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Mac Forum / Applications / PowerPoint / January 2008how to exchange presentations with movies between mac/win-users?
hi, my colleagues use macs with 10.4.7 and powerpoint 10.3.9; lastly we need to exchange our powerpoint files with windows-users. everything works except powerpoints with videos - the customer always see a message like "to see the movie you need the quicktime decompressor cinepak". I read somewhere, that powerpoint under windows can only play quicktime movies with a very old codec like cinepak - but we still get this error message. I also tried mpeg1 - didn't help either. a solution would be to open the powerpoint on a pc, delete every movie and then reimport them, but that's no satisfying solution. so I would like to know, which video-format I should use? thx! regards, ferdinand  SignatureI'm trying a new usenet client for Mac, Nemo OS X. You can download it at http://www.malcom-mac.com/nemo Here are some links that may help: How to insert a .WMV movie into Mac PowerPoint http://www.pptfaq.com/FAQ00917.htm Quicktime Links http://www.pptfaq.com/FAQ00266.htm > hi, > [quoted text clipped - 20 lines] > > ferdinand ================================================ Steve Rindsberg, PPT MVP PPT FAQ: www.pptfaq.com PPTools: www.pptools.com ================================================ You would think by now the Windows PowerPoint team would have fixed those bugs, but so far no luck. Use .avi and the problem should go away. QuickTime Pro can export as .avi. -Jim Quoting from "ffuchs" <indy27@mac.com>, in article nemoMon011408122752@news.inode.at, on [DATE: > hi, > [quoted text clipped - 20 lines] > > ferdinand SignatureJim Gordon Mac MVP MVPs are not Microsoft Employees MVP info http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/ > You would think by now the Windows PowerPoint team would have fixed those > bugs, but so far no luck. It'd actually be up to the Windows Media Player team. The PPT team is WELL aware of the problems but is kinda stuck using WMP. This makes sense in a way ... MS has invented its wheel and doesn't want to pay to invent another one. But this particular wheel has flat spots that give folks like us a very bumpy ride. When it doesn't fall off the axle altogether. ;-) > Use .avi and the problem should go away. QuickTime Pro can export as .avi. > [quoted text clipped - 27 lines] > > > > ferdinand ================================================ Steve Rindsberg, PPT MVP PPT FAQ: www.pptfaq.com PPTools: www.pptools.com ================================================ Maybe all they need is a codec. Perhaps a 3rd party could make one for them. -Jim Quoting from "Steve Rindsberg" <abuse@localhost.com>, in article VA.00003c80.2defee8a@localhost.com, on [DATE: > This makes sense in a way ... MS has invented its wheel and doesn't want to > pay > to invent another one. SignatureJim Gordon Mac MVP MVPs are not Microsoft Employees MVP info http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/ > Maybe all they need is a codec. Perhaps a 3rd party could make one for them. We can keep hoping, can't we. Sigh. Does anyone out there know why my mac can read all the attachments that I get just fine except those ending in .wmv? When I try to open the attachment, it automatically opens up photoshop CS3, and then it says that photoshop does not recognize the format. You will need something that reads WMV files. You can download Windows Media Player for Mac, or you can get the Flip4Mac plug-in to allow QuickTime to play WMV files: http://www.flip4mac.com/wmv_download.htm --David SignatureDavid M. Marcovitz Microsoft PowerPoint MVP Author of _Powerful PowerPoint for Educators_ http://www.PowerfulPowerPoint.com/ > Does anyone out there know why my mac can read all the attachments > that I get just fine except those ending in .wmv? When I try to open > the attachment, it automatically opens up photoshop CS3, and then it > says that photoshop does not recognize the format. Attachment decoded: > untitled-1.htm Quoting from "David M. Marcovitz" <marcoNOSPAM@loyola.edu>, in article Xns9A30A283FBF25marcoNOSPAMloyolaedu@207.46.248.16, on [DATE: > You will need something that reads WMV files. You can download Windows > Media Player for Mac, or you can get the Flip4Mac plug-in to allow [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > > --David I'm installing Perian these days, too. http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/30931 -Jim SignatureJim Gordon Mac MVP MVPs are not Microsoft Employees MVP info http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/ Quoting from "Jerry Kirkhart" <>, in article ee88697.5@webcrossing.caR9absDaxw, on [DATE: > Does anyone out there know why my mac can read all the attachments that I get > just fine except those ending in .wmv? When I try to open the attachment, it > automatically opens up photoshop CS3, and then it says that photoshop does not > recognize the format. Hi Jerry, You need to install needed codecs for QuickTime. First install Flip4Mac http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/28842 Then Install Perian http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/30931 -Jim SignatureJim Gordon Mac MVP MVPs are not Microsoft Employees MVP info http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/ |
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