Posted by madsgormlarsen on 11/28/05 11:23

Jonathan Warner wrote:
> <madsgormlarsen@gmail.com> wrote in message
> news:1132826199.748320.5350@g43g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
> > Hi
> >
> > I have a mov file, that I need to convert to something I can use in
> > powerpoint for windows - (in a standard installation of powerpoint).
> > Now I have tried to convert the mov file to mpeg1, and my first
> > question is whether that is the best format to use?
> >
> > Secondly the files I get when I convert are somehow buggy, either they
> > will not play or only play poorly, are blurry or get big green boxes.
> > The program I have used for conversion are
> >
> > movie2mpeg and ffmepgX
> >
> > What format shuold I go for, and what should I use to do the
> > conversion?
> >
> > (I have both Mac and WIndows platform to do the conversion on)
> >
> > Cah
> >
>
> I produce and convert a lot of video files for use in Powerpoint for
> conferences etc. My best experience with a Windows PC/Laptop is to convert
> the video files to WMV. This is because Powerpoint uses Media Player engine
> to play video clips and of course Media Player loves WMV files. I do this a
> lot with clips sourced from DV or even DVDs and the quality is great.

Thanks a lot for the tip, flip for mac and wmv did the trick.

I do however hate that one ends up with 2 files, and not just one. Also
the travel guide files are exe files, so you can not mail them to
outlook! Does anybody have a solution for that?

C

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