Hi again, prpro...
This may have to do with something as simple as this:
After embedding the movie on the page, right-click on
the image, and select 'Action Setting' from the menu.
By default, on the 'Mouse Click' tab, 'Object Action'
should be selected with 'Play' in the box. If not,
that may be the problem. Also, realize that, even if
your computer is set to open files with a single click
instead of a double click, you will need to double-click
the image to start the movie in PowerPoint. The fact
that the audio plays without the video makes me think
this is probably not your problem.
If the above is irrelevant, let's move onward:
This probably has to do with the codecs installed on your
computer. Per this very informative page on the Microsoft
Support site:
"CODECs are COmpressor/DECompressor formulas that compress
audio and video data so that movie file sizes are smaller."
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=%2Fsupport%2Fpowerpoint%2Fppt2000%2Fmmedia%2Finfo.asp#faq-1
"The types of movies that Microsoft PowerPoint can insert
depend on a Microsoft Windows component called MCI (Media
Control Interface). When you play a movie in PowerPoint,
PowerPoint passes the request to MCI. MCI interacts with
the Audio and Video CODEC managers, finds the correct
decompressor and appropriate driver to decompress the
movie, and passes that information to Windows."
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=%2Fsupport%2Fpowerpoint%2Fppt2000%2Fmmedia%2Finfo.asp#faq1
Some movies of a particular type will play in PowerPoint,
while other will not, because:
"...either the movie file is damaged, or the movie that
won?t play is compressed with a different CODEC than
the movie that will play. To fix this problem, you must
determine which CODEC you need, and install a program
that installs the proper CODEC."
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=%2Fsupport%2Fpowerpoint%2Fppt2000%2Fmmedia%2Finfo.asp#FAQ5
It can be useful to test the movie file you want to play
in Windows Media Player, which will sometimes play a file
that won't play in PowerPoint, because:
"Windows Media Player is updated more frequently than
PowerPoint. It was revised more recently, and therefore
supports a wider variety of file formats than PowerPoint
supports through MCI. Windows Media Player does not use
Windows MCI to play all of its media files, and can
support CODECs that are not MCI-compliant."
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=%2Fsupport%2Fpowerpoint%2Fppt2000%2Fmmedia%2Finfo.asp#faq7
There is a list on this page of the various CODECs and
the software you need to install in order to have the
CODECs installed:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=%2Fsupport%2Fpowerpoint%2Fppt2000%2Fmmedia%2Finfo.asp#FAQ9
All of the above information, and much more, is from:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=%2Fsupport%2Fpowerpoint%2Fppt2000%2Fmmedia%2Finfo.asp
Now .asf is a Windows Media Player file format, so you
also have the option (which I recommend) of having the
file played by Windows Media Player, rather than being
controlled by PowerPoint:
"If Microsoft Windows Media Player 6.0 or later is installed,
[which is almost certainly the case on most computers] you
can play clips with the Windows Media Player control. The
Windows Media Player control can often handle clips that
PowerPoint cannot."
Instructions on how to accomplish this are in the Microsoft
Knowledge Base Article cited above:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;q240923
I think that should get you where you want to go, but,
as usual, if you need clarification of anything, please
feel free to ask.
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