WindowsXP Quicktime Compatibility

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WindowsXP - Quicktime Compatibility

• Created with
• PowerPoint 2003

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Some Quicktime movies can be played inside
PowerPoint

• In PowerPoint, choose Insert - Movies Sounds
  From File and navigate to your QuickTime Movie.
• Choose whether you want your movie to play
  automatically when the slide opens or only after
  a mouse click on the video
• Warning! Not ALL videos, codecs and versions of
  QuickTime work with PowerPoint.

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PowerPoints Video Limitations

• Micrososoft itself can only play back QuickTime
  movies (.mov, or .qt files) that use codecs
  (compression schemes) that are MCI (Media Control
  Interface) compatible.
• Incompatible files can still be played using a
  hyperlink and the Quicktime player

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To Verfiy Full Compatibility with PowerPoint

• Use Media Player (Not the Microsoft Windows Media
  Player) to test a video.
• Media Player is a MCI-compliant program (like
  PowerPoint) that comes with Windows. Media Player
  is MCI compliant but not Windows Media Player.

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Procedure for Testing Compatibility using Media
Player

• Click START - RUN.
• Type mplay32.exe (in WindowsXP) and click
  Click OK.
• When Media Player opens, choose File Open.
• Select the QuickTime movie that you want to
  verify. Click Open. If the movie is not
  compatible, Media Player will not be able to open
  and play it.
• A movie like this cannot be played in PowerPoint
  without converting it to a compatible compression
  format (e.g. AVI)

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What is the AVI de facto movie standard and why
is it important?

• AVI stands for Audio Video Interleave format. AVI
  was defined by Microsoft and is the most common
  Windows video format .
• AVI is Microsofts own standard, and any
  Quicktime movie can be converted to AVI.

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Using QuickTime Pro to convert to AVI format

• Use QuickTime Pro to open any QuickTime file
• On the File menu, click Export, and set the
  Export file type to Movie to AVI
• Click Options, and then click Settings.
• In the Compressor group, click the list of
  compressors and choose one from the previous
  list. (Cinepak is popular)
• Check that the extension on the file name is .avi
  and Save.
• AVI files can usually be played in PowerPoint

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What is a Codec?

• A codec (compressor / decompressor) is an
  algorithm used to record digital video or audio.
  
• It is chosen based on the the users audio or
  image quality preferences

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Checklist for playing Quicktime files in
PowerPoint

• The mov registry value must be present (cf.
  specifics on the next slide)
• The video codec used must be available to
  decompress the video
• The codec used must also be compatible with
  PowerPoint

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Troubleshooting Specifics

• An Administrator may have to create a Quicktime
  Registry entry. The mov registry value must
  be present on the computer and associated with
  the string value MPEGVideo
• The specific video codec used in the video must
  be present on the computer. To determine which
  codec is neededEither,
• Open the .mov file in Microsoft Windows Media
  Player. Click FILE PROPERTIES. The Video codec
  setting identifies the codec used to make the
  video, or,
• Open the video in QuickTime Player. Click
  WindowShow Movie Info. The Format setting
  identifies the video codec

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Troubleshooting Specifics (cont.)

• Verify that a particular codec is installed on
  the computer (cf. StartControl PanelSounds and
  Audio DevicesHardware. Select Video Codecs in
  the devices box, and click Properties. In the
  Video Codec Properties dialog box, click the
  Properties tab and look for the Codec.
• 4. To confirm whether the codec is compatible
  with PowerPoint try playing it in Media Player
  (mplay32.exe not the more familiar Windows Media
  Player) Media Player will open and play
  compatible movies.

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If all else fails

• Quicktime videos can be hyperlinked to a
  PowerPoint slide. When you click on the link,
  Windows launches the Quicktime viewer (if
  installed) and should play the video in a
  separate application.
• Heres how.

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Linked Quicktime Movies

• To create a link, select the object or text that
  will be the visible link, and choose Insert
  Hyperlink, and under Link to select Existing
  File or Web Page. Browse to the movie you want
  to play and click OK
• Always test this beforehand.

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iMovie can export videos in the AVI format

• AVI is a highly Windows-compatible format, if you
  save your iMovie video in AVI you avoid many
  problems. (Warning this is not the default!)
• In iMovie, select File Export, change the
  Export format to Quicktime and select Expert
  Settings for the export format.
• Click Export and verify the Movie to AVI
  setting, and then save the movie as an AVI video.
• This video should be fully compatible with
  PowerPoint