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From: sc...@123powerpoint.com (Scott Harvey)

Date: 8 Jul 2004 03:17:15 -0700

Local: Thurs, Jul 8 2004 6:17 am

Subject: Re: My Videos only plays for a couple of seconds now...

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wow carl,

it looks like you've been through the mill here. as i said in my first
post to you yesterday it is a codec issue.

i realize that a lot of opinions come flooding in. but as i said, this
is aproblem that we have also experienced after installing 3rd party
players and additional drivers.

as i say carl, it is a code issue, with your new software and hardware
overwriting and perhpas even corrupting some of the drivers requried
by media player within the powerpoint software.

we had installed a pinnacle video editing system, and violla!!!!! the
same problems as you had.

when i communicated the problems to microsoft early this spring, i was
informed by microsoft themselves to download the main concepts codec
at http://www.mainconcept.com/downloads.shtml. this fixed our
problems.

to be honest carl, dont go messing around with your registry. unless
you know precisely what you're doing, and what you are looking for,
you'll cause more harm than good.

since, i'm plugging everyones software now....if you want to clean up
your registry try, RegSupremePro. its excellent. it performs deep
scans and removes everything that is obsolete on your machine.

i'm not an mvp carl, and i know you must trust their opinions first.
thats why they are mvps. but in this issue, you've provided a case
about a specific hardware driver problem/ conflict/ error, and i guess
thats a little outside the scope of this forum.

good luck with the main concepts codec. it'll do the job, and as i
said yesterday. if you were having more problems, let me know, and
i'll do all i can to help.

Regards,
Scott Harvey,
http://www.123powerpoint.com

Echo S <ec...@indyUGHSPAM.net> wrote in message <news:1E69DB19-D168-4849-80D6-D1CF7A6769EF@microsoft.com>...
> I think you want both of those entries in the registry. I doubt it would hurt to remove the extra one, but to be honest, I don't know that it will fix your particular problem.

> What happens if you play the problem video/audio files in mplay32.exe as described in the multimedia tutorial on Sonia's site?

> Oh, wait. I see that you said earlier it only plays for a couple of

seconds there. I honestly can't think what would be causing that
problem on your machine only. I saw a truncated file once like this
(received it from a newsgroup user) that played fine after I
rerendered it here. MS contacts said it may have been due to a
variable bitrate in the original audio file. That doesn't sound like
the issue here, though, as your file plays through on others'
machines.

> Could it be a codec issue?

> --
> Echo [MS PPT MVP]
> http://www.echosvoice.com
> presenter, PPT Live '04
> Oct 10-13, San Diego http://www.powerpointlive.com

> "Carl Wakeman" wrote:

> > Thanks for the replies,

> > I've been checking out your tutorial Sonia (which is excellent) and
> > comparing my reg with your screen grabs. I have one thing different - a
> > duplicate in... HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows
> > NT\CurrentVersion\MCI32
> > one called 'MPEGVideo mciqtz32.dll' the other 'MPEGVideo2
> > mciqtz32.dll'

> > Otherwise everything is the same. Shall I drag someone from IT out of there
> > hidey hole and get them to remove it? If it helps, I'm working in XP, Matrox
> > video card and have a Matrox 100 editing card.

> > Regards

> > Carl

> > "Sonia" <s...@nowherebuthere.com> wrote in message
> > news:eA1ZUICZEHA.3112@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
> > > Check http://www.soniacoleman.com/Tutorials/PowerPoint/multimedia.htm with
> > > special attention to section 3.
> > > --

> > > Sonia, MS PowerPoint MVP Team
> > > Autorun CD software, templates, and tutorials
> > > http://www.soniacoleman.com/

> > > "Carl Wakeman" <carl_wake...@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> > > news:OJGCxLAZEHA.3128@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
> > > > Thanks for the quick response - I'm struggling here,

> > > > I have updated my video editing software - Matrox100 drivers and added
> the
> > > > adobe video suite since I last did a powerpoint video production - so I
> > > > think something must have gone nuts on the install.

> > > > Windows media player works fine, but I have found that Microsoft Media
> > > > Player [mplay32.exe] (the system thing that PowerPoint talks to) will
> not
> > > > play my mpg file for more than 2 seconds. I've tested on other machines
> and
> > > > it works fine on them so I know the mpg is ok and its something to do
> with
> > > > mplay32.exe

> > > > What to do about this is I don't really know. Do I attempt to edit the
> reg
> > > > (which scares me) so it resembles a machine that does work, or can I
> > > > reinstall the original widows codex for mpg, or reinstall all of
> mplay32.exe
> > > > ...??????

> > > > Regards

> > > > Carl

> > > > "Scott Harvey" <sc...@impossiblemedia.com> wrote in message
> > > > news:4a4fea1.0407062356.78c7a537@posting.google.com...
> > > > > hi carl,

> > > > > have you installed any new codecs, or 3rd party media palyers lately
> > > > > such as divx players etc?

> > > > > you may well find that one of the greatest problems is actualyl now
> > > > > also coming through spyware, or adware as it also referred. a new
> > > > > strand of the coolweb spyware trojan interferes with windows media
> > > > > player 9 (i assume that you are using this?)

> > > > > we have had this happen several times this past week. sadly even after
> > > > > installing microsofts latest security updates for mp, we were left
> > > > > with no option other than to reinstall the entire media player
> > > > > package.

> > > > > of course, its a bit hard to help as your post is a bit vague, but
> > > > > first thoughts are around these issues as it "suddenly" happened.

> > > > > check he properties of your audio codecs in the control panel to see
> > > > > if everything is ok. and maybe download main concepts mpg codec from
> > > > > mainconcepts.com, which can also "fix" your media player, if a new
> > > > > installed 3rd party player has hampered or corrupted a video and/ or
> > > > > audio codec.

> > > > > good luck carl, and check back with me if you are still having
> > > > > trouble. i'll set one of our chaps on it to try to help you out if
> > > > > you're still struggling.

> > > > > best of luck.

> > > > > Regards,
> > > > > Scott Harvey,
> > > > > http://www.123powerpoint.com

> > > > > "Carl Wakeman" <carl_wake...@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> <news:OAumfW3YEHA.1656@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl>...
> > > > > > I'm using winXP and PP2000 and something weird has happened to my
> abilities
> > > > > > to play video within PowerPoint. Presentations that worked fine now
> only
> > > > > > play a couple of seconds of video & sound - then it stops.

> > > > > > Any suggestions?

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