo (TM) Video R3.2
  CVID           Cinepack CODEC by SuperMatch

The compression method that does not work under Windows NT, Windows 3.11, and
Windows 95 is:

  Abbreviation   Compression Name
  ------------   -------------------------

  YVU9           Intel Indeo(TM) Video Raw

Contact the vendors of these codec files to find out when updated codec files
will be available and how to get the updated codec files when they are
available.

To obtain technical support about Intel products, call the following numbers:

- (800) 843-4481 Indeo Video or ActionMedia II boards

- (503) 629-7000 Smart Video Recorder

To obtain technical support about SuperMatch products, call the following
number:

- (408) 245-0646

Additional query words: 4.00a 4.00c movie media clip algorithm powerpt winppt ppt95 CODEC

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Keywords          : kbole 
Technology        : kbPowerPtSearch kbPowerPt700 kbZNotKeyword2 kbVideoSearch kbPowerPt700Search kbPowerPt400 kbPowerPt400c kbPowerPt400a kbVideo100 kbVideo110
Version           : WINDOWS:1.0,1.1,4.0,4.0a,4.0c,7.0
Hardware          : x86

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