Inserting a movie file into a powerpoint presentation - Windows VISTA

I have been creating powerpoint presentations for some years now and have
come across the following problem and would be grateful for any suggestions
please.

My latest presentation for my employer, consists of 56 slides, and on 6 of
these I've tried attaching 'movie' files (via: insert menu - movie clip -
from file - clip). These are movies ranging in size from 18,000KB to
51,000KB that I have created/filmed myself on a digital (Canon) camera,
downloaded to my PC using the accompanying camera software and these have
saved automatically in the following format '.avi'.

I have successfully 'inserted' these files/movies into my presentation and
they function perfectly, with the following exception, there is a problem
with synchronisation between the sound (corresponding sound files to movie
files are also saved to the PC/laptop) and the image I'm seeing on the
screen.

I've spent many hours on the phone trying to get tech support from Microsoft
directly, but they cannot seem to isolate the problem. I have recreated the
presentation from scratch at least half a dozen times and only once, managed
to get the whole thing synchronised and running properly on my PC, then
saved the presentation, movie and sound files to a USB and transferred it
all to the laptop and once again, I have the time lapse between sound and
image.

I'd be very grateful for any help or suggestions.

Many thanks.

NDH

If the sound is not part of the movie file your not going to have much luck. Synchronisations are not one of PowerPoint's strong points.

--
Michael Koerner
MS MVP - PowerPoint


"NHD" wrote in message ...
I have been creating powerpoint presentations for some years now and have
come across the following problem and would be grateful for any suggestions
please.

My latest presentation for my employer, consists of 56 slides, and on 6 of
these I've tried attaching 'movie' files (via: insert menu - movie clip -
from file - clip). These are movies ranging in size from 18,000KB to
51,000KB that I have created/filmed myself on a digital (Canon) camera,
downloaded to my PC using the accompanying camera software and these have
saved automatically in the following format '.avi'.

I have successfully 'inserted' these files/movies into my presentation and
they function perfectly, with the following exception, there is a problem
with synchronisation between the sound (corresponding sound files to movie
files are also saved to the PC/laptop) and the image I'm seeing on the
screen.

I've spent many hours on the phone trying to get tech support from Microsoft
directly, but they cannot seem to isolate the problem. I have recreated the
presentation from scratch at least half a dozen times and only once, managed
to get the whole thing synchronised and running properly on my PC, then
saved the presentation, movie and sound files to a USB and transferred it
all to the laptop and once again, I have the time lapse between sound and
image.

I'd be very grateful for any help or suggestions.

Many thanks.

NDH

Try to use video movie maker, inserting your video file AND after, the sound
file then saving as wmv (hoping then that the sound is synchronised with the
movie)
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I have been creating powerpoint presentations for some years now and have
come across the following problem and would be grateful for any suggestions
please.

My latest presentation for my employer, consists of 56 slides, and on 6 of
these I've tried attaching 'movie' files (via: insert menu - movie clip -
from file - clip). These are movies ranging in size from 18,000KB to
51,000KB that I have created/filmed myself on a digital (Canon) camera,
downloaded to my PC using the accompanying camera software and these have
saved automatically in the following format '.avi'.

I have successfully 'inserted' these files/movies into my presentation and
they function perfectly, with the following exception, there is a problem
with synchronisation between the sound (corresponding sound files to movie
files are also saved to the PC/laptop) and the image I'm seeing on the
screen.

I've spent many hours on the phone trying to get tech support from
Microsoft directly, but they cannot seem to isolate the problem. I have
recreated the presentation from scratch at least half a dozen times and
only once, managed to get the whole thing synchronised and running
properly on my PC, then saved the presentation, movie and sound files to a
USB and transferred it all to the laptop and once again, I have the time
lapse between sound and image.

I'd be very grateful for any help or suggestions.

Many thanks.

NDH